Making Molecules @makingmolecules.com · Dec 3 Another old #ChemEd #Chemistry #ChemSky 1 pg summary. It continues last week's non-covalent interactions & looks at boiling points & solubility/miscibility. It was aimed at 1st year non-chemists (most of my old students). But it reminds them that these properties are on a scale. Enjoy.
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There will be new summaries at some point! Honest. Almost finished reading student's theses & reports. Enjoyable reads that will inspire some other summaries.
"The larger the surface area the more polarizable a molecule" The polarizability of a molecule is not correlated with surface area. For example, examining your examples, n-pentane and neopentane (2,2-dimethylpropane): molecular polarizability (ų) neopentane (gas) 10.24 n-pentane (liquid) 9.88