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Ch.11 - Liquids and Intermolecular Forces

Chapter 11, Problem 13d

At standard temperature and pressure, the molar volumes of Cl2 and NH3 gases are 22.06 and 22.40 L, respectively. (d) Are the molar volumes in the solid state as similar as they are in the gaseous state? Explain.

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everyone here, we have the Mueller volumes of flooring gas. So for dioxide gas Which are 22.35 and 21.94 l under standard temperature and pressure are asked for the molar volume of the solid state of the gasses is similar to the molar volume. The gaseous state. The solid state Mueller volumes are not as similar as those in the gaseous state. In the solid state. Most of the empty space is gone. So the molecular characteristics do influence the smaller volumes. So for dioxide is heavier than flooring gas, the sulfur oxide bond distance, it's almost double the flooring flooring bond essence. And now if you look at H lewis structure for sulfur dioxide, sulfur in the center, Double bonded to two oxygen's. I have two long pairs here. Yes, no one here and then for flooring gas we have two flooring atoms connected to each other, the long hairs here and three here and so in sulfur dioxide structure have an unequal share of electrons. So this is gonna be polar, and in flooring gas it's gonna be non polar because we have an equal distribution of electrons. So the S. 02 molecules are gonna be tightly bound by the inter molecular attractive forces. This means the molar volume of the solid state of S. 02 is greater than that of F two. Thanks for watching my video and I hope it was helpful