Periodicity Flashcards
Properties of Sodium
Metal, Metallic bonding, Shiny when exposed to air, conducts electricity, reacts with dil acids to produce hydrogen and salts
Properties of Magnesium
Metal, metallic bonding, shiny when exposed to air, electrical conductor, reacts with dil acids to give hydrogen and salts
Properties of Aluminium
Metal, metallic bonding, shiny when exposed to air, electrical conductor, reacts with dil acids to give hydrogen and salts.
Properties of Silicon
Semi-Metal, Semi-conductor of heat
Properties of Phosphurus
Non-metal, covalent bonding, electrical insulator, low tm and tb.
Properties of sulphur
Non, metal, covalent bonding, electrical insulator, low tm and tb.
Properties of Argon
Very unreactive, non metal, acts as separate species
Properties of chlorine
Low tm/tb, non-metal, non-conductor, covalent
Reactions of Sodium:
2Na+2H20—->2NaOH+H2 -HIGH pH due to being v soluble. VIGOROUS FIZZING
2Na+O.5O2—–>Na2O BRIGHT YELLOW FLAME/WHITE SOLID.
Reactions of Magnesium
Mg+2H2O(l)—->Mg(OH)2+H2—->water, not very reactive sparingly soluble.
HEAT Mg WITH STEAM
Mg+H2O(g)—->MgO + H2
Mg+0.5O2—–>MgO BRIGHT WHITE FLAME/WHITE POWDER.
Reactions of Aluminium
4AL+3O2—->2Al2O3- WHITE POWDER FORMED.
Heated and lowered into gas jar containing O2/
Reactions of silicon
Si+O2—->SiO2 strongly heated in oxygen. white powder.
Reactions of RED phosphorus
Must be heated before reacting with oxygen.
4P+5O2—->P4O10
Reaction of WHITE phosphorus
occurs SPONTANEOUSLY.
4P+5O2—->P4O10
Phosphorus product in limited oxygen
P2O3