CHEM 1128Q Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Intermolecular Force, Miscibility

• School: UConn
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 1128Q
• Professor: Clyde Cady

Document Summary

Liquids are a group of people grouped together by intermolecular forces. The molecules are all the same and hold together. The smaller amount of stuff that mixes in is called the solute. The bulk of the stuff is called the solvent. The combined mixture of the two is called the solution. Gases have no intermolecular forces so they are easier to mix. Forming a solution is spontaneous you do not need to add energy. Stirring and heating something to make a solution just speeds things up. Liquids mixed with other liquids follow the same rules but have a different name. Liquids that are mixed are called miscible. Liquids that don"t mix are called immiscible. Democrats and republicans probably won"t be mixing, they would be immiscible. Ionic compounds tend to break up into positive (+) and negative (-) ions. Some compounds break up completely and are called strong electrolytes. Some compounds break up only a bit and are called weak electrolytes.