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Reversible Reactions and Industrial Processes Flashcards

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1
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What is an example of a reversible reaction

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Unhydrated copper sulphate + water = hydrated copper sulphate

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What is the equation for the reversible copper sulfate reaction

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CuSO(4) + H(2)O = CuSO(4) H(2)O

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How do we test for water in a copper sulfate and water reaction

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Using anhydrous copper sulfate

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4
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What is a closed system

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Where reactants and products can’t escape

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5
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What happens eventually with reversible reactions

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They reach an equilibrium

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Name the process used to make ammonia

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The haber process

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7
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What chemicals are combined in the haber process to make ammonia

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Hydrogen and nitrogen

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8
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What conditions are used in the haber process to stop reactions from reversing

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  • Temperatures of about 450 degreees
  • High pressure (200 atmospheres)
  • An iron catalyst speeds up reactions
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9
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What is the effect of a higher temperature with reversible reactions

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To push the reaction in the direction of the smallest total number of molecules - this benefits producing ammonia, as it is a single product that has two reactants

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10
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Why do high temperatures favour the backward reactions

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Because the forward reaction is exothermic, and the backward reaction endothermic. High temperatures favour endothermic reactions.

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11
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Why isn’t the haber process run at a very low temperature

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Because below 400 degrees the reaction rate is too slow for profit

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12
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What yield does a moderately high temperature give in a reasonable amount of time

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15%

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13
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How is ammonia removed from the cycle

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It is liquified, while hydrogen and nitrogen just pass through the system repeatedly

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14
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What makes ammonia identifiable

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It is the only common gas which is an alkine

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What are distinctive qualities of ammonia

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It has a sharp choking smell

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16
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What is the formula for an ammonium ion

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NH(4)(+)

17
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What happens when ammonium sulfate is mixed with sodium hydroxide and the mixture is heated

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Ammonia is given off

18
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Give the equation for when ammonium sulfate and sodium hydroxide are mixed and heated

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NH(4) + OH = NH(3) + H(2)O

19
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What is the last way to identify ammonia

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Using hydrogen chloride gas - white smoke is made

20
Q

What do most fertilisers contain

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Ammonia compounds, phosphorous and potassium

21
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What are the environmental problems with fertilisers

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  • The fertiliser stimulates plant growth in water
  • The fastest growing plants are single celled organisms
  • An algal bloom is created
  • Everything in the water eventually dies
22
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What is the most commonly used fertiliser compound

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Ammonium nitrate

23
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How is ammonium nitrate produced (equation por favor)

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By neutralising ammonia solution with nitric acid
NH(3) + HNO(3) = NH(4)NO(3)
Ammonia + nitric acid = ammonium nitrate

24
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What is the reaction to mate ammonium nitrate known as

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Neutralisation reaction

25
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What is another compound used for fertilisers

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Ammonium sulfate (another neutralisation reaction)

26
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Give the equation to make ammonium sulfate

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2NH(3) + H(2)SO(4) = (NH(4))(2)SO(4)

27
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What is sulfuric acid used for

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  • Making ammonium sulfate feriliser
  • It’s the acid in vehicle batteries
  • Making fibres, paints and dyes
  • Dehydrating agent
28
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What does the reaction of sulfuric acid with sugar demonstrate

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Its power as a dehydrating agent

29
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What is the formula for sucrose (sugar)

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C(12)H(22)O(11) - The same proportions of hydrogen and oxygen as in water

30
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What happens when sucrose reacts with concentrated sulfuric acid

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The hydrogen and oxygen are removed leaving only carbon

31
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What kind of reaction happens between sucrose and sulfuric acid

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An exothermic one - the sugar basically caremalises and then turns black, and some of the water is evaporated, but gets stuck in the hardening carbon, causing the whole thing basically to grow

32
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What is sulfuric acid made by

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The contact process

33
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What are the stages of the contact process

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  1. The manufacture of sulfur dioxide
  2. The conversion of sulfur dioxide into sulfur trioxide
  3. The conversion of sulfur trioxide into sulfuric acid
34
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How is sulfur dioxide made and what’s the equation

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By burning sulfur in excess oxygen (irreversible)
S + O(2) = SO(2)
Excess oxygen is used because the next stage needs the rest of it

35
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What does stage 2 of the contact process involve (equations)

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Sulfur dioxide reacts with oxygen to make sulfur trioxide (reversible)
2SO(2) + O = 2SO(3)

36
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What conditions is stage two of the contact process done under

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  • 450 degrees (same reasons as haber)
  • Normal pressure
  • Vanadium oxide as a catalyst
37
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What does stage 3 of the contact process involve

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Sulfur trioxide reacts with water to make sulfuric acid, but the reaction is uncontrollable, so the sulfur trioxide has to be dissolved first for safety reasons

38
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What’s the equation for making oleum

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H(2)SO(4) + SO(3) = 2H(2)S(2)O(7)

39
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What’s the equation for making sulfuric acid

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H(2S(2)O(7) + H(2)O = 2H(2)SO(4)

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