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Offline BloodCrisis

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A quickie... predicting intermolecular forces
« on: October 20, 2013, 05:29:25 PM »
Which one is more soluble in CF4? O2 or N2? Using geometry and intermolecular forces rules...

My guess...

CF4 is a tetrahedrical, nonpolar compound, so he has only "london dispersion forces"

N2 is nonpolar, only with london and so O2.

So the thing to compare is Molecular mass, Mr(N2)=28 Mr(O2)=32 and Mr(CF4)=88.... I suppose O2 will be more alike (closer to CF4 mass) furthermore more soluble.. a tiny bit;
what do you think?

Remember, this thing empirically...

« Last Edit: October 20, 2013, 05:46:41 PM by BloodCrisis »

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Re: A quickie... predicting intermolecular forces
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2013, 11:13:58 PM »
CF4 has more attraction among its molecules because of high molar mass and hence will show less solubilty in water

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