Acids, Alkalines And Bases Flashcards
What colour does litmus go when acid and alkali react with it
Pink (acid)
Blue(alkaline)
What colour does phenolphthalein go when acid and alkali react with it
Acid colourless
Alkali fuscha pink
What colour does methyl orange go when acid and alkali react with it
Acid red
Alkaline yellow
What is the chemical formula of hydrochloride acid
HCl
What is the chemical formula for sulfuric acid
H2SO4
What is the chemical formula for nitric acid
HNO3(charge of -1)
What is the definition of an indicator
An indicator is a substance that is one colour when in acid and goes a different colour when dropped in alkaline
What is the definition of pH
PH is a number scale that shows how acidic or alkaline a solution is
What is the scale of acid
123456
What is the number for neutral
7
What is the scale of numbers for alkaline
8,9,10,11,12,13,14
What colour does a solution go in a universal indicator with a pH 0,1,2
Red
What colour does a solution go in a universal indicator with a pH 3,4,5
Orange
What colour does a solution go in a universal indicator with a pH 5,6
Yellow
What colour does a solution go in a universal indicator with a pH 7
Green
What colour does a solution go in a universal indicator with a pH 8,9
Blue/green
What colour does a solution go in a universal indicator with a pH 10,11
Blue
What colour does a solution go in a universal indicator with a pH 12,13,14
Purple
What is the definition of a base
A base is any metal oxide/hydroxide
Are metal bases soluble in water
No
What are the exceptions called with the metal oxides that are soluble in water
Alkalis
What is the definition of a salt
A salt is the compound formed when the hydrogen ions get replace by metal ions or ammonium ions
Where in the reactivity series do metals stop reacting with acid
Metal below hydrogen
What is the general word equation for acid +metal
Acid + metal goes to salt + hydrogen
How many nitrates are soluble
All of them
What are the exceptions of all the chlorides being soluble
Silver chloride and lead(ii)chloride
What are the exceptions of the sulfates being soluble in water
Barium sulfate
Lead(ii)sulfate
Calcium sulfate
How many metals are insoluble when used to make salts
All of them
How many bases are insoluble when used to make salts
All except for group 1 and 2 (ca downwards) and ammonia
How many carbonates are insoluble when used to make salts
All except group 1 and ammonia