PICLEC: GROUP IIIA & IIIB Flashcards
Known as “Triels”, they are Trivalent, 3+
Group III
What group includes the following elements:
- B, Al, Ga, In, TI
GROUP IIIA - The Boron group
It forms Alums; hydroxides are amphoteric
GROUP IIIA
Its elemental form is never employed in medicine and pharmacy; It is classified as a metalloid.
BORON (B)
GROUP IIIA - BORON
- Known as “Boracic acid”
BORIC ACID
GROUP IIIA - BORON
- Used as a dusting powder or ointment base; Used in Lister’s solution
- Known as Antiseptic
- ‘Boricic acid’
BORIC ACID
GROUP IIIA - BORON
- Who prepared the lister’s solution?
JOSEPH LISTER
GROUP IIIA - BORON
- Known as “BORAX” ; Sodium tetraborate
SODIUM BORATE
GROUP IIIA - BORON
- Used as a Bacteriostatic (for eye-wash and wet dressing)
- Water softener (removes ions and foreign matter in water)
- ‘Borax’ , ‘sodium teraborate’
SODIUM BORATE
GROUP IIIA - BORON
- It is used as a Dentrifice (anti-cariogenic agent and anti-cavities)
- Treatment for Vincents’s Angina “Trench mouth” (angina/angina pectoris = chest pain)
SODIUM PERBORATE
Known to be the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust.
ALUMINUM (Al)
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- Most abundant element on earth.
Oxygen, Silicon, Nitrogen (OSiN)
GROUP IIIA
- Used for making cooking utensils, and instruments due to its lightness, strength, and none-corrosive property.
ALUMINUM (Al)
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- It is used as a catalyst in organic synthesis (Friedel-Craft’s Reaction)
- Known to be Anti-septic and Astringent.
ALUMINUM CHLORIDE
GROUP IIIA - ALUMINUM
- It is combined with organic dyes to form lakes
- Used as dry mordant (Colorant/dye)
ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE