Surface chemistry Lecture-1
Surface chemistry
It has three different portions -
Adsorption
Catalysis
Colloids
Solid / Gas $\rightarrow$ state of matters
("/" represents interface & surface)
Body / atmosphere
S / L
S / S
L / G
L / L ( example - oil / dispersed water )
Surface area = $1 cm^2 \times 6$ faces
Surface area = $6cm^2$ $\times$ $10^{-4}$ $m^2$ = 6 $\times$ $10^{-8}$ $m^2$
Divide the cube in to many cubes of 1mm side length
Surface area $=1 mm^2 \times 6$ faces
Surface area $=6 mm^2 \times 1000$
Surface area $=60 cm^2+10^{-4} m^2$
Surface area $=6\times 10^{-3} \quad m^2$
Surface area $=1 m=10^{-6} m=10^{-4} cm$
Surface area $=10^{-6} m \times 10^{-6} m \times 6 \times 10^{12} cubes=6m^2$
4 orders of magnitudes
$10^4 \times 10^4 \times 10^4 \text { cubes }$
10 nm surface area $=6m^2 \times 100=600m^2$
$\sim$ area of a tennis a court
Types of car engines
$Car \rarr BS (II) / BS (iii) / BS (iv)……$
(BS represent Bharat stage)
These stickers are catalyst
These catalyst are solids
When we burnt petrol with addition of $CO_2$ and $H_2O$ we get
$CO , NO_2$ , unburnt hydrocarbons (exhaust gases)
(exhaust gases)
$ \quad \downarrow$ Catalytic Converter (Solid)
Harmless chemicals
(Paints , Pigments , Food)
Dispersed particles small size
$\rarr$ high surface area
Surface phenomena
Technological importance every day
Example of colloids
Compound (AgBr) whose length is h
Volume = $h^3$
Fraction of surface molecules 6 $\times$ $(\frac{h}{l}$)
30cc/mole
$(\sim cm)$ macroscopic length
Importance of surface metal 1 in 10 million
10 nm 1 surface molecule for 4-5 molecules
S/G surface
L/G surface tension
Electronic package “white” packet
Particles $H_2{O}$
$SiO_2$ gel
Unsatisfied valencies of surface
Atoms / molecules
$G + S \rarr G-S$ small bond formation
Heat is liberated on bond formation
Adsorption accompnished by liberation of heat
$\Delta H_{(ad)}$ is negative enthalpy of adsorption
$\Delta S_{(ad)}$ < 0
$\Delta G_{(ad)}$ = $\Delta H_{(ad)} - T\Delta S_{(ad)}$
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