All categories

2 years ago

How is it that when a salt sample dissolves in water, the delta S for the process is positive?

Chemistry

1 answer:

Bess [88]2 years ago

4 0

Answer:-

Water is highly ordered. In water each oxygen atom is connected to others around it through hydrogen bonding via bridging hydrogen atoms. When a salt like NaCl is dissolved, some of these Hydrogen bonds break.

When a salt like NaCl dissolves in water, the NaCl breaks in to ions Na+ and Cl-.

The water molecules now surround these ions.

The slightly negative oxygen end of water molecule gets near the Na+, while the slightly positive Hydrogen of water molecule gets near the Cl-.

So before salt sample dissolve, the water molecules were highly ordered due to hydrogen bonding. Now after salt dissolve there is a decrease in order and thus an increase in disorder of the water molecules.

Due to increase in disorder, entropy which is a measure of disorder increases. Since entropy increases, delta S for the process is positive.

You might be interested in

A voltaic cell utilizes the following reaction: 4Fe2+(aq)+O2(g)+4H+(aq)→4Fe3+(aq)+2H2O(l). What is the emf of this cell under st

Leviafan [203]

Answer:

0.46 V

Explanation:

The emf for the cell is given by:

Eº cell = Eº oxidation + Eº reduction

From the given balanced chemical equation, we can deduce that Fe²⁺ has been oxidized to Fe³⁺, and O reduced from 0 to negative 2, according to the half cell reactions:

4Fe²⁺ ⇒ Fe³⁺ + 4e⁻ oxidation

O₂ + 4H⁺ + 4 e⁻ ⇒ 2 H₂O reduction

From reference tables for the standard reduction potential, we get

Eº red Fe³⁺ / Fe²⁺ Eºred = 0.77 V

Eº red O₂ / H₂O Eºred = 1.23 V

Now all we need to do is change the sign of Eº reduction for the species being oxidized ( Fe²⁺ ) and add it to Eº reduction O₂:

Eº cell = Eº oxidation + Eº reduction = - (0.77 V ) + 1.23 V = 0.46 V

5 0

3 years ago

How can magnetic force be exerted on objects?

just olya [345]

I think the answer is : 1

8 0

2 years ago

Compare and contrast the atomic structure of the chlorine-35 and chlorine-37 isotopes

katrin [286]

Chlorine-35 and 37 both have the same number of protons. Chlorine-37 has two more neutrons.

hope this helps!

3 0

3 years ago

9. A gas canister can tolerate internal pressures up to 210 atmospheres. If a 2.0 L

Reika [66]

:))))))))

Here is my Answer:

8 0

1 year ago

When liquid silver nitrate and liquid sodium chloride or combine, solid silver chloride forms along with a new liquid, sodium ni

schepotkina [342]

Liquid silver nitrate and liquid sodium chloride combined forms the substance silver chloride.

3 0

2 years ago