sc8 Flashcards
What colour is litmus in alkali and acidic solutions?
Acid -> red
Alkali -> blue
What colour is methyll orange in acid and alkali solutions?
Acid -> red
Alkali -> orange
What colour is phenolphthalein in acid and alkali solutions?
Acid -> colourless
Alkali -> pink
Metal + acid = ?
Salt + hydrogen
Metal oxide + acid = ?
Salt + water
Metal hydroxide + acid = ?
Salt + water
Metal carbonate + acid = ?
Salt + water + carbon dioxide
What is neutralisation?
A reaction between an acid and a base
What happens in an acid-alkali neutralisation reaction in terms of particles?
hydrogen ions (H+) from acid reacts with hydroxide ions (OH-) from the alkali to form water (H2O)
How do you carry out an acid-alkali titration?
1. use a pipette to add 25cm^3 of alkali to a clean conical flask
2. add few drops of indicator and put the conical flask on a white tile
3. fill burette with acid and note the starting volume
4. add acid from burette to conical flask slowly until indicator changes colour
5. note volume of acid in burette
Why is excess of the reactant added to prepare a soluble salt?
- To ensure the volume of acid reacts completely
- To make the solution formed pure
Why is the excess acid removed after?
- done by filtration
- so you are just left with salt and water
Why should titration be used when preparing a soluble salt?
- so you can measure the exact amount of volumes that reacts
- mix exact proportions of two reactants
What is the method of investigating the preparation of pure, dry hydrated copper Sulfate
- Add excess of copper oxide (insoluble) to sulfuric acid
- Use a filter and filter paper to filter off any copper oxide that hasn’t reacted
- blue solution formed
- Evaporate water by placing in a water bath
What salts are always soluble?
- sodium salts
- potassium salts
- ammonium salts