Year 8 Term 1 - Acids, Alkalis and Neutralisationa Flashcards
Acids must be dissolved in water. What was the solid acid you dissolved in this topic?
Citric acid
More Acidic: 100g Hyrdochloric acid in 1L water / 1g acid in 1L water
100g in 1L
100 times more
Where can you find hydrochloric acid?
In the stomach
Where is sulphuric acid used?
Car batteries
Where is nitric acid used?
Fertilisers
Where can you find ethanoic acid?
In vinegar
Where can you find citric acid?
In citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons
Where can you find carbonic acid?
Fizzy drinks
What’s the highest pH value on the scale?
14
What substance might have the pH value 14?
Sodium hydroxide (oven cleaners)
What do you use calcium hydroxide for? (Lime)
Neutralising soil with too much acid
What do you use magnesium hydroxide for?
Indigestion remedies
What do you use sodium hydroxide for?
Oven cleaners
What do you use ammonia for?
Cleaning silver and brass
What natural substances can be used to make indicators?
Red cabbage and rhubarb
What colour was the red cabbage indicator in acid and alkali?
Acid: pink/red
Alkali: green
4 names of indicators
Methyl orange, brothymol blue, phenolphthalein and litmus
Methyl orange colours in acid and alkali
Red in acid and yellow in alkali
Colour of Brothymol blue in acid and alkali
Yellow/orange in acid and green in alkali
Phenolphthalein in acid and alkali
Colourless in acid and pink in alkali