Topic 9: Separate chemistry 2 Flashcards
Explain why the test for any ion must be unique
you would never be able to know which specific ion it was if more than one ion gave the same result
Describe flame tests to identify the following ions in solids
● Lithium ion, Li+ (red) ● Sodium ion, Na+ (yellow) ● Potassium ion, K+ (lilac) ● Calcium ion, Ca2+ (orange-red) ● Copper ion, Cu2+ (blue-green) ○ For each of the above you just need to hold a sample you wish to test on a wire in a roaring bunsen burner flame and observe the flame colour
Describe tests to identify the following ions in solids or solutions: Aluminium ion Al3+
● Aluminium ion, Al3+
○ White precipitate (dissolves when excess NaOH is added)
Describe tests to identify the following ions in solids or solutions:Calcium ion, Ca2+
● Calcium ion, Ca2+
○ White precipitate
Describe tests to identify the following ions in solids or solutions: Copper ion, Cu2+
● Copper ion, Cu2+
○ Blue precipitate
Describe tests to identify the following ions in solids or solutions: Iron (II) ion, Fe2+
● Iron (II) ion, Fe2+
○ Green precipitate
Describe tests to identify the following ions in solids or solutions: Iron (III) ion, Fe3+
● Iron (III) ion, Fe3+
○ Brown precipitate
Describe tests to identify the following ions in solids or solutions: Ammonium ion, NH4+
● Ammonium ion, NH4+
○ Pungent-smelling gas is produced
○ This gas produced turns damp red litmus paper blue
Describe the chemical test for ammonia
● Makes damp red litmus paper turn blue
● It also forms a white smoke of ammonium chloride when hydrogen chloride gas, from concentrated hydrochloric acid, is held near it
Describe tests to identify the following ions in solids or solutions as appropriate: Carbonate ion, CO3^2-
● Carbonate ion, CO3^2-, using dilute acid and identifying the CO2 evolved
○ Gas produced bubbled through limewater, if the limewater goes cloudy, the gas is CO2 (carbonates react with dilute acids to produce CO2)
Describe tests to identify the following ions in solids or solutions as appropriate: Sulfate ion, SO4^2-
● Sulfate ion, SO4^2-, using dilute hydrochloric acid and barium chloride solution
○ Add dilute HCl followed by barium chloride solution
○ A white precipitate will form when sulfate ions are in this solution
Describe tests to identify the following ions in solids or solutions as appropriate: Chloride ion(Cl-), Bromine ion (Br-), and Iodine ion (I-)
● Chloride ion, Cl-, bromide ion, Br-, iodide ion, I-, using dilute nitric acid and silver nitrate solution
○ First add dilute nitric acid, followed by silver nitrate solution
○ Chloride gives a white precipitate
○ Bromide gives a cream precipitate
○ Iodine gives a yellow precipitate
Describe that instrumental methods of analysis are available and that these may improve sensitivity, accuracy and speed of tests
● Elements and compounds can be detected and identified using instrumental methods
o These are accurate, sensitive and rapid
● instrumental methods include: gas chromatography and mass spectrometry
Evaluate data from a flame photometer: to determine the
concentration of ions in dilute solution using a calibration curve, and to identify metal ions by comparing the data with reference data
● Example of an instrumental method used to analyse metal ions in solutions
● Sample is put into a flame and the light given out is passed through a photometer
● Output is a line spectrum that can be analysed to identify the metal ions in the solution and measure their concentrations
Recall the formulae of molecules of the alkanes, methane, ethane, propane and butane
● Alkane molecules can be represented in the following forms:
● The first 4 alkanes are methane, ethane, propane and butane (MEPB: Monkeys
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CnH2n+2
why are the alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons?
● They contain no C=C double bonds and are compounds made of hydrogen and carbon only
Recall the formulae of molecules of the alkenes, ethene, propene, butene,
CnH2n
Explain why the alkenes are unsaturated hydrocarbons, describing that their molecules contain the functional group C=C
● Contain one or more C=C double bonds and are compounds made of hydrogen and carbon only