Making and Identifying Salts Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 4 ways of making salts?
A
Reacting a metal with an acid
Reacting an insoluble base with an acid
Neutralising an alkali with an acid by titration
By precipitation
2
Q
When is reacting salts with metal suitable and give example of these metals p.
A
Only suitable for metals above Hydrogen in the reactivity series
Magnesium, Zinc and Aluminium and Iron salts can be made
3
Q
Which 3 elements can we not use for making salts by reacting acid and metals? Explain why.
A
Copper
Silver
Lead
To close to or below hydrogen in the reactivity series
4
Q
What is a salt?
A
A compound formed when a metal or ammonium group replaces hydrogen in an acid
