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23 - redox and electrode potentials Flashcards

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what do oxidising agents do in terms of electrons

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takes electrons from species being oxidised

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what do reducing agents do in terms of electrons

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adds electrons to the species being reduced

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how to create an overall redox electrons from 2 half equations

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  • balance electrons
  • add and cancel electrons
  • cancel any species on both sides of equation
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how to form an overall redox equations from oxidation numbers

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  • write initial equation
  • assign oxidation numbers
  • match the oxidation changes by balancing only that species
  • balance remaining atoms
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what to take into account when predicting products

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  • In aqueous redox reactions – H2O often formed
  • Balance O first then H+
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what is reduced in the manganate (VII) redox titrations

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  • MnO4 (-) reduced to Mn(2+)
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write out the method for the manganate titration in full against a solution being analysed

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why does manganate decolourise as it is being added

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because it is reduced

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colour change in mangante titration

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colourless to permenant pink

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what occurs if insufficient amount of acid is added

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solution will not be acidic enough and a brown solid, MnO₂, will be produced instead of Mn²⁺ ions.

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why is sulfuric acid used instead of ethanoic acid

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weak acid

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Why can concentrated hydrochloric acid not be used instead of sulfuric acid

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Concentrated hydrochloric acid cannot be used as the manganate (VII) ions will oxidise the chloride ions to chlorine.

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determine percentage purity

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determine value of x

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in iodine-thiosulfate titrations what is oxidised and what is reduced

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thiosulfate ions - oxidised

iodine - reduced

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for an iodine thiosulfate titration - write out the half equations for oxidation and reduction and work out the overall equation

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what can iodine-thiosulfate titrations be used for

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how to find copper content in copper alloys - initial step

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Alloy reacted + dissolved in nitric acid and neutralised to form Cu2+

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method of iodine-thiosulfate titration against an oxidising agent

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in an iodine-thiosulfate titration how to determine on an end point and method

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  • iodine is being reduced back into iodide ions and brown colour faded to pale straw colour
  • add small amount of starch indicator
  • deep blue black colour formed due to presence of iodine
  • once all iodine has been reduced - blue black colour fades quickly
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how does the iodine thiosulfate actually measure concentration of oxidising agent

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measures how much thiosulfate needed to turn the solution from brown to colourless

oxidising agent reacts with iodide ions to form iodine (brown)

iodine (brown) is then reduced back into iodide by thiosulfate ions

when brown colour fades - it means the oxidising agent isnt producing any more iodine - because it is used up

so you know how much thiosufate exactly uses up the oxidising agent

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how to analyse conc of household bleach experimentally
- form solution of bleach - add potassium iodide - titrate this against sodium thiosulfate in burette - using previous method
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what is bleach
oxidising agent
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copper alloys
brass or bronze
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how to find copper content of copper salts - initial step
Cu2+ made by dissolving copper salt in water OR insoluble copper compounds reacted with acids
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write equations for the analysis of copper through an iodine-thiosulfate titration
oxising agent react with iodide
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how to find stoichiometry between two different equations
follow round like a circle - double then half etc
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what is a voltaic cell
converts chemical energy into electrical energy
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what do half cells contain
chemical species in redox half-equation
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why do in a full cell - the chemicals in the 2 half cells must be kept apart
 Or electrons flow in uncontrollable way + heat energy released instead of electrical energy
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draw zinc and copper half cells
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how to set up a Metal / metal ion half cell
* Metal rod dipped into solution of its aq metal ion
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when you write a half cell in short form - you use a vertical line between the ion and the element - what is that
phase boundary between aqueous solution + metal
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when writing equation for half cell - what is the convention
ALWAYS WRITTEN THAT REDUCTION IS FORWARD REACTION
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what is a Ion / ion half-cells
* Contains ions of same element in different oxidation states  E.g. aq iron 2+ and aq iron 3+
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what electrode do we use for ion / ion half cell
platinum
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why do we use platinum
- inert - no metal to transport electrons in / out of cell - need metal that is electrically conductive
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draw a half cell for Fe 3+ / Fe 2+ and write the half equation
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what is the standard electrode potential
Tendency to be reduced and gain electrons OR the e.m.f of half-cell connected to standard hydrogen half-cell under standard conditions
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what is THE standard half cell
half cell with hydrogen gas + solution with H+ ions
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what is the electrode potential on THE standard half cell
0V
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draw THE standard half cell
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standard conditions for standard electrode potential
Solution conc – 1moldm-3 Temp 298K Pressure 100kPa / 1 bar
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how do we determine standard electrode potentials of half cells
e.m.f of half-cell connected to standard hydrogen half-cell under standard conditions
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if don’t know standard electrode potential values how do we know which species is oxidised + reduced
* Electrode with more reactive metal loses electrons + is oxidised = Negative cathode * Electrode with less reactive metal gains electrons + is reduced = Positive anode
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how to measure standard electrode potentials - set up
Half-cell connected to standard hydrogen electrode electrode connected by wire solutions connected by salt bridge (strip of filter paper soaked in KNO3)
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purpose of wire
flow of electrons
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purpose of salt bridge
flow of ions
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what does a salt bridge contain and give example
contains concentrated solution of electrolyte that doesn’t react with any solution E.g. strip of filter paper soaked in KNO3
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draw a set up to measure standard electrode potential of copper 2+
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the more negative standard electrode potential value...
Greater tendency to lose electrons + undergo oxidation
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the more positive standard electrode potential value...
lesser tendency to lose electrons + undergo oxidation (more likely to be reduced)
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what standard electrode potentials do metals tend to have
– tend to have negative values + lose electrons
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what standard electrode potentials do non-metals tend to have
positive values + gain electrons
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write out method to measure standard cell potentials between two half cells
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from that method if the value is 1.1V what is that actually
E_cell
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formula for E_cell
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figure out what is feasible
C has a more positive electrode cell potential value - will be reduced so that OXIDISING AGENT should react with the other REDUCING AGENTS
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how to write an overall redox equation for 2 half equations using electrode cell potential values
* identify what’s being oxidised + what’s being reduced * rewrite half equations in that way for froward reaction = standard is reduction * combine two half equations
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limitations of these feasibility predictions
- reaction rate - concentration
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how is reaction rate a limitation
 some reactions have large activation energy – very slow rate
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how is concentration a limitation
standard electrode potentials – 1moldm-3 if conc not that – value of electrode potential will be different from standard if conc is bigger than 1 – shift to right + remove electrons + electrode potential is less negative
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whats another limitation
* standard electrode potentials only apply to aqueous equilibria – not all of them are
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colour change in manganate titration
colourless to pale pink
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what is formed when copper ion reacts with iodide
copper iodide and iodine
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what is copper iodide
white precipitate
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what colour is iodine
brown
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manganate colour change
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how do you know which is anode + which is cathode

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