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 (): > > (cations, charge 3 > 2 > 1)
- Positive sol (Fe(OH){3}): [Fe(CN){6}]^{4-} > > > (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 = (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} sol, Fe(OH)_{3} sol = Lyophobic (solvent-HATING)