GROUP VIII & H Flashcards
NEON GROUP
GROUP VIIIA
- the NOBLE GASES
- inert gas/elements
- chemically inert/stable/unreactive
- monoatomic gases
- all except Rn occur in the atmosphere
NEON GROUP / GROUP VIIIA
what element in the neon group does not occur in the atmosphere
RADON
produced during natural decay of radium
RADON
- SUN
- mixed with ANESTHETIC GASES
HELIUM
ARTIFICIAL AIR
20% O2 + 80% He
- NEW
- used in SIGNS due to BRIGHT REDDISH ORANGE light
NEON
as DIVING gas for deep levels
ARTIFICIAL AIR
- LAZY
- used to DISPLACE OXYGEN and moisture-containing air in packaging material to EXTEND SHELF-LIVES of the contents
ARGON
- HIDDEN
- used in some PHOTOGRAPHIC FLASHES for HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY
KRYPTON
- STRANGER
- used as general anesthetic (more costly)
XENON
- anticancer
RADON
- used extensively in the form of alloys for utensils, COINS, surgical instruments
- German silver: Ni + Cu+ Zn
NICKEL
German silver
Ni + Cu + Zn
- used as ADSORBENT FOR H2 in gas analysis
- alloys with GOLD (white gold) -> jewelry, dental practice, coating
PALLADIUM
PLATINUM came from the spanish word
PLATINA
PLATINA means
SILVER
- RESISTANT TO CORROSION
- dissolves in aqua regia
- used in the preparations of crucibles, dishes, and platinum wires
- MORE EXPENSIVE jewelry than gold
PLATINUM
- FINELY DIVIDED FORM of platinum
- catalyst in fuel cells
PLATINUM BLACK
- ANTICANCER AGENT with platinum
- binds to DNA and causes cross-linking, which triggers the PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH (APOPTOSIS)
- discovered by Rosenberg in 1965 serendipitously (by accident)
CISPLATIN
CISPLATIN was discovered by
ROSENBERG
SIDE EFFECTS OF CISPLATIN
NAUSEA AND VOMITING
NEPHROTOXICITY - kidney poisoning
DOSE-LIMITING
side effects of cisplatin that is the LOSS OF HIGH-FREQUENCY HEARING
OTOTOXICITY
side effects of cisplatin that is the DAMAGE TO NERVES OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
side effects of cisplatin that is the BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; REDUCES THE PATIENTS’ WBC COUNT and makes them susceptible to infections
MYELOSUPPRESSION
- 2ND GENERATION platinum based anticancer drug
- LESS REACTIVE and has LESS NEPHROTOXIC AND OTOTOXIC
- MORE MYELOSUPPRESSIVE
CARBOPLATIN
- 3RD GENERATION platinum based anticancer drug
- MOST EFFECTIVE in combination with: 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin in the treatment of metastatic carcinomas of the colon/rectum
OXALIPLATIN
- ORALLY ACTIVE, convinient to the patient
- milder toxicity
- no cross-resistance
-NOT APPROVED BY FDA
SATRAPLATIN
IRON latin name
FERRUM
FERRUM means
STRONG
- WIDELY USED METAL
- low production cost
- high strength
- steel : Fe + C
- Chalybeate water
IRON
IRON-CONTAINING WATER
CHALYBEATE WATER
STEEL
Fe + C
Fe3O4
MAGNETITE
Fe2O3
HEMATITE
FeS2
PYRITE
also known as FOOL’S GOLD
PYRITE FeS2