Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Electricity and Chemical Change
- State that electrolysis
- The chemical effect of electricity on ionic
compounds, causing them to break up into
simpler substances, usually elements
- Use the terms electrode,
electrolyte, anode and
cathode
- Electrode
- Anode and Cathode
- Anode
- It is positive
- Cathode
- It is negative
- Describe electrolysis in
terms of the ions present
and the reactions at the
electrodes
- Electrolysis breaks down molten
ionic compound down to ist
elements, giving the metal at the
cathode and non-metal at the
anode.
- Describe the electrode
products, using inert
electrodes, in the
electrolysis
- Molten lead bromide
- Lead ions attach to the cathode each
receives 2 electrons and become
lead atoms.
- Aqueous copper chloride
- At the cathode H, positive ions accept electrons
much faster than copper as hydrogen is less
reactive than copper. At the anode, chlorine
gives up electrons more readily than the
hydroxide.
- Dilute sulfuric acid
- At the cathode, hydrogen
wins and at the anode,
hydroxide wins.
- State and use the
general principle
- Metals or hydrogen are formed at the negative
electrode (cathode), and that non-metals (other than
hydrogen) are formed at the positive electrode (anode)
- Relate the products of
electrolysis to the
electrolyte and
electrodes used,
- The ions in the electrolyte
attracted to the electrode,
and the molecule leftover
is the product.
- Describe the
electroplating of metals,
- Electroplating means using electricity to coat
one metal with another, to make it look
better or to prevent corrosion.
- Predict the products of the electrolysis of a
specified binary compound in the molten state,
or in aqueous solution
- Describe, in outline,
the manufacture of
- Aluminium from pure
aluminium oxide in
molten cryolite
- chlorine, hydrogen and
sodium hydroxide from
concentrated aqueous
sodium chloride.