Reactions Of Metals And Acids Flashcards
What does reactivity mean?
How vigorously a chemical reacts
How can metals be ordered by reactivity
Comparing their reactions with water and acid
Name given to list of metals ordered by reactivity
Reactivity series
Why are gold and silver found naturally in the earths crust
They are very unreactive
What’s an ore
Valuable rock containing a metal compound
How are metals less reactive than carbon extracted from their ores
reduction with carbon
How are metals more reactive than carbon extracted
Electrolysis
What do oxidation and reduction mean
Oxidation is the addition of oxygen
Reduction is the removal of oxygen
What is made when copper carbonate decomposes
Copper oxide and carbon dioxide
What is a displacement reaction
When a more reactive substance replaces a less reactive one in a compound
In terms of PH what is an acid
A solution with a ph of less than 7
Terms of ph what’s an alkali
A solution with a ph of more than 7
In terms of ph what’s a neutral solution
A solution with a ph of exactly 7
How can you measure the ph of a solution
An indicator or pH probe
Three commonly used laboratory acids and their formulae
Sulfuric acid H2 SO4
Nitric acid HNO3
Hydrochloric acid HCL
