Salts And Electrolysis Flashcards
Acids
Substances that produce hurst often ions when added to water
Pure water is… pH?
Neutral pH of 7
Aqueous solution
Substance dissolved in water
Bases
React with acids and neutralise them
Alkalis
Bases that dissolve in water to make alkaline solutions
Alkalis produce what ions
Hydroxide ions
pH scale
Vales from 0-14
Acidic have what pH
Low 0-2
Alkaline have what pH
Very high 12-14
Indicators
Different colours in acidic and alkaline solutions
Which indicators call tell us the pH of a solution
Universal indicator and full-range Indicator
What happens when an acid reacts with a base
Neutralisation reaction takes place and produces a salt and a water
What can be made from a metal with an acid
Some salts can be made by the reaction of a metal with an acid producing hydrogen gas as well as salt
How can we make soluble salts
By reacting an acid with an alkali
What compound is produced in every neutralisation reaction
Water
Precipitation
An important way of removing some metal ions from industrial waste
Electrolysis
Process that used electricity to break down ionic compounds
Electrolyte
The substance that is broken down
Negative ions lose/gain at the electrodes
Lose electrons
When negative ions lose electrons at the positive electrode to become neutral what is this called
Oxidation
Gaining electrons is called
Reduction
OILRIG
Oxidation Is Loss (of electrons)
Reduction Is Gain (of electrons)
Aluminium oxide is electrolysed to..
Manufacture aluminium
What is mixed with aluminium oxide to lower it’s melting point
Cryolite
What form at the negative electrode when extracting aluminium
Aluminium
What forms at the positive electrode when extracting aluminium
Oxygen
Brine is
A solution of chloride in water
When we electrolyse brine we get three products
Chlorine, gas and sodium hydroxide solution
Electroplating
Uses electrolysis to put a thing coating of metal onto an object
Describe how you would silver plate a small piece of copper jewellery
The copper jewellery is used as the negative electrode