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Electrolysis Flashcards

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1
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What equipment is needed

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Beaker, electrolyte, cathode and anode, battery, wire

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What is an electrolyte

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Liquid or solution that contains an ionic compound, the ions are free to move around.

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Example of a soluble electrolyte

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Copper Sulphate (CuSO4)

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What is a soluble electrolyte

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A compound dissolved in water

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What is an insoluble electrolyte

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A compound that needs to be melted to get a molten liquid so that the ions are free to move around

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6
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Example of an insolvable electrolyte

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Lead Bromide (PbBr2)

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7
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What are electrodes

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Solid consuctors

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8
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What are electrodes made out of

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metal or graphite (carbon)

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What is the positive electrode

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The anode

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10
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The is the negative electrode

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The cathode

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11
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What is the wire for

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so the electrons can flow

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12
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what is the battery for

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to drive the flow of electrons

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13
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what does electrolysis mean

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‘splitting up with electricity’

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what does electrolysis do

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a current is passed through to electrolyte to separate the elements in a compound

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What are negative ions attracted to

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The positive anode

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What are positive ions attracted to

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the negative cathode

17
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What happens when ions reach an electrode

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They are discharged meaning a charger ion becomes a neutral ion

18
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What happens when lead is discharged

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It goes to the negative cathode and is discharged to form a layer of pure lead at the bottom of the beaker

19
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What happened when broke is discharged

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the atoms pair up to form bromine gas which floats off

20
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What happens to the atoms at the anode

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They are oxidised

21
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What happens to the atoms at the cathode

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They are reduced

22
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What is oxidation

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The ions at the anode lose electrons

23
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What is reduction

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The ions at the cathode gain electrons

24
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How do the ions get reduced and oxidised

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The electrons from the ions at the positive anode are transported along the wire to the cathode and are given to the ions at the negative cathode

25
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Why do the ions get reduced and oxidised

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to discharge the ions so they are neutral are return to their original form as atoms

26
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Oxidisation half equation

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2Br- —> Br2 + 2e-

27
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Reduction half equation

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Pb2+ + 2e- —> Pb

28
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What side is the anode

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Right

29
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What side is the cathode

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Left

30
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Why do metal oxides need to be melted into a molten liquid

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So that the ions can be free to move around

31
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What other ions do aqueous solutions contain

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Positive Hydrogen and negative Hydroxide

32
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What is hydrogen attracted to

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The negative cathode

33
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What is hydroxide attracted to

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The positive anode

34
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If there is more than one ion at a cathode which will be discharged

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The ion of the least reactive element

35
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What is the reactivity series

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Potassium, Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Carbon, Zinc, Iron, Tin, Lead, Hydrogen, Copper, Silver, Gold, Platinum

36
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What is a saying to remember the reactivity series

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Chemisty -GCSE Higher Tier (2 decks)

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