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What is the effect of dividing a big particle into smaller ones on the total exposed surface area?
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The total surface area increases.
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How does dividing a solid into smaller pieces affect surface area?
It increases it.
How does the surface area to volume ratio affect chemistry?
Reactions proceed at the surface. The smaller the particle, the greater the surface to volume ratio, the more rapid the reaction proceeds. A practical example: Powdered candy dissolves faster than a lump of candy.
Explain the basic principle of magnetic particle testing?
By changing the permiability of ferromagnetic meterials, surface and near surface discontinuities are traced, is the principle of magnetic particle testing. By changing the permiability of ferromagnetic meterials, surface and near surface discontinuities are traced, is the principle of magnetic particle testing.
What is the exposed area of an object called?
Surface Area
How much surface area was gained by dividing up the 100 cm cube into 1 cm cubes?
The total surface area of a 100 by 100 cm cube is 60,000 square centimeters. Each smaller cube has a surface area of 6 square centimeters for a total of 6,000,000 square centimeters. This is a gain of 5,940,000 square centimeters.
Why does reducing solute size particle size increase the speed at which the solute dissolves in water?
For the amount of material in the particle the surface area of a small particle is greater than a larger particle. Said another way, the surface area per unit volume is greater for a smaller particle. Dissolving speed is related to the surface area. Therefore a smaller particle dissolves faster than a larger particle.
How does dividing a solid into smaller pieces affect surface area?
It increases it.
If the surface area is greater is the reactivity of chemical weathering greater?
the smaller the particle size, the larger the surface area exposed to weathering for a given volume of material. The presence of joints therefore increases a rock's surface area. which then changes chemical composition
What is size of solute?
It is the amount of surface of a solute that is exposed to the solvent. The smaller the pieces of the solute are, the larger the surface area that is exposed to the solvent.
How the size of particles affect the way the particles dissolve?
The smaller the particle the faster it dissolves. This is because the process by which a solute dissolves takes place at the surface of the solvent. That means the larger the surface area of a particle or solute, the faster the solute will dissolve.
What it is weathering?
weathering is the decay of the rocks of the earth's crust to the exposure to the atmosphere i.e., a process by which the rocks exposed on the surface get broken up into smaller particle. there are 2 types of weathering: 1.mechanical weathering 2.chemical weathering
What is the relationship between surface area and weathering rate?
The rate of weathering also depends on the surface area that is exposed. Mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces. As the pieces get smaller, their surface area increases. When this happens, there is more total surface area available for chemical weathering. The result is that weathering has more of an effort on smaller particles.
Are smaller particles weathered more rapidly than larger particles?
Yes, because smaller particles are more exposed to air (large surface area).
Can you change the rate of a chemical reaction by changing the particle size?
In hetrogeneous reactions (where the reactants are in different states) the size of the particles of a solid may change reaction rate, since the surface is where the reaction takes place, and the surface area is increased when the particles are more finely divided. In general, the smaller the particles the faster the reaction
What happens to surface area when rocks are broken into smaller pieces?
As a substance is broken, the surface area greatly increases. For example a 2 meter cube has a total surface area of 24 square meters. If a 1 meter cube is cut out of one corner, the total surface area is now 30 square meters.
Which would evaporate quicker Water on a flat tray or water in an open bottle. with particle theory?
The water on the tray will evaporate faster - more exposed surface.
Why does sand need so little energy to increase in temperature?
Particle size would have much to do with it. The smaller the size of the single particle, the larger the difference between surface area (directly heated) to the volume that has to be heated.
