Sci 3 Flashcards

1
Q

What are the five basic types of reactions?

A

synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement, combustion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What distinguishes the five basic types of reactions?

A

pattern of atom rearrangement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What are synthesis reactions also called?

A

combination reactions

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What do double replacement reactions involve?

A

two ionic compounds in a solution trading ions

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Give an example of double replacement reactions

A

AB + CD to AD +CB

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What does the format of a single replacement reaction depend on?

A

Whether or not the replacement atom is a metal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What are the two single replacement reaction formats?

A

M + BC to MC + B or N + BC to BN + C

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What was the process in which alchemists tried to form gold out of base metals?

A

transmutation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What field was Johann Baptista van Helmont involved in?

A

medical chemistry

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What was Van Helmont notably opposed to?

A

alchemy and element transmutation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What cause drove Van Helmont?

A

understanding disease

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What term did Van Helmont introduce?

A

gas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What seventeenth century physician anticipated the law of conservation of mass?

A

Van Helmont

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What was Van Helmont’s profession?

A

physician

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Who conclusively demonstrated the law of conservation of mass?

A

Antoine Lavoisier

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What five scientists in France and Britain supported van Helmont’s ideas?

A

Robert Boyle, Joseph Black, Henry Cavendish, Joseph Priestley, and Antoine Lavoisier

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What theory made it difficult to determine what caused matter to change form?

A

phlogiston theory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Did scientists believe that phlogiston could be detected?

A

no

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

What question was notable in disproving phlogiston theory?

A

why air is required for combustion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Who developed a scientific explanation for combustion that refuted phlogiston theory?

A

Lavoisier

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

What did Lavoisier heat to form mercury and a gas?

A

mercury calx

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

What did Lavoisier discover in his experiment with mercury and calx?

A

the total mass remained constant when it changed form

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

What did Lavoisier call the metal calxes?

A

metal oxides

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Who is often called the father of modern chemistry?

A

Lavoisier

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Who discovered that air is composed primarily of oxygen and nitrogen?
Lavoisier
26
who discovered that water cannot be converted into earth?
Lavoisier
27
What did Svante Arrhenius believe happened to acids in water?
they break apart to yield a hydrogen ion (+)
28
What did Arrhenius believe happened to bases in water?
they break apart to yield a hydroxide ion (-)
29
What could Arrhenius's theory about acids and bases not explain?
Why molecules like ammonia were basic when they did not contain OH
30
How do Bronsted and Lawry define an acid?
any reactant that donates a hydrogen ion in a reaction
31
How do Bronsted and Lawry define a base?
any hydrogen acceptor in a reaction
32
When NH3 reacts with water, what do water and ammonia act as?
ammonia acts as a base and water acts as an acid
33
What does ammonia become when it reacts with water?
positive ammonium ion
34
Why is an ammonia, water reaction solution basic?
ammonia takes a hydrogen from water, forming a hydroxide ion
35
What can water become when it accepts a hydrogen ion?
A base (hydronium ion)
36
What is a molecule that can act either as an acid or a base called?
amphoteric
37
How is pH defined?
the concentration of hydronium ions in units of moles per liter
38
What is the equation for pH?
-log[hydronium ion]
39
How is H30+ typically abbreviated?
h+
40
What is the range of the pH scale?
0-14
41
A substance with pH below seven is ____
acidic
42
A basic solution has very little __
hydrogen ions
43
what is the pH of pure water?
7
44
Acid-base reactions are a type of ___ replacement reaction
double
45
what do an acid and base yield?
salt an water
46
What two molecules react to form NaCl?
HCl and NaOH
47
What two molecules react to form KBr?
HBr and KOH
48
What is the process called in which the pH of a solution is measured as acids and bases are mixed together?
titration
49
What device on the buret allows solutions to be added by drops?
stopcock
50
When performing a titration, someone might use a _____ flask
erlenmeyer
51
Is the acid usually in the flask or the buret when performing a titration?
flask
52
What point is reached when the moles of acid and moles of base are exactly equal to each other?
equivalence point (endpoint of titration)
53
What do chemists use to identify an equivalence point?
a pH indicator
54
what alternative to titrations is available?
pH meter
55
When an acid substance is diprotic, what does it have?
two hydrogens
56
When an acid substance is triprotic, what does it have?
three hydrogens
57
What is the process in which salt ions interact with water molecules called?
hydrolysis
58
What is an anion?
negatively charge ion
59
What is a cation?
positively charge ion
60
What is a conjugate acid?
chemical compound formed when an acid donates a proton (H+) to a base
61
If the anion of the salt reacts with water and produces the conjugate acid of the anion, then the solution will be ___
basic
62
If the cation of the salt reacts with water to form the conjugate base and a hydrogen ion, then the solution will be ___
acidic
63
What do anions of weak acids typically form?
basic salts
64
What type of raction are precipitation reactions?
replacement reactions
65
In precipitation reactions, what occurrence is notable?
solid precipitate forms
66
In precipitation reactions, what are the ions that do not form precipitates called?
spectator ions
67
Look at solubility rules, page 60
Done
68
What does the precipitation of metal hydroxide depend on?
the concentration of oh
69
Why do farmers need to add acidic or basic substances to their soils?
to optimize the dissolution of nutrients
70
One well known contaminant which is also a precipitate is ___
mercury
71
What type of salt was commonly used in processing photographs?
silver halide salts
72
what were silver halide salts complexezd with to be precipitated as?
sodium thiosulfate
73
What is transferred in redox reactions?
electrons
74
How many valence electrons does sodium have?
1
75
What are redox reactions useful for?
running batteries
76
What is the oxidation number for an element?
the number of electrons that need to be added or subtracted in its combined state for it to have the number of electrons in its free, neutral state
77
What oxidation number do group 1 elements have?
+1
78
What is the oxidation number of oxygen?
-2
79
In what cases does H have an oxidation number of -1?
metal hydrides
80
In what cases does O have an oxidation number of -1?
peroxides
81
What is the most common example of electroplating?
chrome plating
82
What is the tendency of an electron to leave or join an atom measured in?
volts
83
What is the energy measured in volts called?
cell potential
84
What state is a battery in when it is run down?
equilibrium
85
What are the the two sides with reactions occurring in a galvanic cell called?
anode and cathode
86
Who invented the earliest reliable battery?
JF Daniell
87
Who is most frequently given credit for inventing electroplating?
Luigi Brugnatelli
88
What did Galvani believe about electricity?
It originated from organisms
89
Who believed that electricity came from the metals, not the frogs?
Alessandro Volta
90
Who built the first voltaic pile?
Alessandro Volta
91
Who discovered electroplating?
Luigi Brugnatelli
92
What did Brugnatelli first use for electroplating?
gold
93
When did electroplating become widely used in industry?
1840s