Developing metals Flashcards
What is oxidation?
A loss of electrons
What is reduction?
A gain of electrons
What is a reducing agent?
Donates electrons
What is an oxidising agent?
Takes/accepts electrons
Does an oxidising agent lose or gain electrons during a redox reaction?
Gain
Does a reducing agent lose or gain electrons during a redox reaction?
lose
Apart from multiplying up the reactants and products, name three things you can add to balance a half equation.
H+ ions
Electrons
Water
What are acid base titrations used for?
To find how much acid is needed to neutralise a base
In an acid base titration what goes into the burette?
The acid
What is the purpose of a redox titration?
How much oxidising agent is needed to react with a quantity of reducing agent
What is a common oxidising agent used in redox titrations?
manganate(VII) ions
How do you do a redox titration?
1) Measure quantity of reducing agent using pipette and put in conical flask
2) Add dilute sulfuric acid in excess to conical flask
3) Add oxidising agent to the burette
4) Swirl the conical flask as you add it
5) Stop when you reach end point
6) repeat until concordant titrations
In a redox reaction what goes in the burette?
The oxidising agent
Why do you add dilute sulfuric acid to the conical flask in a redox titration?
The acid is added to make sure there are plenty of H+ to allow the oxidising agent to be reduced
What is the colour change in a redox reaction using potassium manganate(VII)?
colourless –> pink end point
What are the reactions in an electrochemical cell?
oxidation and reduction
What reaction happens at the anode in an electrochemical cell?
oxidation
What reaction happens at the cathode in an electrochemical cell?
reduction
What does an electrochemical cell consist of?
two different metals dipped in salt solutions of their own ion and connected by a wire and a salt bridge
What direction do electrons flow through a wire in an electrochemical cell?
from the most reactive metal to the least reactive metal
What is cell potential?
The voltage between the two half-cells
EMF Ecell
What electrode do you need when the half cell consists of two aqueous solutions of the same element?
Needs to conduct electricity but be very inert
eg.platinum or graphite
How do you set up an electrochemical cell?
1) Clean surface of strip of metals you’re using as electrodes with sand paper
2) Clean electrodes using propanone
3) Place electrode into beaker filled with solution containing ions of that metal
4) Create a salt bridge by dipping a piece of filter paper in salt solution and then drape it between the two beakers
5) connect electrodes with voltmeter crocodile clips and wires
Does the reaction go forwards at the half cell if the electrode potential is more or less positive?
more positive
What happens at the half cell with a more negative electrode potential?
it is oxidised so goes backwards
What are standard conditions for electrode potentials?
298K
100kPa
1.00 moldm^-3
What are electrode potential measured against?
Stand hydrogen electrodes
What is standard electrode potential?
Voltage of half cell measured under standard conditions when half cell is connected to a standard hydrogen potential
What is the equation for Ecell?
Ecell = (E more positive) - (E more negative)
Do more reactive metals have more negative or positive electrode potentials?
more negative