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Matter Classification and Structure: Types and Properties

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Classification of Matter

Matter is classified as homogeneous or heterogeneous according to its appearance.

  • Homogeneous: It looks the same everywhere.
  • Heterogeneous: It does not have the same aspect throughout.

Classification of Substances

Substances can be classified according to their material composition into pure substances or mixtures.

  • Pure substances: Are formed by a single substance.

Classification of Pure Substances

Pure substances are classified into chemical elements and compounds

  • Chemical Elements: Are pure substances that cannot be decomposed into simpler ones.
  • Compounds: Are pure substances that can be decomposed into simpler ones.
  • Mixtures: A mixture is formed by several pure substances. Mixtures have no fixed composition.

Separation of Mixing

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Thermodynamics: Systems, Energy, and Entropy Explained

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Thermodynamic Systems and Their Interactions

A system is an isolated part of the universe under study, while the rest is considered the environment. Systems can be:

  • Open: Exchange matter and energy with the environment.
  • Closed: Exchange energy but not matter with the environment.
  • Isolated: No exchange of matter or energy with the environment.

Chemical Systems and Thermodynamics

In chemical reactions:

  • System: A group of chemicals (reactants and products).
  • Thermodynamics: The study of energy exchange between a chemical system and its surroundings.

Chemical systems evolve from reactants to products, either releasing energy (exothermic reactions) or requiring energy (endothermic reactions).

Variables and Functions of State

Variables of State: Magnitudes that

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Water Purification: Consumer and Wastewater Treatment Processes

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Drinking Water Purification

Raw Water Treatment

  1. Screening: Raw water passes through gratings, filters, and screens to remove coarse solids.
  2. Aeration: Oxidation of undesirable organic species improves taste and odor.
  3. Coagulation: Colloidal particles are coagulated and flocculated.
  4. Sedimentation: Solids are allowed to settle and are removed.
  5. Filtration: Removal of any remaining coagulated solids.
  6. Disinfection: Control of bacteria.
  7. Softening: Using lime and soda methods.
  8. Demineralization: By distillation or ion exchange resins.

Wastewater Treatment

Primary Treatment

  1. Screening/Roughing: Removal of large objects and solids through sieves.
  2. Grit Removal
  3. Skimming
  4. Sedimentation: Takes place in tanks or chambers where suspended solids settle. This removes approximately
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Acid-Base Chemistry: Definitions, Reactions, and pH

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Arrhenius Theory of Acids and Bases

According to the Arrhenius theory, acids and bases exist only in aqueous solution:

  • Acid: Any substance that in aqueous solution dissociates with the formation of hydrogen ions, H+.
  • Base: Any substance that in aqueous solution dissociates with the formation of hydroxyl ions, OH-.

Neutralization Reaction

Neutralization is the complete reaction of an acid and a base with the formation of a salt and water. HA + BOH → AB + H2O.

Brønsted-Lowry Theory

According to the Brønsted-Lowry theory, the concepts of acid and base were expanded:

  • Acid: Any chemical species, molecular or ionic, capable of yielding an H+ ion to another substance.
  • Base: Any chemical species, molecule or ion, capable of receiving an H+ ion from another
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Understanding Mixtures, Solutions, and Separation Techniques

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Mixtures

A mixture is defined as a material system formed by combining two or more substances whose proportions can vary.

  • Homogeneous mixtures: These consist of two or more components that cannot be distinguished visually.
  • Heterogeneous mixtures: These are formed by two or more components that can be visually distinguished. They have different properties depending on the proportion of the sample taken.

Pure Substances

A pure substance is one in which, regardless of its state of aggregation, its properties are characteristic and allow differentiation from other substances.

  • Chemical elements: These are pure substances that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances through normal physical and chemical processes.
  • Compounds: These are pure substances
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Chemical Bonds and Atomic Structure: Understanding Stability

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Chemical Bonds and Atomic Structure

Most atoms are present together with other peers, forming elements or different ones to form compounds. The physical states evolve toward states of minimum potential energy, which correspond with maximum stability.

Chemical Bonding

Two or more atoms are held together if the energy of the system is less when they are together than when separated.

The Octet Rule

The noble gases have very stable atoms that do not combine with other atoms and do not alter their electronic structure. All of them have 8 electrons except helium. It follows that the electronic provision of a noble gas property is a particularly stable arrangement called the octet.

Octet Rule

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States of Matter and Atomic Theory: A Deep Dive

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States of Matter and Their Properties

Solids: Maintain a constant volume and shape. They possess a high density, are rigid, and are difficult to compress. Liquids: Are not rigid and are difficult to compress, maintaining a constant volume but with a variable shape. They usually have a high density. Gases: Easily expand and compress, having a variable shape and very low density.

Kinetic Molecular Theory

The discontinuous kinetic molecular model (composed of many particles) explains the behavior of matter. Molecules are in continuous motion, with attractive forces between particles. Solids: The attraction between particles is very intense, keeping them very close together and occupying a fixed position. Their movement is limited to vibration. Liquids:

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Chemical Reactions: Evaporation, Redox, and Combustion

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Chemicals

Evaporation

Evaporation is a physical process involving a state change from liquid to gas, in which substances can be separated based on their boiling points.

For the transition of a liquid to a gaseous state from liquid surfaces or from the ground, see: Evaporation (hydrology).

Redox

Oxidation-reduction reactions (also known as redox reactions) are electron transfer reactions. This transfer occurs between a set of chemical elements: an oxidant and a reductant (a reduced form and an oxidized form, respectively).

For a redox reaction to occur, the system must contain an element that yields electrons and another that accepts them:

  • The oxidizing agent is a chemical element that tends to capture these electrons, resulting in a lower oxidation
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Material Properties: Mechanical, Thermal, and Technological Characteristics

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Previous Concepts

Stress: The applied force per unit area.

Elongation: Deformation of a material under the action of a force.

Reduction in Area: The decrease in cross-sectional area.

General Properties

  • Impenetrability: The volume occupied by a body cannot be occupied by another simultaneously.
  • Severability: Divisible parts can be increasingly smaller.
  • Porosity: Having pores.
  • Compressibility: The ability of bodies to decrease their volume by applying pressure.
  • Affinity: The force that unites similar materials.
  • Adhesion: Attraction established between bodies whose surfaces are in contact.
  • Solubility: The ability to dissolve and disperse within a liquid.
  • Specific Gravity: The ratio of a body's weight to the weight of an equal volume of a reference substance.
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Atomic Model Evolution and Chemical Bonding

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Atomic Model Evolution

Democritus's Atomic Theory

Democritus proposed that matter could not be divided into smaller pieces forever. He believed that there were tiny, eternal, invisible, and indivisible particles called atoms (meaning indivisible in Greek) that constituted all matter.

Dalton's Atomic Theory (1808)

  • Matter is made of indivisible and indestructible particles called atoms.
  • All atoms of an element are identical.
  • Atoms of different elements combine in fixed proportions to form compounds.

Thomson's Atomic Model (1897)

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