Acids And bases Flashcards
What does a metal carbonate and acid make?
Salt
CO2
H2O
What does an Acid and alkali make?
Salt
Water
What does a metal oxide and acid make?
Salt
H2O
What does a metal and acid make
Salt
Hydrogen
What does the ph scale measure?
How acidic or alkaline a solution is.
What is the strongest acids ph?
0
What is the strongest ph of alkali?
14
What is a base?
A substance with a ph greater than 7
What is an alkali?
A base that dissolves in water.
What ions make some acidic
H plus.
What ions make something alkali?
OH minus
Hydrochloric acids will always produce what sort of salts?
Chloride.
Sulphuric acid will always produce what salts?
Sulphates
Metal oxides and hydroxides are what?
Bases.
Watched as an acid and a metal make?
Salt
Hydrogen
What does an acid and a metal oxide produce?
Salt
Water
What is decides the salt?
The combination of metal and acid
How is Ammonium nitrate made?
By adding ammonia and nitric acid.
What does ammonia and nitric acid release?
Ammonium nitrates.
Ammonia and nitric acid is a similar reaction to what other type of reaction?
Neutralisation.
The difference is that it does not produce Water, only ammonium nitrate.
Why is ammonium nitrate a good fertiliser?
It has nitrogen from two sources.
Plants need nitrogen to make proteins.
What sort of reaction should you use to make insoluble salts?
A precipitation reaction.
