Arkansas State University Department of Chemistry and Physics

Students should know the following:

a) Differences between gases, liquids and solids

b) Intermolecular vs. Intramolecular forces

c) Types of intermolecular forces and relative strengths

d) polarizability and its effect on bulk properties of material

e) van der Waals forces, hydrogen bonding

f) surface tension, capillary action, cohesion, adhesion, viscosity

g) Solids - amorphous/ crystalline; the 7 unit cells given in class; types of crystals

h) Phase changes; Heat of vaporization, heat of fusion, boiling point, melting point

i) Clausius-Clapeyron equation

j) Critical temperature and pressure

k) phase diagram

l) Heating curve/ cooling curve