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Chemistry Solubility Discussion

Instructions

Intermolecular forces play fundamental roles that affect substances’ properties including:

Examine a specific case that interests you where intermolecular forces play an important role. Some ideas include:

Solubility: Like-dissolves-like
- Why are some vitamins like vitamin A toxic at high concentrations, but others like vitamin C are not?
- How do soaps and alcohols act as antimicrobials?
- How do soaps make grease become soluble?
Capillary Action
- How do plants use capillary action to move water into their stems and leaves?
Hydrogen bonding
- How do hydrogen bonds play a role in DNA structure?
- How do hydrogen bonds play a role in drugs binding to their targets. (You can return to your previous discussion on molecular shapes and examine drug-target binding. The molecular modeling program that you used draws dashed lines to represent hydrogen bonds between the drug and its target).
Boiling point/melting point
- How do London-dispersion forces affect melting points of triglycerides, causing some to be fats while others are oils.
- What is the difference between old-fashioned peanut butter and hydrogenated peanut butter and why is hydrogenated peanut butter solid at room temperature?
Consider the intermolecular forces that must occur when a virus infects a cell. Here’s a video simulation. This might require some advance knowledge of biology, but still, you can see there are a lot of interactions that must occur.

Clearly indicates the topic
Explains how the topic is related to and is affected by intermolecular forces
Provides something interesting or unexpected or explains why the topic was chosen
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