Chemistry Module 4 Flashcards
How do you test for sulphate ions?
Barium chloride
How do you test for dissolved ions?
Precipitation reactions
How do you test for halide ions?
Silver nitrate
What colour precipitate does chlorine make?
White
What colour precipitate do bromide ions make?
Cream
What colour precipitate do iodide ions make?
Pale yellow
What is thermal decomposition?
Breaking down using heat
What is precipitation?
When a solid forms in solution
When you react some soluble transition metal compounds with sodium hydroxide, what do you get?
An insoluble hydroxide
What do you use precipitation tests to test for?
Transition metal ions
Where does the UK get water from?
Surface water and ground water
What are the steps to purify water in water treatment plants?
Filtration- mesh takes out twigs etc
Sedimentation- adding iron sulphate makes particles clump together and settle at the bottom
Chlorination- chlorine gas kills microbes and harmful bacteria
How can tap water contain impurities?
Nitrates- run off
Lead-pipes
Pesticides from fields
How do you get fresh water?
Distillinga sea water
What kind of structure do metals have?
Crystal
How are metals held together?
Metallic bonds which allow the outer electron to move creating a sea of delocalised electrons
What properties do strong metallic bonds give?
High melting and boiling points, high density
Why are metals good conductors of heat and electricity?
Delocalised electrons carry heat and electrical current
What are superconductors?
Metals at really low temperatures, no resistance
What’s the problem with superconductors?
Expensive to get metals cold enough, less than -265 degrees
What are transition metals?
Metals in the middle of the periodic table
Transition metals and their compounds make good catalysts, give an example
Iron-ammonia-Haber process
Nickel-margarine
What colour is iron(ll)?
Light green
What colour is iron(lll)?
Orange/brown
What colour is a copper compound?
Blue
What are ions?
Charged particles