FINALS COPPER-GOLD Flashcards
What elements that compose group IB
Copper, Gold, Silver
Properties of Group IB (6)
-Occur free in nature
-Easily recovered from their compounds by reduction
-Are low in the electromotive series and hence are not very active chemically
-The chemical activity decreases as the atomic weigh increases
-Oxides and hydroxides are feebly basic
-Very malleable
Alloys of Copper?
Copper + Zinc= Brass
Copper + Tin= Bronze
What are the essential trace element of copper? (4)
-facilitate the iron absorption
-cofactor of cytochrome oxidase (ETC)
-component of Tyrosinase
-component of hemocyanin
This is genetic disorder (defective metallothionein)
Wilson’s disease
What is the difference between the vitamin and minerals?
Vitamins are organic while minerals are inorganic
T/F:Vitamins and minerals is addition for diet.
True
Sources of vitamins and minerals
Fruits and vegetables.
Examples of Vitamins.
A-for eyes
D-for bones
E-for skin
K- anticoagulant
(C- for boosting immune system, B)
Example of Minerals
Ca, Cu, Fe
When was Wilson’s disease happen?
If you have too much accumulation of copper.
What is the antidote for copper poisoning?
Penicillamine
T/F: Copper (I) and copper (II) each form a series of compounds
True
Color of copper that is water insoluble?
White
Color of copper sulfide?
Black
Color of copper oxide?
Red
Cupric sulfate synonym/s
Blue Vitriol; Blue Stone; Salzburg vitriol; Roman vitriol
What mixture if you combine cupric sulfate + lime=
Bordeux mixture
What mixture that is use in fungicide and algicide in swimming pool and in agriculture.
Bordeux Mixture
What is the antidote used in phosphorous poisoning?
Bordeux Mixture.
Copper acetoarsenate synonym:
Paris green