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Particulate Model of Matter. Textbook Chp 7. What is a model?. What is a model?. Models are man-made things , built to try and replicate things which already exist in real life. What makes a good model?. Which is a better model aeroplane?. What makes a good model?.
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Particulate Model of Matter Textbook Chp 7
What is a model? • Models are man-made things, built to try and replicate things which already exist in real life
What makes a good model? • Which is a better model aeroplane?
What makes a good model? • When comparing between two models, the better model is the one which is closer to real life • In science there are also models, which man has come up with, trying to replicate how nature works in real life • However, just like cardboard models, there are also better and poorer models • There are some models you will learn in secondary school, but in JC you will learn the better models, making your previously learnt models obsolete
The Particulate Model • These things are true in real life: • Matter exists in solid, liquid and gaseous states • Solids, liquids and gases have different properties • By heating & cooling matter, you can convert from one state to another
The Particulate Model • As scientists, we are interested in coming up with explanations • Thus, we create models to attempt to explain what happens in real life • Thus, the particulate model (or Kinetic Model) was proposed in order to explain the differences in the previous table
The Particulate Model • Proposal 1: All matter (solid, liquid or gas) exists as tiny particles (e.g. tiny balls) • Proposal 2: There are forces of attraction in between these tiny particles • Proposal 3: The temperature of an object is related to how fast these tiny particles are moving
Particulate Model - Solid • Forces between particles are very strong • Particles are closely packed to each other • As a result they are not free to move about very much • They can only vibrate about fixed positions • As a result, they are arranged in very regular and orderly arrangements • If a solid gets heated up, they vibrate more vigorously
Particulate Model - Liquid • Liquids have moderate force between particles • They still stick to each other, but are free enough to move around • As a result, their arrangement is irregular and random • But they are still quite close to each other (which is why it is hard to compress liquid)
Particulate Model - Gas • Gases have very weak forces between the particles • Also, particles are very far apart from each other • As a result, they are free to move about in high speeds • However, despite being far apart, there are still so many particles that they collide into each other regularly
Diffusion • When someone sprays perfume at one corner of the room, can you smell it at the other end of the room? • This phenomenon is called diffusion • Diffusion is the spreading of a substance from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration • Video: bromine diffusion in air and in vacuum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa03WKRB2z0
Heating Curve • if we heat a (pure) solid, and plot a graph of temperature against time, what would it look like?
Heating Curve • Notice whenever there is change of state (e.g. melting or boiling) the temperature is constant • When you are heating an object, you are supplying energy to the object • Remember Proposal 3: The temperature of an object is related to how fast these tiny particles are moving • Normally (when not changing state), the energy supplied to an object is increasing the speed of the particles moving (and hence increasing temperature)
Heating Curve • However, at the melting point (or boiling point) of a substance, the energy goes into overcoming the forces of attraction between the particles, instead of increasing the speed of the particles • In chemistry, we say that the energy is used to break the bonds between the particles
Expansion when heating • Previously we mentioned that when we heat up the object, the particles move faster • In solids or liquids, when particles move faster, they will naturally move further apart from each other • This results in the expansion of the object (i.e. they become bigger when heated up)
Boiling vs Evaporation • 2 differences between boiling and evaporation: • Boiling occurs only at the boiling point but evaporation occurs at any temperature • Evaporation only happens at the surface of the liquid, but when boiling occurs, the whole liquid is being converted into gas
Summary • What is a model, what makes a good model • Properties of solid, liquid, gas • Particulate model for solid, liquid, gas • Heating Curve (melting, boiling) • Expansion when heating • Boiling vs Evaporation
Did You Know? (not in syllabus) • There are actually FOUR states of matter, not three. What’s the fourth state? (hint: what state of matter is fire?) • There are substances which are not exactly in any one state of matter, e.g. hairspray, gel, shaving foam. These are a special kind of mixtures called “colloids”
For Fun • Bill Nye the Science Guy: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxwj24mREyA