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C6.1 - Improving Processes Flashcards

1
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List 3 essential nutrients/minerals plants need to grow & repair

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  • Nitrogen (N)
  • Phosphorus (P)
  • Potassium (K)
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Name the essential plant nutrients/minerals & typical symptoms of their deficiency

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  • Nitrogen = poor growth, yellow leaves
  • Phosphorus = poor root growth, discoloured leaves
  • Potassium = poor fruit growth, discoloured leaves
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3
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Fertilisers

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= substances that replace elements used by plants as they grow

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NPK fertilisers

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= fertilisers that provide nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium in water-soluble compounds

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5
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Why is it important for these nutrients to be in the water-soluble form

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As plant roots can only absorb them in this way

Osmosis

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6
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List the compounds in the water-soluble form for each essential element

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  • nitrogen = nitrate ions (NO3-) / ammonium ions (NH4+)
  • phosphorus = phosphate ions (PO43-)
  • potassium = potassium ions (K+)
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7
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Haber process

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= industrial process to make ammonia

Manufactures ammonia from nitrogen & hydrogen

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8
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Write the word and symbol equation for the reaction in the haber process

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Nitrogen + hydrogen —> ammonia (exothermic)

N2(g) + 3H2(g) —> 2NH3(g)

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9
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what are the raw materials for the haber process

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  • air
  • natural gas
  • steam
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10
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How do the raw materials make nitrogen & hydrogen

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  • Nitrogen: manufactured by fractional distillation of liquified air
  • Hydrogen: manufactured by reacting natural gas (methane) with steam
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11
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Conditions chosen for the haber process

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  • pressure: 200 atmospheres (20MPa)
  • temperature: 450ºC
  • iron catalyst
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12
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Why is the equilibrium yield of ammonia for the chosen conditions in the haber process only 30%

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Perfect equilibrium position for temp & pressure

  • to increase pressure pressure = too hazardous & expensive
  • to decrease temp = too slow rate of reaction, compromise temp
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13
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What increases the overall yield of ammonia to 97% in the haber process

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Mixture of gases leaving the reaction vessel is cooled = ammonia is liquified
Allows:
- ammonia to be removed
- unreacted nitrogen & hydrogen to be recycled

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14
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List the word equations to make the compounds made in a fertiliser factory

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  • ammonia + nitric acid —> ammonium nitrate
  • ammonia + phosphoric acid —> ammonium phosphate
  • ammonia + sulfuric acid —> ammonium sulfate
  • ammonium nitrate + potassium chloride —> potassium nitrate
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15
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Batch process

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Chemical process that makes products in limited amounts at different times

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16
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Continuous process

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Chemical process that makes products in large amounts all the time

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17
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How are industrial processes different from in the laboratory (for making fertilisers)

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Laboratory
- batch process
+ start with pure substances

Industrial (fertiliser factory)
+ continuous process
- start with raw materials, must be purified before or after

18
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How to make potassium sulfate in a lab:

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  • put dilute potassium hydroxide solution (KOH) into conical flask
  • add few drops phenolphthalein indicator
  • add dilute sulfuric acid (H2SO4) from burette / dropping pipette (stop when indicator changes pink to colourless)
  • add ‘activated charcoal’ & filter mixture to remove charcoal & attached phenolphthalein
  • warm filtrate to evaporate water, leaving potasssium sulfate

(Sulfuric acid titrated with potassium hydroxide)

19
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How to make ammonium sulfate in a lab

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  • place dilute ammonia solution (NH3) in conical flask
  • add few drops methyl orange indicator
  • add dilute sulfuric acid (H2SO4) from burette / dropping pipette (stop when indicator changes yellow to red)
  • when end-point reached, add extra ammonia solution to ensure reaction complete
  • remaining ammonia will evaporate

(Sulfuric acid titrated with ammonia solution)

20
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What fertiliser compounds are made in industrial processes (fertiliser factory)

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  • ammonium nitrate, NH4NO3
  • ammonium sulfate, (NH4)2SO4
  • ammonium phosphate, (NH4)3PO4
  • potassium nitrate, KNO3
21
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What fertiliser compounds can be made in a laboratory

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  • potassium sulfate, K2SO4 (aq)

- ammonium sulfate, (NH4)2SO4 (aq)

22
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What is the contact process

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Industrial process to make sulfuric acid

23
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Raw materials needed for the contact process (sulfuric acid)

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  • sulfur
  • air (source of oxygen)
  • water
24
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3 stages of the contact process

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1: sulfur burns in air to produce sulfur dioxide
2: sulfur dioxide & oxygen react together to produce sulfur trioxide
3: sulfur trioxide converted to sulfuric acid

25
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Word & symbol equation for stage 1 of the contact process

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Sulfur + oxygen —> sulfur dioxide

S (s) + O2 (g) —> SO2 (g)

(exothermic)

26
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Word & symbol equation for stage 2 of the contact process

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Sulfur dioxide + oxygen sulfur trioxide

2SO2 (g) + O2 (g) 2SO3 (g)

(Exothermic)

27
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Conditions chosen for stage 2 of the contact process to make the equilibrium yield 96%

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  • pressure: 2 atmospheres (200kPa)
  • temperature: 450ºC
  • vanadium(V) oxide catalyst, V2O5
28
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why is the temperate high even though low temps = high equilibrium yield

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  • catalyst only works above 380ºC

- achieve reasonable rate of reaction

29
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Word & symbol equation for stage 3 of the contact process

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Sulfur trioxide + water —> sulfuric acid

  SO3 (g)      + H2O (l) —> H2SO4 (aq)

(Exothermic)

30
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Why is stage 3 of the contact process split into 2 steps

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As the reaction is very exothermic

So it would produce a hazardous acidic mist

31
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Word & symbol equation for step 1 & 2 of stage 3 of the contact process

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1: sulfur trioxide + sulfuric acid —> oleum compound
SO3 (g) + H2SO4 (l) —> H2S2O7 (l)

2: oleum + water —> sulfuric acid (larger concentrated volume)
H2S2O7 (l) + H2O (l) —> 2H2SO4 (aq)

32
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How is alcohol (ethanol) made from renewable raw materials

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Made from plant sugars using fermentation

33
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What does their fermentation of ethanol rely on & why

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= yeast

Contains enzymes that catalyse the reaction

34
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Word & symbol equation for fermentation to produce ethanol

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Glucose —> carbon dioxide + ethanol

C6H12O6 (aq) —> 2CO2 (g) + 2C2H5OH (aq)

35
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Why can fermentation be carried out in a lab

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Conditions:

  • temperature: 35ºC
  • normal atmospheric pressure
36
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Why is fermentation carried out at 35ºC

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If temp too low: yeast cells become inactive

If temp too high: enzymes in yeast become denatured & stop working (above 50ºC)

37
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how is alcohol (ethanol) made from non-renewable raw materials

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  • ethene obtained from crude oil

- ethanol produced by hydration of ethene

38
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Word & symbol equation for hydration of ethene

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ethene + steam < — > ethanol
C2H4 (g) + H2O (g) < — > C2H5OH (g)

(Exothermic, reversible reaction)

39
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Why is hydration only suitable as an industrial process (not in lab)

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Conditions:

  • temperature: 300ºC
  • pressure: 60 atmospheres
  • phosphoric acid catalyst
40
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Advantages of fermentation over hydration

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  • lower cost of raw materials
  • easier conditions
  • lower energy requirements
41
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Advantages of hydration over fermentation

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  • faster rate of reaction
  • higher yield (95% compared to 15%)
  • higher purity of product, no by-product (fermentation needs filtering & fractional distillation)

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