Lesson 6 in a series of lessons in the sub topic particle model of matter.
Heating and cooling curves chemistry.
Changes of state can be investigated by measuring the temperature as a substance changes state.
There are two possibilities.
Just like heating curves cooling curves have horizontal flat parts where the state changes from gas to liquid or from liquid to solid.
In this video i will explain the concept of heating and cooling curves as they applies to water and ethanol.
Imagine that you have a block of ice that is at a temperature of 30 c well below its melting point the ice is in a closed container.
As heat is steadily added to the ice block the water molecules will begin to vibrate faster and faster as they absorb kinetic energy.
You are likely to have used salol or stearic acid in a school practical lesson to make your own cooling curve.
Salol has a melting point of about 45 c and stearic acid has a melting point of about 69 c.
New ks3 chemistry sublimation heating and cooling curves.
This resource includes a power point lesson homework milestone assessment and various tasks which include individual and.
A heating or cooling curve is a simple line graph that shows the phase changes a given substance undergoes.
Changes of state occur during plateaus because the temperature is constant.
In the heating curve of water the temperature is shown as heat is continually added.
In the science world we use heating and cooling curves to model such physical changes.