Chapter 5 Flashcards
What is the test for carbon dioxide?
It turns limewater cloudy
A reaction between an acid and an alkali is called?
Neutralization
What are the products of a reaction between an acid and a metal oxide or metal hydroxide?
A salt and water
What are the products of a reaction between an acid and a metal?
A salt and hydrogen
How do you name a salt?
Put the metal first and then the acid ending
- sulfuric acid gives metal sulphates
- nitric acid gives metal nitrates
- hydrochloric acid gives metal chlorides
How do you define an alkali?
By their OH- ions
How do you define an acid?
By their H+ ions
What is the ionic equation for neutralisation?
H+ + OH- ———-> H2O
What are the products of a reaction between an acid and a metal carbonate?
A salt and water and carbon dioxide
Name and give the formula of three acids.
- sulfuric acid (H2SO4)
- nitric acid (HNO3)
- hydrochloric acid (HCl)
Note: put your hand over the H and what is left is the ending to your salt
pH is a measure of……
… the concentration of H+ ions
Acids have a pH………
below 7 - yellow/red
Alkalis have a pH…………..
above 7 - blue/purple
Why is a pH meter better than universal indicator to measure the pH of a substance?
It is more accurate
What is the pH of a neutral substance?
7 - green
What are indicators?
A substance that changes colour to show the point of neutralisation or the pH of a substance
e.g. universal indicator, litmus paper
What is a displacement reaction?
It is a reaction where a more reactive metal displaces a less reactive metal
e.g zinc + iron oxide —–> zinc oxide + iron
What is the reactivity series?
It is the order in which metals are placed based on their reactivity. More reactive metals are placed at the top.

Definition of an acid.
A substance that can attack metal, clothing or the skin. Has a pH of less than 7. They are proton (H+ ion) donators.
What is a burette?
A long glass tube with a tap at one end and markings to show volumes of liquid. Used to add precisely known amounts of liquids to a solution in a conical flask below it. It is used to measure variable accurate volumes of liquids.

What do we mean by the term precipitate?
An insoluble solid formed by a reaction taking place in solution. (Some salts are insoluble)
What is a pipette?
A tube used to measure a fixed accurate volume of liquid.

What is an ore?
Rock which contains enough metal to make it economically worthwhile to extract the metal.
What is a weak acid? (H)
Acids that do not deionise completely so only produce a few H+ ions


