Chapter 4 Flashcards
What are strong acids
Releases all of its hydrogen atoms into a solution as h+ ions and completely disassociates in aqueous solution
Common acids formulas
Hydrochloric acid
Sulfuric acid
Nitric acid
Ethanoic acid
HCl
H2SO4
HNO3
CH3COOH
What are weak acids
Only releases a small proportion of its available hydrogen atoms into solution as H+ ions, and partially dissociates in aqueous solution
What is a base
A base can neutralise an acid to form a salt
NH3
What is an alkali
A base that dissolved in water
Releasing hydroxide ions OH- into the solution
Neutralisation equation
Acid (aq) + metal oxide/hydroxide (s) —> salt (aq) + water (l)
Acid (aq) + alkali (aq) —>
Salt (aq) + water (l)
Acid + carbonate (s) —>
Co2 (g) + H2O (l) + salt (aq)
What are titrations
A technique used to accurately measure the volume of one solution that reacts exactly with another solution
What are titrations useful for
Finding the concentration of a solution
Identifying an unknown solution
Finding the purity of a substance
How to prepare standard solutions
- solid is weighed
- solid is dissolved using less distilled water than needed to fill the volumetric flask
- solution is transferred to volumetric flask
- remaining solution is rinsed into flask with more distilled water
- more distilled water is added drop-wise to reach meniscus
- flask is slowly inverted to make sure the solution is mixed
Acid base titration procedure
- add a measured volume of 1 solution to a conical flask
- add other solution to burette, record initial reading (0.05)
- add indicator
- when the indicator changes colour at the end point stop the tap
- record final burette reading
- calculate titre by subtracting initial from final
- further titrations are carried out until titres are concordant (0.1)
Oxidation number definition
A measure of the number of electrons an atom uses to bond with atoms of another element
Special cases of oxidation number
H - metal hydrides (NaH)
O - peroxide’s (H2O2)
O - F (F2O)
H = -1
O = -1
O = +2
Redox reactions
Involves reduction and oxidation