Unit 2 Flashcards
Name two tests for water :
Anhydrous copper(II) sulfate Anhydrous cobalt (II) chloride
Colour changes of anhydrous copper (II) sulfate ?
White solid to blue
Anhydrous cobalt (II) chloride colour changes:
Pale blue to pink
What is hard water ?
Water that doesn’t readily form a lather with soap
What is soft water
Water that readily forms a lather with soap
What is hardness in water caused by ?
Ca2+ or Mg2+ ions
What is the chemical name for soap ?
Sodium Stearate
What does boiling do?
Removes temporary hardness
What is temporary hardness caused by ?
Dissolved calcium hydrogen carbonate
Formula for temporary hardness arising in water
CaCO3 + H2O + CO2 -> Ca(HCO3)2
How does temporary hardness arise in water?
Limestone reacts with rainwater containing dissolved carbon dioxide to form calcium hydrogen carbonate solution
Equation for boiling
Ca(HCO3)2 (aq) -> CaCO3(s) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)
What does an ion exchanger do ?
Removes both perm. And temp.
Dissolved Ca2+ ions in hard water are removed and replaced by Na2+ ions from the ion exchange resin
What is the chemical name for washing soda
Hydrated sodium carbonate
What does washing soda do?
Removes both temp. And perm.
Dissolved calcium or magnesium ions are removed due to a reaction with carbonate ions from the washing soda t form insoluble calcium carbonate or magnesium carbonate
Advantages and disadvantages ir hard water
Hard water tastes better
It’s good for health teeth and bones
But
It produces a scum with soap (wastes soap)
What does desiccant mean
Drying agent
Anhydrous calcium chloride
White solid absorbs water from the air until eventually a colourless solution forms
Self-indicating Silica gel colour changes
Blue to pink
Normal silica gel colour changes
White and remains white when it absorbs moisture from the air
What does hygroscopic mean
Absorbs moisture from the air
Why is fluoride added to drinking water ?
It prevents tooth decay
Why do some people not like fluoride being added to drinking water ?
It can cause stomach cancer
What is barium sulfate used for?
Patients with stomach intestinal problems to X-ray the stomach or bowel
Why is barium sulfate safe to use ?
It has a low solubility in water so it cannot act as a poison in the body
What does exothermic mean ?
Gives out heat
What does endothermic mean ?
Takes in heat
What do all chemicals possess ?
Internal energy- energy is required to break all types of bonds
What is bond breaking ?
Endothermic
What is bond makeing ?
Exothermic
What is thermal decomposition ?
A substance breaks down when heated
What is the general equation for thermal decomposition ?
Metal carbonate -> metal oxide + carbon dioxide
What are the most common examples used in thermal decomposition ?
Copper (II) carbonate
Calcium carbonate
What colour is copper carbonate ?
Green solid
Colour changes of copper carbonate when heated ?
Green to black solid= copper oxide, co2 released
What colour is calcium carbonate ?
White solid
What is calcium carbonate used for ?
To remove acidic impurities from the iron ore in the blast furnace
What happens when CaCO3 is heated ?
It glows orange and co2 gas is release
What happens in a line kiln?
Limestone (CaCO3) is decomposed into lime (calcium oxide)
Process in lime kiln ?
Hot air is blown into lime kiln to burn coke and heat calcium carbonate until it decomposes,
What is calcium carbonate used for ?
Agriculture- neutralise the acidity in soil water. Also used as an antacid in stomach to reduce excess stomach acidity
Mining limestone advantages and disadvantages??
It provides employment, provided better transport links
But
It creates an eyesore and causes dust pollution
What is the atmosphere?
The collection of gases that surrounds the earth
What is air ?
The atmosphere near the surface
Percentages of air in atmosphere?
79% nitrogen , 20% oxygen, 1% argon, 0.03% water vapour and carbon dioxide
What is today’s atmosphere ?
An oxidising one
What causes changes in the atmosphere?
Photosynthesis
Carbonate rocks being formed
Fossil fuels being formed over time
What theory did Alfred wegener propose ?
Continental drift in 1912
What is continental drift?
The con indie BT’s on the surface of the earth are moving and that th y were one single land mass millions of years ago- since then th have drifted away from each other
Examples to back up continental drift theory.?
Shape of continents - South America would fit exactly into Africa
Fossil fuels found in continents that he proposed were once joined were very similar
Similar species of animals
Why do tectonic plates move ?
Due to the convection currents in the liquid mantle
Describe what happens when plates collide directly with each other ?
Mountain ranges can be formed
What happens when plates are pulled apart from each other ?
Formation of volcanoes - liquid part of the mantle l reaches the earths surface- - lava
What happens when plates try to move past each other ?
Earthquakes
What is a redox reaction?
One where oxidation and reduction both occur simultaneously
What is oxidation?
Gain of oxygen
Loss of electrons
Loss of hydrogen
OILRIG- Electrons
What is reduction ?
The gain of hydrogen
Loss of oxygen
Gain of electrons
OILRIG- electrons
What is the chemical name for rust ?
Hydrated iron(III) oxide
What two conditions are required for rusting ?
Moisture( water) air (oxygen)
Example of an investigation to fine out the factors of rusting ?
Three test tubes - one with ion nail and water only
Second with ion nail, boiled water and layer of olive oil
Third with suspended iron nail and anhydrous calcium chloride
How to prevent rusting ?
- Painting
- Alloying
- sacrificial protection
What can be painted onto the metal to prevent rusting ?
- Paint - cars bridges etc
- Oil or grease- tools and machinery
- Plastic coating - cover bicycle handlebars
- Plating with another metal e.g tin -making cans for food or chromium- vehicle bumpers ( bother are applied to steel by electrolysis
What is sacrificial protection?
Bars of magnesium can be added to ships etc to prevent rusting. The magnesium corrodes instead of he iron or steel but must be replaced with fresh magnesium periodically
What is galvanising ?
Iron can be coated in zinc , zinc oxidises to form a layer of zinc oxide
What is alloying ?
Allot is a mixture of two or more elements , at least one of which is a metal
Combustion of carbon?
C + O2 -> CO2
Incomplete combustion of carbon ?
2C + O2 -> 2CO
What happens when magnesium is burned with oxygen ?
Grey metal to a bright white light releasing heat and forming a white powder
Observations of sulfur with oxygen ?
Yellow powder melts to a red liquid and burns with a blue flame releasing heat and forming a colourless pungent gas called sulfur dioxide
What gas is used to reduce metal oxides e.g copper(II) oxide ?
Hydrogen
Observations of copper 2 oxide being reduced ?
Black copper oxide changes to a pink colour and condensation is present in the tube
Why is excess hydrogen burnt when reducing copper oxide ?
To prevent flammable hydrogen gas bulking up in the laboratory
What four things does the rate of a reaction depend on. ?
Surface area of solid particles
Concentration
Temperature
Catalyst
What reactions are used in rate of reaction experiments?
- Metal reacting with a dilute acid- produces hydrogen gas
- Marble chips reacting with HCL produces water and carbon dioxide
- Catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide- produces oxygen
What is effervescence ?
Bubbling
What does cotton wool do when measuring a change in mass ?
Stops any liquid loss from the flask
Method of measuring a change in mass ?
- 1g of large marble chips in a conical flask and HCL with cotton wool at the top on top of an electronic balance
- Then repeat with 1g of smaller marble chips
- Plot a graph showing the results
Measuring gas volume ?
Collect the gas in a gas syringe