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© Doc Brown's Chemistry for GCSE, IGCSE, ~US grade 8-10 students aged ~14-16 Science Chemistry Revision Questions ANSWERS to Periodic Table worksheet practice exam questions (re-edit) You will need a copy of the Periodic Table for these questions All my GCSE level Chemistry Revision notes * email doc brown Worksheet on Periodic Table history * (answers) AND Basic Periodic Table Task sheet worksheet * (answers) USEFUL LINKS GCSE level (~US grade 8-10), students aged ~14-16 Periodic Table Notes - with links to Group Notes 1a Na or Cl symbols of sodium or chlorine atoms which are the smallest particles of matter 1b 2 or more atoms bonded to form a larger particle e.g. HCl, the hydrogen chloride molecule 1c one type of atom only and all have the same atomic number of protons e.g. sodium 11, chlorine 17 1d 2 or more elements chemically bonded together 1e 1f 2a period 3, group 6, non-metal 2b period 3, group 2, metal 2c period 4, transition series metal. Metals: high melting/boiling points, high density, good conductors of heat/electricity, strong and malleable/ductile. Non-metals: low melting/boiling points, low density, poor conductors of heat/electricity, weak structures and NOT malleable/ductile - sulphur is a brittle low melting solid 3a group 8(0), noble gas, physical properties: colourless gas (very low mpt/bpt), poor conductor of heat/electricity when liquefied or solidified; chemical properties: very unreactive! Difficult to form stable compounds! 3b helium has a low density like hydrogen, but being unreactive, He will not be explosive/flammable like hydrogen 3c Ar, being unreactive, will not oxidise/burn the metal filament, oxygen in air would! 3d full outer electron shells give very stable electron arrangements eg 2, 2.8 and 2.8.8 etc. 4a At the positive (+) anode attracts chloride ions, these are oxidised by electron loss to form green chlorine gas (bleaches litmus) 2Cl-(aq) ==> Cl2(g) + 2e- At the negative (-) cathode, hydrogen ions from water (leaving hydroxide ions), are reduced by electron gain to form hydrogen gas (pops with lit splint) 2H+(aq) + 2e- ==> H2(g) 4b hydroxide ions and sodium ions are left in solution to form the alkali sodium hydroxide NaOH (excess OH- ions makes the pH over 7) 4c neutralisation: NaOH(aq) + HCl(aq) ==> NaCl(aq) + H2O(l) ionically the equation is written as: OH- (aq) + H+ (aq) ==> H2O(l) 5a 37p, 37e, 48n 5b low melting point, high boiling point, soft silvery solid, good conductor of heat/electricity, low density for a metal 5c melting points/boiling points generally decrease down group 1, so they should be lower than potassium (K) if the trend is continuous (which is NOT always the case) 5d Rb like any other group 1 alkali metal readily loses its one outer electron to form a single charged positive ion Rb+ 5e RbCl, Rb2O, both ionic compounds formed from Rb+, Cl- and O2- ions (note +/- charge must balance to give correct formula) and they follow the general formula pattern in Gp1 element + Gp6/7 element ==> ionic compound (metal + non-metal ==> ionic compound) 5f Remember reactivity increases down the group! - so its a very rapid/explosive reaction, indicator turns purple (alkali formed), metal melts to a silvery ball whizzing over the surface, colourless gas (hydrogen, ignited by this very exothermic reaction) equations follow group pattern: rubidium + water ==> rubidium hydroxide + hydrogen and in symbols: 2Rb(s) + 2 H2O(l) ==> 2RbOH(aq) + H2(g) 5g Reactivity increases down the group and so the reaction is even more rapid than for potassium. The reactivity increases down the group because …
6a (fluorine - pale yellow gas); chlorine - green gas; bromine - dark red liquid (readily vaporises to an orange/brown vapour); iodine - dark grey solid (purple vapour on heating); Astatine - black solid (very dark vapour on heating). Note they get darker down the group and all exist in any state as X2 diatomic molecules 6b killing bacteria in water; manufacture of hydrochloric acid (HCl); combined with sodium hydroxide to make sodium chlorate bleaches; making poly(chloroethene), the plastic 'PVC' 6c Reactivity decreases down the group. The reactivity decreases down the group because …
6d(i) dark colour of iodine (orange ==> brown ==> dark crystals, depending on how much is formed) 6d(ii) Cl2(aq) + 2KI(aq) ==> 2KCl(aq) + I2(aq/s) 6d(iii) Cl2(aq) + 2I- (aq) ==> 2Cl- (aq) + I2(aq/s)
6e very dark, almost black solid, At2 diatomic molecules 6f its melting point will be higher than iodine, the group trend is to increase in melting point and boiling point down the group 6g 7 outer e-, At- gains 1 electron to form the stable ion with a full shell of 8 outer electrons. 6h it will be less reactive than iodine, the group trend is to be less reactive the further down the group 6i HAt following the pattern in the group (HF, HCl, HBr, HI) and is a covalent molecule (see Q1f) and forms an acid in solution turning universal indicator red (pH 1, like HCl etc.) 6j NaAt , following the pattern of a group 1 + group 7 combination e.g. NaCl, KBr, LiF, RbI etc. The bonding is ionic and for more details see Q1e. 6k(i) the pale green chlorine solution, when added to the colourless sodium astatide solution will produce a dark colour or almost black precipitate.
6k(ii) no reaction, astatine is not reactive enough to displace the more reactive chlorine - group trend in reactivity Website content © Dr Phil Brown 2000+. All copyrights reserved on revision notes, images, quizzes, worksheets etc. Copying of website material is NOT permitted. Exam revision summaries & references to science course specifications are unofficial. |
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