Metals tend to be oxidised,
losing electrons to form
positive ions
Reactive metals undergo
redox reactions with many
acids. The metal is oxidised,
forming positive metal ions
and the hydrogen is reduced.
Oxidation Numbers
Uncombined elements:0
Combined Oxygen: -2
Combined Oxygen in Peroxides: -1
Combined Hydrogen: +1
Combined Hydrogen in metal hydrides: -1
Simple Ion: charge in ion
Combined Fluorine: -1
Transition elements form ions with
different oxidation numbers. The number
written in the bracket is its oxidation
number.
Titrations
The unknown information
may be: the concentration
of a solution, a molar mass,
a formula or the number of
molecules of water of
crystallisation
How to carry out a titration: Using a pipette, add a
measured volume of one solution to a conical flask. Add
a suitable indicator. Place the other solution in a
burette. Add the solution in the burette to the solution
in the conical flask until the reaction has just
completed, measure the volume of solution added from
the burette, you now know the volume of one solution
that exactly reacts with the volume of the other
solution
Calculating an unknown
concentration: Calculate the
moles of bith, then calculate
the concentration using C=n/v
Moles= Mass/RFM
Formulae for Crystals and Salts
Hydrated: the crystalline form containing no water
Anhydrous: the form containing no water
Water of crystallisation: when a compound
crystallises within water, the water can become
part of the resulting crystalline structure.
Hydrated crystals can contain different amounts of
water, the amount of water contained is shown by a
dot formula
The dot formula of hydrated salts
can be determined using the
empirical formula or
experimental results
Using empirical formula: Step 1: Use the number of hydrogen
atoms to work out how many water molecules are present
Step 2: Use the remaining atoms to determine the formula of
the main salt and how many molecules are present. Step 3:
Construct the dot formula
Using experimental data: Step 1: Calculate moles of
anhydrous Step 2: Calculate moles of water Step 3:
Determine the formula of the hydrated salt.
Salts
A salt is an ionic compound with the following features:
The positive ion, or cation in a salt is
usually a metal ion or an ammonium
ion
The negative ion, or anion, is
derived from an acid
The formula of a salt is the same as that of
the parent acid, except that a H+ ion has
been replaced by the positive ion
Acid Salts: If one H+ ion is replaced, an acid salt is
formed, for example sodium hydrogen sulfate.
The acid salt can behave as an acid, because the
other H+ ion can be replaced to form a
conventional salt, eg Sodium Sulfate
Formation of salts: They can be
produced by neutralising acids with
bases such as carbonates, metal oxides
or alkalis.
Acid+carbonate= Salt+ CO2 +H2O
Acid+ metal oxide= Salt+ H2O
Acid+Alkali= Salt +H2O
Acid+metal=Salt +H2
Acids and
Bases
Acids in Aq solution: When an acid is
added to water, the acid releases H+
ions. This ion is the active ingredient in
acids
Acids and dissociations: Strong acids are
very good at giving up H+ ions, they fully
dissociate. Weak acids are not very good
at giving H+ ions, once these ions are
released they are quickly taken back again
A base us a proton acceptor
which neutralises acids.
Alkalis in Aq solution: A special type of base that is
able to dissolve in water to form aq hydroxide ions
Ammonia as a weak base: Ammonia is a gas that dissolves in water
to form a weak alkaline solution. Ammonia is a weak base because
only a small proportion of the dissolved NH3 reacts with water.
Amphoteric Substances: Behave as acids and bases, for
example an amino acid molecule which contains a carboxyl
acid which is able to donate a proton and an amino basic
group which could accept a proton
Atom Economy
Molecular mass of desired product/ sum of molecular
masses of all products x 100
Percentage Yields
actual amount in mol/ theoretical amount in mol x 100
Moles and Reactions
Stochiometry studies the amounts of
substances that are involved in a chemical
reaction
moles= Mass/RFM
C= n/v
Chemical Equations
A species is a type of particle that takes
part in a reaction. It could be an atom, ion
molecule, empirical formula or electron.
Giant structures are formed when many atoms
or ions bond together in a repeating fashion.
Moles and Solutions
Concentration: How much solvent is
dissolved in a given amount of solvent.
1000cm3 = 1dm3
n=c x V
Standard Solution: A solution of known concentration, normally used in
titrations to determine unknown information about other substance.
Concentrated- a large amount of solute per dm3
Dilute- a small amount of solute per dm3
Moles and gas volumes
Molar gas volume- at room temp and pressure,
one mole of a gas occupies 24dm3.
Ideal gas equation: pV= nRT
P= pressure
V= volume
n=number of moles
R= gas constant
(8.314mol-1K-1)
T= temperature
Types of Formulae
Empirical formula- the simplest way of showing a chemical formula. It shows the ratio between elements
Calculating: Divide amount by molar mass to work out molar ratio, divide answers by smallest.
Use ratio for empirical formula
Molecular formula- Used for compounds which exist as simple
molecules, it tells you the number of each type of atom that
make up a molecule.
Calculating molecular formula:relative molecular mass/ Mass of empirical formula, times
empirical formula by answer.
Amount of Substance and the mole
Amount of substance: The quantity that has moles as its unit.
Mole: the amount of substance containing as many particles as there are
carbon atoms in exactly 12g of the carbon-12 isotope
Avogadro constant: the number of atoms per mole of the carbon-12 isotope
moles= mass/RFM
Ions and the periodic table
Elements is the same group of the periodic table have the
same number of outer shell electrons and react in similar
ways.
Atoms of metals in groups 1-3: Lose electrons to form positive ions with the electron
configuration of the previous noble gas in the period table.
Atoms of Non-metals in groups 5-7: Gain electrons to form negative ions with the
electron configuration of the next noble gas in the periodic table
Atoms of Be, B, C and Si do not normally form ions because it requires too
much energy to transfer the outer shell electrons to form ions
Determining masses using mass spectrometry
A mass spectrometer is a piece of apparatus that can be used to find out about molecules, for
example it can be used to identify an unknown compound, find the relative abundance of
each isotope of an element or determine structural information about molecules.
Calculating the relative atomic mass from a mass spectrum: times percentages by mass number over 100
Calculating Abundance from graph: Measure total heights of all peaks, put height of one peak over the total heights of all peaks and times by 100.
Atomic Masses
Relative Isotopic Mass- The mass of an atom of an isotope compared
with 1/12 of the mass of an atom of carbon-12.
Relative Atomic Mass- The weighted mean mass of an atom
of an element compared with 1/12 of the mass of an atom of
carbon-12.
Atomic Structure
Proton 1+, neutron 0, electron 1-
Isotopes of the same element have different masses, the same number of
protons and electrons but different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus.
The Changing Atom
Modern Day- Protons and neutrons are made up of even smaller particles called quarks,
Fifth century- You can divide a sample of matter only a certain number of times
Early 1800s- Atomic theory- atoms are tiny particles made of elements which can be
divided. All atoms of a given element are the same.
JJ Thomson- Cathode rays were a stream of particles that had a negative charge and could be
deflected by both a magnet and an electric field. They had a very small mass. Plum pudding
model- Negatively charged particles in a sea of positive charge.
Rutherfords Gold-leaf: Plum pudding atom hardly deflected any alpha particles, most of them
were not deflected however a small percentage were through large angles. Some particles
were deflected towards the source. The positive charge of an atom and most of its mass are
concentrated in the nucleus, the negative electrons orbit the nucleus.
1918- Rutherford discovered the proton
Niel Bohr's planetary model and Moseley's work on atomic number: Bohr's model helped to
explain some periodic properties such as spectral lines seen in emission spectra and the
energy of electrons. Moseley discovered the link between x-ray frequencies and an elements
atomic number.
1923-26- Louis de Broglie suggested that particles could have the nature of both a wave and a particle.
Schrödinger suggested that an atom has orbitals.