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Acids & Alkalis Flashcards

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1
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What are acids? (4 marks)

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They have a pH of 1-6
They turn the universal indicator yellow, orange and red
Can neutralise alkalis
Produces hydrogen ions (H+) in aqueous solutions

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Why do you write (aq) next to an acid? (2 marks)

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Acid are aqueous solutions - which means they are dissolved in water

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What is an example of a strong acid? (1 mark)

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Hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid

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What is an example of a weak acid? (1 mark)

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Ethanoic acid (vinegar) - CH3COOH, hydrofluoric acid

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What are alkalis? (4 marks)

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Have a pH of 8-14
Turn universal indicator blue or purple
Can neutralise acids
They form negative hydroxide ions (OH-) in aqueous solutions

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What are bases?

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a substance that reacts with an acid to neutralise it and produce a salt
They are usually metal oxides
or metal hydroxides

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What is an example of a strong alkali? (1 mark)

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Sodium hydroxide (NaOH)

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What is an example of a weak base? (1 mark)

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Ammonia (NH3)

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What number means neutral on the pH scale?

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7

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What are the methods to measure pH? (2 marks)

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an indicator or a pH probe

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What is an indicator? (1 mark)

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A substance that changes colour depending on the pH of the solution to which it is added

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What happens during the neutralisation reaction of acids and alkalis?

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the H+ ions react with the OH- ions to produce water
this is the net ionic equation of all acid-base neutralisation
H+ + OH- —> H₂O

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13
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What is a universal indicator useful for estimating the pH of?

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of an unknown solution

operates across a broad range

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acid + metal —> …. + …..

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acid + metal —> salt + hydrogen

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acid + metal oxide —> …. + ….

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acid + metal oxide —> salt + water

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acid + metal carbonate —> …. + …. + ….

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acid + metal carbonate —> salt + water + carbon dioxide

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acid + alkali —> … + ….

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acid + alkali —> salt + water

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18
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Formula for hydrochloric acid?

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HCl

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19
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Formula for sulfuric acid?

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H₂SO₄

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20
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Formula for nitric acid?

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HNO₃

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21
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Formula for sodium hydroxide?

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NaOH

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22
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Formula for ammonium?

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NH₄⁺

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23
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Formula for nitrate?

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NO₃−

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24
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Formula for sulfate?

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SO₄²-

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25
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Formula for carbonate?

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CO₃²-

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26
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Formula for sulfide?

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S²-

27
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What can ammonium nitrate be used as?

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a fertaliser

28
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What are the steps involved in making a pure, dry sample of a soluble salt?
(To prepare crystals of copper sulfate)

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To prepare crystals of copper sulfate

  • add copper oxide (one spatula at a time) to sulfuric acid with gentle heating until no more will dissolve/ copper oxide is in excess
  • filter the mixture to remove unreacted copper oxide
  • pour the filtrate into an evaporating basin and heat the solution until crystals just start to appear
  • allow to cool to room temperature and leave to evaporate slowly to obtain blue crystals of copper sulfate
  • ensure to wear eye protection
29
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What is the method for titration?

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  • Put 25cm³ of …. hydroxide (alkali) into a conical flask and add a few drops of indicator
  • Put …. acid into a burette
  • Add the acid slowly to the alkali, with swirling, until the indicator just changes colour
  • Note the amount of acid you added
  • repeat this process until you receive 2 similar results (and calculate an average)
  • Now knowing the amount of acid required to neutralise the alkali, add this amount to 25cm³ of a new sample of alkali, without the indicator
  • You now have salt + water
  • Heat the solution until crystals just start to appear, then leave to cool and evaporate the water slowly to obtain the crystals
30
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What is ammonium nitrate made up of (titration)?

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ammonia + nitric acid

31
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What is sodium chloride made up of (titration)?

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sodium hydroxide + hydrochloric acid

32
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Why isn’t potassium added to nitric acid to make potassium nitrate?

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potassium is very reactive

reaction would be extremely violent

33
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Why isn’t copper added to sulfuric acid to make copper sulphate?

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copper is unreactive

wouldn’t react with acid

34
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Why is sulfuric acid stronger than ethanoic acid?

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Sulfuric acid fully ionises in water
(this results in a larger concentration of H⁺ ions and a very low pH)
ethanoic acid only partially ionises

35
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Why is litmus not suitable for titration?

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It is a wide range indicator and therefore does not give a sharp enough colour change at the endpoint

36
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What are titrations?

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Methods of analysing the concentration of solutions

37
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What is a neutralisation reaction?

A

A reaction between an acid and alkali

38
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What is a salt?

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a compound that is formed when the hydrogen atom in an acid is replaced by a metal

39
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Formula of phosphate?

A

PO₄³⁻

40
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Why do salts have no overall charge?

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Since the sum of the charges on the ions is equal to zero

41
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What is an insoluble substance?

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a substance (solid) that will not dissolve in a solvent even after mixing

42
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What is a solvent?

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a substance that does the dissolving (e.g. liquid)

43
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Why is a carbonate not used in making soluble salts?

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any carbon dioxide gas produced would have been released into the atmosphere

44
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What is the titration equation?

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concentration = moles / volume in dm³

45
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How do you work out the volume in dm³

A

volume (cm) / 1000

46
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magnesium + hydrochloric acid reaction?

A

effervescence, temperature increase, pop (splint test)

47
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magnesium oxide + hydrochloric acid reaction?

A

effervescence, red (UI)

48
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sodium hydroxide + hydrochloric acid reaction?

A

green (UI)

49
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potassium carbonate + hydrochloric acid reaction?

A

effervescence, cloudy (limewater)

50
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What is corrosion?

A

corrosion occurs when a metal continues to oxidise. The metal may become weaker and eventually, all of it may become metal oxide.

51
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Formula for ammonia?

A

NH₃

52
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Formula for ethanoic acid?

A

CH₃COOH

53
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Why are the types of indicators

A

Methyl orange
Phenolphthalein
Universal indicator
litmus paper

54
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Why does potassium carbonate not cause limewater to bubble when heated?

A 
Potassium carbonate (and other group 1 metals apart from lithium carbonate) 
does not decompose to produce carbon dioxide / a gas
55
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What evidence is there for a chemical reaction?

A

colour change
formation of a precipitate (solid)
formation of a gas (effervescence)
temperature change

56
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Why is it important for the percentage atom economy of a reaction to be as high as possible?

A

Economic reasons

Waste products may be pollutants / greenhouse gases

57
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Discuss the difference in pH between a weak acid and strong acid of the same concentration

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A strong acid completely ionises (dissociates) in aqueous solutions where is weak acids only partially ionise (dissociate). This means the strong acid has a much lower pH than the weak acid. As a result the strong acid has a higher concentration of H+ ions as a greater number of acid molecules ionise (dissociate)

58
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What is produced when acids react with metals that are not in group 1?

A

Acids react with metals to produce salts and hydrogen

59
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How are solid salts produced from salt solutions?

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salt solutions can be crystallised to produce solid salts

60
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If the pH decreases by one unit, by what factor does the ion concentration increase by?

A

10

61
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What is one way to speed up a reaction between a metal oxide and acid?

A

Heat the mixture

62
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If the acid was the limiting reactant, how could you tell if all the acid was used up?

A

If only metal oxide remains

63
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How could a student obtain a solution from a reaction mixture, when it has finished reacting?

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Through filtration

64
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Describe how salt crystals are produced from salt solution?

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Crystalise the salt solution - which involves heating the solution until crystals just start to appear and allowing it to cool to obtain crystals - to form salt crystals

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