All necessary class materials will be posted every Monday.

Upon successful completion of Intermolecular Forces, the student will be able to

• Describe the three states of matter: gases, liquids, and solids, and the changes each type of matter undergoes on the molecular level when interconverting into one another.
• Distinguish between different types of intermolecular attraction forces (dipole-dipole, dipole-ion, London dispersion forces, and hydrogen bonding).
• Compare relative strengths and properties of each category of intermolecular interactions depending on molecular structure and composition.
• Discuss properties of viscosity and the surface tension.
• Name the phase changes between the states of matter and the type of energy that accompanies each transformation
• Draw and analyze heating curves of various substances
• Explain the concept of vapor pressure on the molecular level, and describe its relationship to volatility and temperature
• Interpret vapor pressure-temperature curves for various compounds.
• Analyze phase diagrams of various substances defining their solid, liquid and gaseous regions, the normal melting, freezing, and boiling point, the critical point, the triple point, the critical temperature and critical pressure, and the domain corresponding to the supercritical fluid.