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Oxidation
OIL
- loss of e-
- loss of hydrogen
- gain of oxygen
- increase in oxidation number
- reducing agent is oxidised
Reduction
RIG
- gain of e-
- gain of hydrogen
- loss of oxygen
- decrease in oxidation number
- oxidising agent is reduced
how to balance redox equations
- Write the unbalanced equation and identify the atoms which change in ox. no.
- Deduce the ox.no. changes
- Balance the ox.no. changes
- Balance the charges
- Balance the atoms
what is the activity series
- metals can be ranked in order of reactivity
what metal displaces what metal according to the activity series
- metals higher in reactivity can displace less reactive metals
- more reactive metal: reducing agents
- ## less reactive metal: oxidising agent
Redox titration
- oxidizing agent is titrated against a reducing agent
- most transition metal ions naturally change color when the oxidation state changes
- sometimes indicators can be used
- two you should know: manganate (VII) titrations and iodine - thiosulfate titrations
Manganate (VII) titrations
- acididfied manganate (VII) and iron (II) ions
- manganate (VII) is strong purple color which disappears at the end point
- used for analysis of iron
Iodine - Thiosulfate Titrations
- iodine and thiosulfate ions
- light brown/yellow color of iodine turns paler as it is converted to colorless iodide ions
- starch is added to clarify the end point
- ## solution turns black/blue untitl iodine reacts, at which point the color disappears
Winkler Method
- used to measure biological oxygen demand (BOD)
- amount of oxygen used to decompose the organic matter in a sample of water over a specified time period, usually 5 days, at a specified temperature
- high BOD = greater quantity of organic waste
1 mol of O2 –> 2 mol I2 –> 4 mol S2O3-
2Mn2+(aq) + 4OH- (aq) + O2 (aq) → 2MnO2 (s) + 2H2O (l)
MnO2 (s) + 2I−(aq) + 4H+ (aq) → Mn2+(aq) + I2(aq) + 2H2O(l)
2S2O32−(aq) + I2 (aq) → S4O62−(aq) + 2I−(aq)
What is a Voltaic cell
- generate electricty from spontaneous redox reactions
- each part of the cell is called half cell
- in both half cells, there is a potential difference is set up between the rod and the solution - electrode potential
- ## chemical energy is ocnevrted into electrical energy
What does the potential difference depend on?
the nature of the ions in solution
the concentration of the ions in solution
the type of electrode used
the temperature
structure of voltaic cell
- two half cells
- salt bridge - circuit completed by allowing ions to flow from one solution to the other
- voltmeter
- positive electrode - cathode -reduction
- negative electrode - anode - oxidation
What is an electrolytic cells
- An ionic compound conducts electricity when it is molten or in solution
- The current causes the ionic compound to split up and form new substances.
uses of electrolysis
- purifying copper
- plating metals with silver and gold
- extracting reactive metals, such as aluminium
- making chlorine, hydrogen and sodium hydroxide
what is an electrolyte
- substance that the current passes through and splits up
- contains positive and negative ions
- negative ions move to anode (+) - undergo oxidation
- positive ions move to cathode (-) - undergo reduction