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Interfacial Phenomena I
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10/03/2009

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What phase is solid > liquid
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melting
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What phase is liquid > solid
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freezing
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What phase is liquid > gas
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Vaporization
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What phase is gas > liquid
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Condensation
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What phase is solid > gas
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Sublimation
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The boundary between 2 phases when they co-exist is called _________
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interface
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Behavior of molecules forming the interface are often significantly different from those in the _____of each phase
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bulk
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Interfaces can be divided into two main categories
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liquid or solid
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Describe Liquid interfaces
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Liquid phase with a gaseous phase or a liquid phase with another liquid phase
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Describe Solid interfaces:
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Solid with gas or solid with liquid.
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What do you call Gas-liquid: body of water exposed to atmosphere
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aerosols
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What possible interface is Liquid-liquid
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emulsion
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What possible interface is Liquid-solid
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suspension
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What possible interface is Solid-solid
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powder particles
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Molecules that reside in the bulk of a phase are surrounded by similar molecules and so experience ______ forces from all directions
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equal
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Molecules at interface are subjected to _____ forces .
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differing.
High attractive forces from molecules of same phase and lower from other phase
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Define Interfacial /Surface tension
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It is the resistance of a liquid to spread out and increase its surface area.
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What causes surface tension?
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– Surface tension is caused by the difference in the intermolecular forces experienced by molecules at the surface of a liquid and those experienced by molecules in the interior.
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Molecules at the surface experience ______ forces from molecules that are situated _______ and _______ to the molecules on the surface.
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attractive, below and adjacent
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The molecules at the surface of the liquid experience an _____ force toward the bulk.
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inward
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How does inward force create surface tension?
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The inward force pulls the molecules of the interface together and contracts the surface and thus results in surface tension.
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Lung surfactant _______surface tension of alveolar membrane so alveoli can inflate easily and not collapse after expiration
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lowers
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No lung surfactant leads to________ ________ _______ especially in case of premature babies due to premature lungs
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respiratory distress syndrome
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What are the affects of drug delivery systems
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– Solubilization and dispersion of drugs
– Suspension and emulsion stability
– Adsorption of drugs
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Define interfacial tension and what unit does it use?
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Interfacial tension is the force per unit length that exists at the interface between two immiscible liquid phases.• The unit for interfacial tension is dynes/cm
• γ = F /2 L
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Interfacial tension causes immiscible liquids from ...
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mixing with each other e.g. oil and water
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Interfacial tension also causes...
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resistance and shrink surfaces
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What type of molecule is a Surface Active Agent
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Amphipathic molecule.
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Surface Active Agent are used for...
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Used to disperse one immiscible liquid in another
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How do Surface Active Agents work?
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Place themselves at the interface of the immiscible liquids and reduce tension
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Surface Active Agents have an affinity for ...
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both polar and nonpolar solvents
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Depending on the number of polar and non-polar groups present amphiphiles could be predominantly ...
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hydrophilic or lipophilic.
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List an example where Amphiphiles have a balance between polar and non-polar groups
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straight chain alcohol (eg. ethyl alcohol) is hydrophilic and miscible with water.
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When the number of carbon atoms increases, the hydrophilicity of the compound _______ and hydrophobicity_______
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decreases, increases
For example, solubility of amyl alcohol (C5H11OH) is lower than ethyl alcohol (C2H5OH) and acetyl alcohol (C15H33OH) is practically insoluble in water.
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Surface active agents are classified based on ...
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their ability to dissociate in aqueous solution.
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What do anionic surfactants do in relation to the current topic
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Ionizes in solution and the hydrophobic group is negatively charged
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What do cationic surfactants do in relation to the current topic
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These surfactants ionize in solution and the hydrophobic group is positively charged.
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Do Non-ionic ionize?
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do not ionize
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Certain molecules and ions tend to concentrate (move toward interface) in the interface when ...
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dispersed in liquids
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When molecules and ions move toward interface the concentration of those molecules at the interface are ______ than their concentration in the bulk of the liquid.
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higher
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adsorption or positive adsorption can be defined as...
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preferential partitioning of a molecule to the interface
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In the case of positive adsorption, surface tension ...
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decreases
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Some materials may tend to concentrate in the bulk (for example inorganic electrolytes) and this type of adsorption is called ...
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negative adsorption
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In case of negative adsorption, surface tension and surface free energy ...
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increases
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Adsorption can also occur on ...
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solid interfaces
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How is Adsorption different from absorption?
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Adsorption is a surface effect and absorption is a process in which liquid or gas penetrates in the capillary space of an absorbing medium
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Surfactants being amphiphilic in nature tend to concentrate at what type of interfaces?
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gas-liquid and liquid-liquid interfaces.
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In Adsorption Of Surfactants At Liquid Interfaces the amphiphile is adsorbed at ...
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the interface.
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In the case of an air-water system, hydrophobic chains face ...
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upward into the air
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In the case of oil-water system, the hydrophobic tails ...
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remain associated with oil phase.
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For amphiphiles to be able to concentrate at the interface, there has to be...
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a proper balance between water and oil soluble groups
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Depending on the ________ ___ _______ in the liquid phase, surfactants may form two types of monolayers
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solubility of surfactants
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What are the two types of monolayers
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• Soluble monolayer
• Insoluble monolayer
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Give an example of Insoluble monolayer
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acetyl alcohol forms an insoluble monolayer on water
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Give an example of soluble monolayer
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amyl alcohol forms a soluble monolayer on water
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Emulsions are stabilized by the presence of_________ _______ between the ______ and water phases.
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interfacial film, oil
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To provide optimum stability to emulsions know the ...
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the area occupied by surfactants at the interface
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The efficiency of wetting agents and detergents depends on the ...
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concentration of material adsorbed.
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Monolayer of adsorbed amphiphiles can be used as____ ______ _____ for biologic membrane.
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in vitro models
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