Entropy increases every time a solute dissolves in a solvent. The solution of NaCl in water has much less order than the pure water and the crystalline salt. When NaCl dissolves in water the strong ionic bonds are broken (requiring heat energy) and the ions interact with water molecules (releasing heat energy). Strong ionic bonding holds the anions and cations together in the crystal. The chloride anions form a cubic close packed lattice and the sodium cations fit into the octahedral holes in the lattice. The water molecules can then form attractive interactions to solute ions or molecules, releasing heat energy.Ī crystal of NaCl is also highly ordered. When something dissolves in water, some of these O-H bonds are broken. You made models of parts of the ice/water lattice in class showing that each oxygen atom is connected to others around it through bridging hydrogen atoms (an extreme case of hydrogen bonding). How does this relate to solutions and intermolecular forces? Let's consider the case of water and table salt. However when the enthalpy change is small the entropy change can determine the spontaneity of the reaction.
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The enthalpy change is usually the most important factor in the Gibbs free energy because the value of H is typically much greater than the value of S. If the value of G is a positive number, the reaction will not occur as written and, in fact, the reverse reaction will be spontaneous. If the value of G is a negative number, the reaction is spontaneous as written. It is this that determines whether or not a reaction will proceed spontaneously in the forward direction. How can a spontaneous reaction absorb heat when all chemical systems tend to move to lower energy states from higher states?Ī very useful energy term is G, or the Gibbs free energy. The surroundings get colder as heat is absorbed. Some reactions proceed at a given temperature even though they are endothermic. In most spontaneous reactions heat is released from the system to the surroundings and H is a negative number. We can classify chemical reactions as being spontaneous or non-spontaneous. Remember that H is the change in heat energy at constant pressure. We have talked about the energy changes in chemical reactions and changes in state in terms of enthalpy. We use S to stand for entropy and S is the change in entropy. Entropy is energy in the system that is unusable for chemical change. Alternatively, it is the spreading and sharing of thermal energy within a system. The easiest way to think of entropy is as a measure of disorder in a system. Entropy Considerations Entropy Considerations
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