Chapter 4: Aqueous Solutions/Reactions Flashcards
What is Titration?
When you combine a sln of known molarity with another sln of unknown molarity until the equilibrium/equivalence point to determine the unknown’s molarity
follows from the fact that at equilibrium, the number of moles for each sln will be ‘stoichiometrically’ equal
What are Weak electrolytes?
substance that only partially dissociates into ions in water
What is Solvation?
What you call it when water molecules surrounds strong electrolytes, and the intermolecular attraction between them causes the electrolytes to ionize
Interaction of ions with polar solvent molecules
When determining oxidation numbers, should you consider a species’ coefficient?
no
When do Neutralization Rxns make gas????
When a neutralization reaction involves a base (like sulfide ion or carbonate ion) that is not OH-
Can produce H2S g when Sulfide reacts with acid
Can produce CO2 g when carbonate reacts with acid
What are Exchange Reactions?
Type of Aqueous rxns where cations and anion reactants switch partners
what are the units of Molarity (concentration)
moles of a solute for every L of the WHOLE SOLUTION
(per chapter 4) what is a base?
Electrolyte that takes H+ in aq rxns
Bases increase the concentration of OH- in aq rxns (because they take the H+ from water or some other thing that was originally attached to an H and an O)
Under what (rare) conditions does hydrogen have a negative oxidation number?
When the hydrogen has to act as the anion; When hydrogen is part of a metal hydride;
When a hydrogen and a metal are bound (alone together).
H in this compound CH2OH for example, would be positive.
what does Concentration of a sln describe?
the ratio between the amount of solute and the amount of total solution
Why are displacement reactions called displacement reactions???
Because ions are ‘displaced’ /replaced
What is the Activity series?
a System of ranking metals according to how easily they can be oxidized (by other metals or H)
What are Oxidation/Reduction (Redox) Reactions?
aq reactions where an electron is transferred from one reactant to another
What is the expression MV=MV used for?
calculating the moles and or liters needed to accomplish a certain/new solution molarity using another, given molarity (or vice versa).
Follow from the fact that total number of moles is constant before and after a dilution is completed
What kinds of acids and bases are described as weak?
Acids and bases that are made of WEAK electrolytes
Which aqueous reactions can titration be used for?
Neutralization
Precipitation
Redox
(per chpt. 4) what is an Acid?
Electrolytes that ionize/give up their H+ in aq rxns
Bases increase the concentration of H+ in aq rxns