Chemistry Stuff Flashcards
Displacement of metals from their salts
Any metal will displace another below it in the reactivity series from a solution of one of its salts
Hydrogen displacement
Can be displaced from an aqueous solutions
The solution is an acid
Metals above hydrogen in the reactivity series can displace hydrogen gas from dilute hydrochloric/ sulfuric acid
Salts of metals
Chlorides, nitrates, sulfates
Chlorides
Soluble on waer except silver chloride and led (iii) chloride
Nitrates
Soluble in water
Sulfates
Soluble in water
except barium sulfate, calcium sulfate and lead (ii) sulfate
Reduction
Oxygen removed from a metal oxide
Reducing agent
A substance that carries out the reduction
Reduction of a metal oxide
Heating the metal oxide with a more reactive metal
Carbon in reduction
Can reduce some metal oxides into metals
Carbon becomes carbon dioxide
Combustion of hydrogen
Hydrogen burns when heated in air or oxygen
Forms water
Test for hydrogen
Put a lighted splint at the mouth of a test tube, a squeaky pop will be heard if hydrogen is present
Test for water
Add the liquid to anhydrous copper (ii) sulfate
The white powder will turn blue if pure water is present
Copper (ii) sulfate formed
Boils at 100C freezes at 0C
Sacrificial protection of iron
Zinc is more reactive than iron
Even if the iron is scratched the iron is still protected because the zinc reacted and corrodes instead of the iron.
Galvanised iron
Iron coated in zinc
Preventing steel and iron rusting
Can be prevented by preventing contact with water and oxygen
Can be done by orating in: grease, oil, paint, plastic, a less reactive metal
Problems of coating to prevent rusting
Once the coating is scratched/washed away the iron is once again exposed to water and oxygen and will rust
Rusting of iron
Iron+ water+ oxygen
Iron —> iron (iii) due to loss of electrons