Inorganic Chemistry Flashcards
The compound CaO belongs to the family known as
The metal Oxides
The name of NaCN
Sodium Cyanide
The compound NaNO2 is called
Sodium Nitrite
The compound KOH belongs to the family known as
The hydroxide salts
Lithium Hydride is a salt that belongs to the family known as
The binary Salts
A certain class of salts when in contact with moisture, will evolve heat, a caustic solution, and oxygen. That class is?
The peroxide salts
The salt potassium cyanide belongs to the family known as the
The cyanide salts
A salt with the formula AlCl3 is correctly named
Aluminum Chloride
Phosphorus trichloride is a
Binary nonsalt
Sulfur dioxide is a
Nonmetal oxide
Oxyacids can possess which of the following hazards?
Corrosive, Oxidizers, Toxic
Type of bond in which electrons are accepted or donated?
Ionic
Type of bond when electrons are shared?
Covalent
What are binary salts composed of? Which are reactive to water?
Metal + Nonmetal
Nitrides, Carbides, Hydrides, Phosphides
What gas is released when nitrides contact moisture?
Ammonia gas
What gas is released when carbides contact moisture?
Acetylene Gas
What gas is released when hydrides contact moisture?
Hydrogen
What gas is released when Phosphides contact moisture?
Phosphine
What are metal oxides composed of?
Ionic bonding of a metal to an oxygen
Hydroxide salts are composed of?
A metal and the hydroxide radical, (OH)-1
Peroxide Salts are composed of?
Metal and a peroxide anion (O2)
Cyanide salts are composed of? And what causes a release of cyanide gas?
Metal and the cyanide complex (CN)-1.
Presence of an acid
Ammonium salts are composed of?
Ammonium Ion (NH4)+1 and nonmetal
Oxysalts are composed of?
Metal and an oxyradical
Binary nonsalts are composed of?
Nonmetal and nonmetal
Nonmetal Oxides (fire gases) are composed of?
Nonmetal and Oxygen
Binary Acids (acid gases) are composed of?
Hydrogen and a halogen
Oxyacids are composed of?
Hydrogen and an oxyradical
Inorganic cyanides are composed of?
Nonmetal and cyanide radical
