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1
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What is conserved in chemical reactions

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Energy is conserved.

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2
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Exothermic reaction

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One that transfers energy to its surroundings meaning the temperature of it’s surroundings increases

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Example of exothermic reaction

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Handwamers

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Endothermic reaction

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One that takes energy from it’s surroundings meaning it looses tempertature

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5
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Example of endothermic reaction

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Thermal decompositions

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6
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What is a requirment of a chemical reaction

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When reacting particles collide with eachother and with sufficient energy

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7
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What energy is needed for a reaction to occur

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Activation energy

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8
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What happens during a chemical reaction

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Energy is supplied to break bonds in the reactants and energy is released when bonds in the products are formed

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9
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How to find overall energy change of a reaction

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Difference between sum of energy needed to break bond in reactants and sum of energy released when bonds in the products are formed

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10
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What can you calculate with bond energies

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Energy needed to break bonds and energy release when bonds are created

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11
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Required practical 8

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Making a copper salt

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12
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Aim of making a copper salt (RP)

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To prepare a sample of copper sulfate bt reacting sulfuric acid with copper

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13
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Health and safety for RP8

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Eye protection, only warm acid gently (do not boilJ

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Step 1 RP

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Add insoluable copper oxide to sulfuric acid and stir. Warm gently with on tripod and gauze

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Step 2 RP

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As reaction is completing, it will turn blue showing copper sulfate is being formed. When reaction is complete, filter solution to remove excess copper oxide.

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Step 3 RP

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Heat copper sulfate solution over boiling water which is over a bunsen burner on a tripod. Then after this, leave for a week and see crystals form

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17
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What type of salt is formed with sulfuric acid

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Sulfate

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18
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What type of salt is formed with nitric acid

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Nitrate

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19
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What type of salt is formed with hydrochloric acid

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Chloride

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20
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What is reduction

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When you remove carbon dioxide or oxygen from a compound

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21
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Oxidation

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Losing electrons

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22
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Reduction

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Gaining electrons

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23
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How do you know if a substance is an Alkali

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When it’s solution has a pH value above 7

24
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How do you know if a substance is an acid

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When dissolved in water, it’s solution has a pH value less than 7

25
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What is a base

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The oxide, hydroxide or carbonate of a metal that will react with an acid, forming a salt as one of the products

26
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What is a displacement reaction

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A reaction in which a more reactive element takes the place of a less reactive element in one of its compounds or in solution

27
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What is Electrolysis

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The breakdown of a substance containing ions by electricity

28
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What is equilibrium

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The point in a reversible reaction at which the forward and backward rates of reaction are the same

29
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What is an ionic equation

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An equation that shows only those ions or atoms that change in a chemical reaction

30
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What is a metal ore

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A rock that contains enough of a metal or metal compound that is worth extracting the metal

31
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What is a neutral

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A solution with a pH 7 so neither an acid or alkali

32
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What is neutralisation

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The chemical reaction of an acid with a base in which a salt and water are formed

33
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Acid + metal

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Salt + hydrogen

34
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Acid + base

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Salt + water

35
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Acid + alkali

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Salt + water

36
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Acid + carbonate

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Salt + water + carbon dioxide

37
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3 examples of strong acids

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Hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulfuric acid

38
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3 examples of weak acids

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Ethanoic acid, citric acid, carbonic acid

39
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What does the concentration of H+ (aq) ion increasing by a factor of 10 result int

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The pH value decreasing by 1 unit

40
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What does an acid need to be mixed with for it to be ionised

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Aqueous solution

41
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What do strong acids do in water

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Ionise completely

42
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What do weak acids not do in solition

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Ionise completely

43
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What happens when the concentration of H+ is higher

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The rate of reaction will be faster

44
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Of the same concentration, what is more reactive strong or weak acids

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Strong

45
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Equation for strong acid

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HCl —-> H+ + Cl-

46
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Equation for weak acid

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CH3COOH —-> <——- H+ + CH3OO-

47
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What is the pH in an acid or alkali a measure of

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Of the concentration of H+ ions in the solution

48
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Every decrease of 1 on the pH scale….

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The concentration of H+ ions in the soltion increases by a factor of 10

49
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What does acid strength tell you

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What proportion of acid molecules ionise in water

50
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What does the concentration measure

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How much acid there is in a certain volume of water

51
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The larger amounts of acid there is in a certain volume…

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The more concentrated the acid is

52
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Reaction of potassium, sodium, lithium, calcium with water

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Fizz, give off hydrogen gas

53
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Reaction of magnesium, aluminium, zinc and iron with water

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Very slow reaction

54
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How do tin and lead react with water

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Slight reaction with steam

55
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How do copper silver and gold react with water

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No reaction, even with steam

56
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What is the reactivity series

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List of metals in order of their reactivity towards ther substances

GCSE chemistry (10 decks)

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