Reactions Flashcards
What percentage of the air is nitrogen?
78%
What percentage of oxygen is in the air?
21%
What percentage of the air is Argon?
0.9%
In the air how much carbon dioxide is there?
0.037%
Three physical features of Oxygen are?
Gas, colourless, odourless
Three uses of oxygen are?
Welding torches, rocket fuel, breathing apparatus in hospitals
The word equation for respiration is?
Sugar+oxygen->Carbon dioxide+water(+energy)
Candle wax is made up of substances containing carbon and hydrogen. What are the two products of the reaction.
Carbon dioxide+water
Describe the chemical test for water.
Use the chemical anhydrous copper sulphate which changes colour from white to blue in presence of water
What’s the word equation for Oxygen?
Manganese dioxide
Hydrogen peroxide———————->water+oxygen
What are the chemicals required for the test for oxygen?
Hydrogen peroxide and catalyst+manganese dioxide
The test for oxygen?
Relights a glowing splint
What is a catalyst, and what does it do?
A chemical that speeds up the chemical reaction without being used up
Examples of industrial catalyst.
Iron, platinum and vanadium (V) oxide
What is an enzyme, and what does it do?
Is a soluble protein molecules that speed up chemical reactions in cells