Part of PC-10 — Surface Chemistry

Mnemonic Note

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1. Physisorption vs. Chemisorption Temperature Behavior:

  • "Physi FEARS heat" → physisorption decreases with increasing T
  • "Chemi FIRST embraces heat, then runs away" → chemisorption first increases (needs Ea), then decreases (too hot)

2. Hardy-Schulze Rule:

  • "Higher Charge, Higher Power"
  • Negative sol (As2S3As_{2}S_{3}): Al3+Al^{3+} > Ba2+Ba^{2+} > Na+Na^{+} (cations, charge 3 > 2 > 1)
  • Positive sol (Fe(OH){3}): [Fe(CN){6}]^{4-} > PO43PO_{4}^{3-} > SO42SO_{4}^{2-} > ClCl^{-} (anions, charge 4 > 3 > 2 > 1)

3. Gold Number:

  • "Lower Gold, Greater Guard"
  • Lower gold number = better protective colloid = less is needed to protect
  • Ranking: Gelatin (0.005) < Albumin (0.1) < Starch (25) — in order of increasing gold number = decreasing protection

4. Colloid Particle Size:

  • "1 to 1000 nm for Colloids"
  • True solutions: < 1 nm (size of molecules/ions)
  • Colloids: 1 nm to 1000 nm
  • Suspensions: > 1000 nm (visible particles)

5. Emulsions:

  • MOBY = Milk is O in W (but Y for why? because it mixes with Water)
  • COBW = Cold cream, Oil continuous, Butter = W/O
  • O/W (milk, vanishing cream): dilutable with WATER
  • W/O (butter, cold cream): dilutable with OIL

6. Catalyst Examples:

  • Haber = Fe (H and F are early letters — Haber, Fe)
  • Contact = V2O5V_{2}O_{5} (Contact process, Vanadium)
  • Ostwald = Pt (Oxidation of NO, Platinum)

7. Lyophilic vs. Lyophobic:

  • SGPG = Starch, Gelatin, Proteins, Gum arabic = Lyophilic (solvent-LOVING)
  • GAF = Gold sol, As_{2}S3S_{3} sol, Fe(OH)_{3} sol = Lyophobic (solvent-HATING)

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