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Unit 8 - Acids And Alkalis Flashcards

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1
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What pH are acids?

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What is an ion?

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An atom that has a charge through losing or gaining an electron

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What are polyatomic ions?

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Formed when a small group of atoms, held together by covalent bonds, lose or gain electrons. E.g Cl^-

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What is an indicator?

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A substance that changes colour depending on the pH

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5
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What colour does litmus turn in acids and alkalis

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Acid = red
Alkali = blue
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What colour does metal orange turn in acids and alkalis

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Acids = red
Alkali = yellow
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7
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What ions do acids produce excess of when dissolved in water?

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H+

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What ion do alkalis produce excess of when dissolved in water?

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(OH)-

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9
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What is concentrated solution?

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When the solution contains a lot of dissolved solute per unit volume

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10
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What does it mean for an acid to have a high concentration?

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There are more hydrogen ions in a certain volume so it is more acidic making the pH lower

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11
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Describe the concentration of pure solutions

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Low, equal concentrations of hydrogen and hydroxide ions

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12
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What is the equation for concentration?

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Concentration = amount dissolved/ volume of solution

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13
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What are the units for concentration

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g dm^-3

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What happens when the concentration of hydrogen ions increase by a factor of 10?

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The pH decreases by 1

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If there is a pH of 0 and a pH of 4, what is the concentration difference from 0 to 4?

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10 x 10 x 10 x 10 =10,000

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16
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What does a strong acid mean? (2)

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The molecules dissociate completely into ions when dissolved in water, produce high concentrations of hydrogen ions

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17
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What is the difference between strong and weak acids?

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Strong = fully dissociate producing more single hydrogen ions
Weak = partly dissociate meaning some hydrogen ions are still bonded, making it less acidic
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18
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What do the chemical properties of an acid depends on?

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The type of acid and the concentration

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19
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What are bases

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Substances that neutralise acids to form a salt and water only

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20
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What types of metals are all bases

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Metal oxides

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21
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What are the 3 state symbols? (4)

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Solid - (s)
Liquid - (l)
Gas - (g)
Dissolved in water - (aq)

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What happens to the ions during neutralisation

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The hydrogen ions in the acid combine with oxide ions to form water. This removes the hydrogen ions and so the pH increases (more neutral)

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23
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How are the salts formed in neutralisation?

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The hydrogen ions in the acid are replaced with metal ions forming the soluble salt

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24
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Hen preparing a salt, why is an excess amount of base always added

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To ensure that all of the acid is used up

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25
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What is crystallisation?

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When the water is evaporated, leaving the salt

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26
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Explain the core practical - preparing copper sulphate

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Measure 20 cm^3 of dilute sulphuric acid
Warm the liquid in a water bath
Add copper oxide powder until it is in excess
Filter the mixture and transfer the filtrate to an evaporating basin
Heat the filtrate over a beaker of water over a Bunsen burner until crystals start to form
Leave on the side for a few days for all the water to evaporate

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27
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What is the word equation for neutralisation using a base

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Base + acid —> salt + water

28
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What is an alkali?

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A base that can dissolve in water

29
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What groups of hydroxide tend to be alkalis?

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Group 1 and 2 hydroxides

30
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Why are there 2 hydroxide ions for group 2 metal hydroxides?

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Group 2 have a charge of +2 so there needs to be 2 hydroxide ions to cancel the charge

31
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What is the word equation for an alkali to react with an acid

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Alkali + acid —> salt + water

32
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How do you balance an equation

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Make sure there is the same amount of each atom on each side, use large numbers at the start and don’t change the formula of a compound

33
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What acid is naturally found in stomachs

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Hydrochloric acid

34
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Explain the core practical - investigating neutralisation

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Add 50cm^3 of dilute hydrochloric acid to a beaker
Calculate the pH using universal indicator on a white tile
Measure 0.3g of calcium hydroxide onto a weighing boat
Add this to the beaker and record the pH
Repeat 7 times and draw a graph

35
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What type of reaction is when an alkali reacts with an acid to make a salt and water?

A

Neutralisation

36
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What type of ions do alkalis contain?

A

Hydroxide - OH-

37
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What happens with the ions in neutralisation involving an alkali?

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The hydrogen ions from the acid react with the hydroxide ions form the alkali to form water
The remaining ions bond to form the salt when the water evaporates

38
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For crystallisation, why is it important to have a neutral solution before evaporating the water

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Otherwise you will contaminate the excess reactant with the salt

39
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What does titration allow you to do

A

To have a neutral solution for crystallisation

40
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Describe titration

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Acid is added from a burette to a fixed volume of alkali, using a pipette, in a comical flask
Indicator is added.
Slowly add the acid drop by drop unit, the indicator changes colour
Repeats to get more reliable results

41
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What is a burette

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A tall piece of glassware with 0.1cm^3 graduations, it has a tap at the bottom to control the flow. Can add form by drop.

42
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What is the end-point of a neutralisation reaction

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When the indicator changes colour

43
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After titration, how do you make a pure salt?

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Using the known volume of acid needed, carry out iteration without the indicator

44
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What is the reaction for a metal and an acid

A

Meta + acid —> salt + hydrogen

45
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Which part of the reactivity series do the metals not react with dilute acids

A

The bottom end

46
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What is effervescence

A

Bubbles in a liquid e.g hydrogen given off in a solution

47
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In a metal + acid reaction, how is the name of the salt determined?

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The metal first + the acid

48
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In a metal+ acid reaction, what happens to the ions

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The metal atoms react with the hydrogen ions to form metal ions and hydrogen molecules. The other ions from the acid don’t change

49
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What are spectator ions?

A

Ions that don’t change in a reaction

50
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How do hydrogen ions form hydrogen molecules

A

By gaining electrons

51
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What does a half equation show?

A

How part of an equation forms a product e.g how hydrogen ions in an equation forms hydrogen molecules

52
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What is an oxidisation reaction?

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A reaction where there is a loss of electrons

53
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What is a reduction reaction?

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Where there is a gain in electrons

54
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What is the acronym to remember oxidisation and reduction reactions?

A

OILRIG

55
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What is the word equation for a metal carbonate and an acid reaction

A

Metal carbonate + acid —> salt + water + carbon dioxide

56
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How do the ions in a CASHOCO reaction react?

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The hydrogen ions from the acid react with the carbonate ions which form carbon dioxide and water.

57
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What do ionic equations not contain

A

Spectator ions

58
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What is a precipitation reaction?

A

A reaction which soluble substances in solutions cause an insoluble precipitate to form

59
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What salts are all soluble in water

A

Common Sodium, potassium and ammonium

Nitrates

60
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What 2 chlorides are insoluble in water

A

Silver and lead

61
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Which sulphate are insoluble in water (3)

A

Lead, barium, calcium

62
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What carbonates and hydroxides are soluble in water

A

Sodium, potassium, ammonium

63
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How are the products from a precipitation reaction determined

A

Switch the second part of the compounds

64
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How do you know which ions in a precipitate reaction are spectator ions

A

The ones that don’t change, e,g the state symbol

65
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What is the ionic equation for:

CuSO4 (aq) + K2 CO3 (aq) —> CuCO3 (s) + K2SO4 (aq)

A

Cu (aq) + CO3 (aq) —> CuCO3 (s)

66
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What are the reactants of a precipitate reaction?

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2 soluble salts

67
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How can a dry insoluble salt be prepared from a precipitate reaction

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Mix the soluble salts together in a beaker
Filter the solution
Pour distilled water over the precipitate
Dry in warm oven

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