Reflections by an Eminent Chemist: Joel Hildebrand (cutaways and graphics)
- 1981
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00:13:41 the
00:13:45 solution of iodine and benzene
00:13:48 is red
00:13:50 that's number three
00:13:53 here it is
00:13:55 and it takes out some of the blue
00:13:59 you see
00:14:00 so that accounts for the color change in benzene
00:14:02 yes
00:14:03 now ethyl alcohol is one of those isn't it
00:14:06 yes
00:14:07 so it's the ether
00:14:08 ether
00:14:09 has about the same color I guess
00:14:11 a good deal of the same color
00:14:12 and that's number five
00:14:14 now what about the surprise
00:14:16 well
00:14:17 I had a
00:14:20 a
00:14:24 a
00:14:28 Perkin Elmer
00:14:32 I wanted to
00:14:34 investigate the
00:14:36 this red color
00:14:38 and the
00:14:40 the instrument
00:14:42 the spectrophotometer
00:14:49 operated out of the ultraviolet
00:14:52 so the eye is not sensitive
00:14:54 yes
00:14:56 but the
00:14:58 the astonishment was
00:15:02 that although this is a
00:15:04 a great, a very strong absorption
00:15:07 here is ten times the absorption
00:15:10 of the ultraviolet
00:15:11 yes
00:15:13 and that led to a
00:15:16 to a test
00:15:18 for a salvation
00:15:20 now that really was the first discovery wasn't it
00:15:23 of the charge transfer
00:15:24 yes it was
00:15:26 so this is one of my
00:15:36 this is way back to 1920
00:15:38 yes
00:15:39 well this made it evident
00:15:42 this is benzene
00:15:44 it has a different slope
00:15:46 the others evidently have
00:15:49 belong to a family of curves
00:15:52 they can use the same equations
00:15:55 but two different values to the
00:15:58 to the power
00:15:59 now what's next
00:16:01 what
00:16:06 it would be helpful if you leave
00:16:08 no, leave it going
00:16:10 oh, why
00:16:14 oh, ok
00:16:16 let's try it again
00:16:17 I think if you leave your hand up on the paper
00:16:19 it would be a little easier
00:16:21 1920
00:16:23 yes
00:16:24 well this made it evident
00:16:27 this is benzene
00:16:29 it has a different slope
00:16:31 the others evidently have
00:16:33 belong to a family of curves
00:16:36 they can use the same equations
00:16:39 but two different values to the
00:16:42 to the power
00:16:44 now was that
00:16:46 yes, yes
00:16:48 ok, I think you're holding
00:16:50 let's see which hand you're holding the paper
00:16:55 but the
00:16:56 you've got it right
00:16:57 the log
00:16:58 the plot against log t
00:17:00 gives straight lines except up near
00:17:03 in this place
00:17:05 there's another one here
00:17:08 here, this is it
00:17:10 ok, now the next one
00:17:12 keep the tape rolling
00:17:16 it shows how many systems
00:17:18 I kept adding
00:17:20 studying different systems
00:17:23 this is water, for example
00:17:26 has a different slope
00:17:28 now the slopes are very informative, aren't they
00:17:31 yes, they are
00:17:32 they tell the entropy of solution
00:17:34 yes, and the fact that they're straight lines
00:17:37 makes it possible to
00:17:39 pick out the
00:17:41 exact value
00:17:43 now here
00:17:45 here is
00:17:47 that's ethanol
00:17:48 ethanol
00:17:49 that's the one we just demonstrated
00:17:51 yes
00:17:52 and it has a different slope
00:17:53 here's benzene
00:17:55 that's why it is red instead of
00:17:59 and then here is
00:18:01 that's some acetylene
00:18:03 all these
00:18:04 now let me
00:18:06 these are straight here
00:18:08 until we get them
00:18:11 that might be good to do that again
00:18:15 if you would
00:18:16 see, we start with water down here
00:18:18 you pointed to that
00:18:19 then ethanol here
00:18:21 and there's benzene
00:18:23 and there's acetylene
00:18:25 and then after that
00:18:26 we're going to go up here
00:18:27 and talk about the s-shaped part
00:18:29 studying different systems
00:18:33 this is water, for example
00:18:37 has a different slope
00:18:39 now the slopes are very
00:18:49 you want to show the
00:18:51 it doesn't matter
00:18:52 it must be your left hand
00:18:54 I can see it
00:18:55 it's better if it's back where it is
00:18:57 because we don't want it prominent
00:19:00 the only problem
00:19:01 is that you sometimes hold the paper
00:19:03 with one hand and sometimes with the other
00:19:05 and we just have to match that
00:19:07 you're still rolling?
00:19:09 water, for example
00:19:14 I kept adding this
00:19:16 studying different systems
00:19:17 he's going to start over again now
00:19:18 here we go
00:19:19 this is water, for example
00:19:22 has a different slope
00:19:24 now the slopes are very informative, aren't they?
00:19:27 yes, they are
00:19:28 they tell the entropy of solution
00:19:30 yes, and the fact that they're straight lines
00:19:33 makes it possible to
00:19:35 pick out the exact value
00:19:39 now here
00:19:41 here is
00:19:43 that's ethanol
00:19:45 that's the one we just demonstrated
00:19:47 and it has a different slope
00:19:49 here's benzene
00:19:51 that's why it is red instead of
00:19:55 and then here is
00:19:57 that's mesitylene
00:19:59 all these
00:20:00 now when we
00:20:02 these are straight here
00:20:04 until we get up near
00:20:06 the melting point
00:20:11 we ought to make
00:20:13 we ought to make it plain that the
00:20:16 that it's the
00:20:18 valid solution that are straight
00:20:20 there may be a
00:20:23 change with temperature, for instance
00:20:26 in either
00:20:28 see, when they say
00:20:30 up to the melting point
00:20:31 you want to bring your finger up there
00:20:34 like that
00:20:37 you say
00:20:38 in the track you say it's straight
00:20:40 until you get up to the melting point
00:20:43 near the melting point
00:20:44 well, near the melting point
00:20:45 but anyway, to get your finger up there
00:20:50 we want to have your
00:20:52 hand holding the paper
00:20:53 pretty much the way it is on the screen
00:20:56 let's move it out this way a little bit
00:20:58 that's good
00:21:01 now we're going to start
00:21:03 again
00:21:05 shift over
00:21:07 there is
00:21:09 that's ethanol
00:21:10 ethanol
00:21:11 that's the one we just demonstrated
00:21:13 yes
00:21:14 and it has a different slope
00:21:15 here's benzene
00:21:17 that's why it is red instead of
00:21:21 and then here is
00:21:23 that's mesitylene
00:21:25 all these
00:21:26 now when we
00:21:28 these are
00:21:34 when you go up here
00:21:35 you change, that's it
00:21:36 with your right hand now
00:21:37 you follow it all the way up
00:21:39 straight here
00:21:41 until we get up near
00:21:43 the
00:21:45 melting point
00:21:47 and this has a
00:21:49 S shape
00:21:51 and that is
00:21:53 like the S shape of
00:21:55 of
00:21:57 a
00:22:09 a binary solution
00:22:11 I can recognize
00:22:13 this
00:22:21 could you hold the paper
00:22:23 with this hand
00:22:25 binary solution
00:22:27 I can recognize
00:22:29 that this
00:22:31 S shape
00:22:33 meant a liquid
00:22:35 curve
00:22:37 yes
00:22:39 this is one of my favorite
00:22:41 results because
00:22:43 it was absolutely opaque
00:22:45 so much
00:22:47 ID
00:22:49 but I had
00:22:51 in order to fix
00:22:53 this
00:22:55 this curve
00:22:57 I had to
00:23:09 you are now able to see
00:23:11 now then
00:23:13 the systems which are
00:23:15 are regular
00:23:17 violet, all violet
00:23:19 belong to a
00:23:21 another
00:23:25 to another
00:23:27 theory than
00:23:29 these others
00:23:31 well now then
00:23:33 all of these slopes
00:23:35 are points
00:23:37 the points fall on this line
00:23:45 these slopes
00:23:47 are points
00:23:49 fall on this line
00:23:51 and this is the problem of entropy
00:23:53 so these would be the violet solution
00:23:55 yes
00:23:57 these are all brown
00:23:59 or some other color
00:24:01 now that's very
00:24:03 very important to be able to
00:24:05 ok did we get that ok
00:24:09 ok
00:24:13 and then after the 45
00:24:15 degree line
00:24:17 these are the two
00:24:19 members
00:24:21 of the equation
00:24:23 for regular
00:24:25 solutions
00:24:27 and all of these points fall on
00:24:29 the 45 degree line
00:24:31 you see
00:24:33 solubility parameters
00:24:35 solubility parameters
00:24:37 yes
00:24:39 and these are the solubility
00:24:43 now these are not on the line
00:24:45 because they shouldn't be
00:24:47 the polar
00:24:51 and they have different attractions
00:24:53 for each other but not
00:24:55 for instance like acetone
00:24:57 would that be an example
00:24:59 yes
00:25:01 these are
00:25:05 the aromatics
00:25:07 aromatics
00:25:09 from toluene
00:25:11 to azimuthalene
00:25:13 these are
00:25:15 fluorocarbons
00:25:17 but these are
00:25:19 a long time puzzle
00:25:23 these are
00:25:25 this is carbon
00:25:27 this is cyclohexane
00:25:29 this is
00:25:31 monomethylcyclohexane
00:25:33 this is dimethyl
00:25:37 these are
00:25:41 straight chain paraffins
00:25:43 that are falling off the curve
00:25:45 they are falling off this curve
00:25:49 but they
00:25:51 diverge
00:25:53 more
00:25:55 as you get to the
00:25:57 shorter
00:26:03 line
00:26:05 these are all linear
00:26:07 these are
00:26:09 these like
00:26:11 iso-octane
00:26:13 have more than
00:26:15 more than
00:26:17 the two methyl groups
00:26:19 on the end
00:26:21 more methyl groups
00:26:23 iso-octane
00:26:25 has
00:26:27 five methyl groups
00:26:31 this point is octamethyl
00:26:33 tetracyloxane
00:26:37 the more
00:26:39 methyl groups
00:26:41 you have a
00:26:43 you have a copy
00:26:45 that shows that
00:26:47 they left
00:26:49 the methyl groups
00:26:51 out
00:26:53 and they
00:26:55 fall on a
00:26:57 straight line
00:27:01 this is the farthest away
00:27:03 and then
00:27:05 these next and these
00:27:07 next
00:27:09 all of this represented
00:27:11 I think
00:27:13 one of the earliest
00:27:15 recognitions of importance
00:27:19 Joel's telling me that
00:27:21 that he wants to point at
00:27:23 is octamethyl
00:27:25 or octamethyl tetracyloxane
00:27:29 I don't think we can change the
00:27:31 paper, but you're pointing where it belongs
00:27:33 yeah, I think
00:27:35 you're still rolling
00:27:37 let's do that for the second
00:27:39 the only copy we have
00:27:41 I can
00:27:43 put it on the
00:27:45 it wouldn't quite match
00:27:47 alright
00:27:49 yeah
00:27:51 five methyl groups
00:27:53 this point
00:27:55 is octamethyl
00:27:57 tetracyloxane
00:27:59 eight methyl groups
00:28:01 the more methyl groups
00:28:05 the more
00:28:07 they diverge
00:28:11 but now the number of
00:28:13 the methyl groups
00:28:16 falls on a
00:28:18 on a straight line
00:28:21 is that this straight line?
00:28:23 no
00:28:25 it ought to be a line
00:28:27 like that
00:28:29 on a line like that
00:28:31 all of this
00:28:33 represented
00:28:39 by use of entropy
00:28:41 brought it to
00:28:43 its correct form
00:28:45 this is
00:28:47 a plot
00:28:49 of non-polar
00:28:51 liquids
00:28:53 and there are
00:28:55 a number of non-polar liquids
00:28:57 and the
00:28:59 polarity
00:29:01 would make them steeper
00:29:05 therefore
00:29:07 here is a line
00:29:09 of
00:29:13 see you're holding the paper
00:29:15 in the middle with this hand
00:29:17 yeah
00:29:19 how many points at this slope
00:29:23 therefore
00:29:25 here is a line
00:29:27 of certain volume
00:29:29 it's a hundred liters
00:29:31 vapor
00:29:33 vapor volume
00:29:35 pretty well dilute gas
00:29:37 so you can apply the gas law
00:29:39 to it
00:29:41 it could be almost anything as long as it's pretty dilute
00:29:43 yes
00:29:45 and you're consistent
00:29:47 now the slope
00:29:49 at such a line
00:29:51 at the intersection
00:29:53 yes
00:29:55 is the entropy
00:30:03 now that
00:30:05 very important
00:30:07 is that this
00:30:09 that there
00:30:11 exists
00:30:13 a number of liquids
00:30:15 which have the same
00:30:17 entropy at the same
00:30:19 vapor volume
00:30:23 up and down
00:30:25 that's it
00:30:27 and
00:30:29 that's it
00:30:31 that's it
00:30:33 and that means
00:30:35 that they
00:30:37 have the maximum
00:30:39 disorder
00:30:41 yes
00:30:53 by your figure here
00:30:55 yes
00:30:57 molar volume behavior is a function
00:30:59 of temperature
00:31:03 Harry this is
00:31:05 let's see this is
00:31:07 ferroxylene and metaxylene
00:31:09 yes
00:31:11 showing how the molar volume changes with temperature
00:31:13 and absolutely
00:31:21 you know what
00:31:25 I don't have the same coat
00:31:27 I wore my suit coat
00:31:29 thinking I had my suit on
00:31:32 you think that
00:31:36 does my watch show
00:31:38 ferroxylene and metaxylene
00:31:40 showing how the molar volume changes
00:31:42 with temperature
00:31:47 well I've got
00:31:49 I think my sleeve
00:31:51 doesn't show
00:31:53 my shirt sleeve does but not mine
00:31:55 the point is
00:31:57 make here that
00:32:01 the ferroxylene
00:32:07 and the metaxylene
00:32:09 solid
00:32:11 have very different volumes
00:32:13 and yet
00:32:15 there's no evidence
00:32:17 that in this liquid state
00:32:19 they differ
00:32:21 I reach in with my left hand
00:32:23 and point at these curves
00:32:25 like that
00:32:27 oh that's good
00:32:29 that's good
00:32:39 like this
00:32:49 so this time I do the point
00:32:59 and I'm reading it
00:33:01 so I think I can follow
00:33:07 let me hear it
00:33:09 so
00:33:11 ferroxylene and metaxylene
00:33:13 showing
00:33:15 showing how the
00:33:17 ok
00:33:23 ferroxylene and metaxylene
00:33:25 yes
00:33:27 showing how the molar volume
00:33:29 changes with temperature
00:33:31 and absolutely
00:33:33 no manifold
00:33:47 I'm in the way
00:33:49 I think you're ok
00:33:51 is that alright now
00:33:53 you ok
00:33:57 I ring
00:33:59 ferroxylene and metaxylene
00:34:01 showing how the molar volume
00:34:03 changes with temperature
00:34:05 and absolutely
00:34:07 no manifestation of the
00:34:09 impending molar volume
00:34:11 change immediately before
00:34:13 the crystallization
00:34:15 point and as you point out
00:34:17 this
00:34:19 obviously indicates that there's
00:34:21 no preliminary
00:34:23 freezing
00:34:31 I checked
00:34:33 it looked ok
00:34:35 I checked
00:34:37 you may not feel it
00:34:39 sufficiently
00:34:41 that's the only one
00:34:43 but I think they're all ok
00:34:47 I think that's all
00:34:51 oh yeah
00:34:53 yeah
00:34:55 that's it
00:34:57 now we got the metals
00:34:59 I think it will be alright
00:35:01 if you hold it right up against your body
00:35:03 alright
00:35:05 ok we want to get tight in just on this metal
00:35:07 you got it
00:35:09 ok and with your finger point to it
00:35:11 yes
00:35:15 tight in on that
00:35:17 ok
00:35:19 I was in
00:35:21 real trouble
00:35:25 now point across
00:35:27 to the other metal here
00:35:29 this one
00:35:31 a little farther down
00:35:33 so you get a cleaner picture
00:35:35 there that's good
00:35:37 we're doing one at a time
00:35:39 so you don't have to see it
00:35:41 not quite a match
00:35:43 that's ok
00:35:49 ok
00:35:55 point on this side
00:35:57 that's it
00:35:59 the nickel's metal
00:36:01 is the angle alright
00:36:03 or should it be
00:36:05 hold on
00:36:07 nickel's metal is
00:36:09 the other side of it
00:36:11 is that right
00:36:13 is that the right side
00:36:15 you getting that
00:36:17 this is the back
00:36:19 that's the front
00:36:21 now do you want the Gibbs
00:36:23 you want the other picture
00:36:25 this is the Gibbs metal
00:36:27 no I don't have the other picture
00:36:29 oh
00:36:31 this is the Priestly metal
00:36:33 well
00:36:35 yeah
00:36:37 I think that it will only be this one
00:36:39 and it's so large
00:36:41 I think the shot will be ok
00:36:43 you got the other two
00:36:45 ok stop tape
00:36:51 no
00:36:53 you're not
00:36:55 doing it for the other metals
00:36:57 ok
00:37:11 I think we probably have that
00:37:13 I don't see the other thing
00:37:23 I think that's it
00:37:27 stop tape
00:37:33 watch his left hand
00:37:37 so we need to hold it with the left hand
00:37:41 ok you have speed
00:37:43 we have speed
00:37:45 ok I want to
00:37:49 tell me when to turn it over
00:37:51 I just want to hold that for a little bit
00:37:57 it's a nice picture isn't it
00:37:59 yes
00:38:27 ok
00:38:29 all done
00:38:37 but all of this represented I think
00:38:39 one of the earliest recognitions
00:38:41 of the importance of entropy
00:38:43 and understanding solution
00:38:45 behavior
00:38:47 let me read a sentence you wrote in your Priestly
00:38:49 lecture in 1965
00:38:51 and of course
00:38:53 you were stating in 1965
00:38:55 something you'd recognize back
00:38:57 I think in the early 20's
00:38:59 entropy
00:39:01 is the thermodynamic function
00:39:03 most closely related to structure
00:39:05 and maximum entropy
00:39:07 of mixing indicates that the molecules
00:39:09 of the mixture are in a
00:39:11 state of maximum disorder
00:39:13 that gave you
00:39:15 a norm to make these comparisons
00:39:17 and of course in addition
00:39:19 gave you the opportunity
00:39:21 to
00:39:23 that's where I
00:39:25 interrupted