Reactions & Conditions Flashcards
What are the conditions for manufacturing methanol?
What is the equation?
- 400°C
- 10 MPa
- Chromium (III) oxide (Cr2O3) catalyst

What are the conditions for the manufacture of ethanol? (hydration of ethene)
What is the equation?
- 330°C
- 7 MPa
- Phosphoric acid (H3PO4) catalyst

What are the conditions for the manufacture of ammonia? (Haber process)
What is the equation?
- 400°C
- 20 Mpa
- Iron catalyst

What is the reaction of chlorine and water?

What is the reaction between chlorine and sodium hydroxide?

When reacting hydroxide ions with a haloalkane:
- What are the conditions for substition?
- What are the products?
- What does the ion act as?
- Aqueous, room temperature
- Alcohol & halide ion
- Nucleophile
When reacting hydroxide ions with a haloalkane:
- What are the conditions for elimination?
- What are the products?
- What does the ion act as?
- Ethanolic, hot, conc. OH-
- Alkene, halide ion & water
- Base
What are the conditions for fermentation?
- 25°C < T < 42°C
- Anaerobic
- Yeast present
What is the standard pressure value?
100 kPa
Why would higher temperatures be used even though it decreases yield?
- To increase the rate of reaction
Why would lower pressures be used even though it decreases yield?
- Less electrical pumping costs
- Use of lower pressure equipment
- Uses less expensive equipment
What are the products when chloride ions react with sulphuric acid?
What is observed?
Products:
- Hydrochloric acid (HCl)
Observations:
- White fumes
What are the products when bromide ions react with sulphuric acid?
What is observed?
Products:
- Hydrogen bromide (HBr)
- Sulphur dioxide (SO2)
- Bromine (Br2)
Observations:
- Steamy fumes
- Pungent colourless gas
- Red/brown fumes
What are the products when iodide ions react with sulphuric acid?
What is observed?
Products:
- Hydrogen iodide (HI)
- Sulphur dioxide/solid sulphur/hydrogen sulphide (SO2/S/H2S)
- Iodine (I2)
Observations:
- Steamy fumes
- Pungent colourless gas/yellow solid/smelly of rotten eggs
- Purple fumes
What are the conditions requred for dynamic equilibrium to be established?
- Closed system
- Reversible reaction
- Constant temperature
- Constant pressure
Other than sodium chloride (NaCl), give the name of the other chlorine containing compound when chlorine reacts with sodium hydroxide.
Sodium chlorate (I)
NaClO
Give a large-scale application of chlorine.
Sterilise water