Gases in the atmosphere Flashcards
What are the percentages of gases in the air
Nitrogen - 78%
Oxygen - 21%
Argon - 0.94%
Carbon dioxide- 0.04%
Other gases - traces
How do you separate gases in the air into their individual components
Fractional distillation of liquid air
Explain the idea behind Copper double syringe experiment
- The copper when heated reacts with all the oxygen within the syringe to form copper oxide
- This uses up all the oxygen in the gas syringe
- We can the work out the decrease in gas therefore we can figure out the percentage of oxygen in the air
How can you tell the reaction between the copper and oxygen had finished
When the volume of air no longer decreases
Why is the gas left for a few minutes to cool down
Air expands when heated to to get an accurate reading the air should cool down to original temperature
Describe what happens when phosphorus is set alight
A bright white light
Leaves a ashy grey solid
In the bell jar experiment why does the water level rise
Phosphorus reacts with all the oxygen in the air to form phosphorus oxide, so water flows into bell jar to replace the volume
Write the word and symbol equation between phosphorus and oxygen
Phosphorus + oxygen -> phosphorus oxide
4P + 5O2 -> P4O10
Explain the idea behind the iron wool experiment
Iron wool will react with the oxygen within the test tube and will start to rust and the water will get sucked up to replace the oxygen which is being used
In the iron wool experiment why is the teestube at an angle
It allows the water to be sucked into the test tube
Why could the percentage of oxygen be calculated too low
- Iron wool not wet enough
- Not enough iron wool used
- Not left long enough
Why could the percentage of oxygen could be calculated too high
- Some air escaped between the two high measurements
- Room temperature has increases causing air in test tube to expand.
