C1- Chemical concepts Flashcards
Bohr model
Exist in fixed shells
Volatility
How easily a material evaporates
Solution
mixture of solute and a solvent that does not separate out
Solute
is the substance being dissolved
Solvent
the liquid that is being dissolved into
Soluble
Will dissolve
Solubility
How much will dissolve
Why isn’t nail varnish soluble in water?
Molecules strongly attracted to each other (stronger than with molecules of water)
water is attracted to itself
Why is nail varnish soluble in acetone?
molecules are attracted to each other
Another name for acetone
propanone
Name of main aluminium ore
bauxite - aluminium oxide
How can a metal be extracted from its ore?
reduction and electrolysis (sometimes displacement)
Reactivity series
Potassium Sodium Calcium Magnesium Aluminium Carbon Zinc Iron Tin Copper
Metals extracted by electrolysis
Potassium Sodium Calcium Magnesium Aluminium
Metals extracted by reduction using carbon
Zinc
Iron
Tin
Copper