Physical chemistry

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Formulas/compounds you need to know
Phosphate ion 1,
Hydroxide 2,
Hydride 3
16  cards
1.1 Fundamental particles
What did robert boyle propose in ...,
What did john dalton find about e...,
What did henry becquerel find in ...
8  cards
1.2 Mass number, atomic number, isotopes
What particle determines the chem...,
What particle determines the chem...,
What is the mass number 3
8  cards
1.3 Arrangement of electrons
What did bohr find in 1913 1,
What did schrodinger find in 1926 2,
What did chadwick discover in 1932 3
8  cards
1.4 Mass spectrometer
What does a mass spectrometer do 1,
Why is the mass spectrometer appa...,
Describe how electrospray ionisat...
15  cards
1.5 More electron arrangement in atoms
What is the formula to calculate ...,
Apart from the first energy level...,
What is the theory of quantum mec...
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1.6 Ionisation energy
What is ionisation energy 1,
How are electrons removed from at...,
Show the successive ionisation en...
9  cards
3.1 Ionic bonding
Why do chemical bonds form 1,
Describe process of ionic bonding 2,
Describe process of bonding for s...
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3.2 Covalent bonding
Why is bh3 able to form a coordin...,
What are lone pairs of electrons 2,
How do you calculate the lone pai...
19  cards
3.3 Metallic bonding
Describe the structure of metal e...,
Why does metallic bonding happen 2,
What do the number of delocalised...
10  cards
3.4 Electronegativity
What is electronegativity 1,
What element has the highest elec...,
What does electron density mean 3
23  cards
3.5 Intermolecular forces
What are the three types of inter...,
What is the weakest intermolecula...,
What is a dipole moment 3
24  cards
3.7 bonding and physical properties
What is a solid and what are the ...,
What is a liquid and what are its...,
What is a gas and what are its pr...
16  cards
4.1 Energetics
What is thermochemistry 1,
What happens to bonds during a ch...,
What is an exothermic reaction 3
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4.2 Enthalpy
The amount of energy heat taken i...,
What is enthalpy change how is it...,
What are the standard conditions ...
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4.3 Measuring enthalpy changes
What is the standard molar enthal...,
What is the standard molar enthal...,
What is temperature 3
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4.4 Hess's law
What does hess s law state 1,
What is the law of conservation o...,
Eg c2h2 is converted to c2h6 by t...
6  cards
4.5 Enthalpy changes of combustion
What is the enthalpy change of co...,
You can use enthalpy changes of c...
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5.1 Collision theory
What needs to occur in order for ...,
How does increasing temperature a...,
How does increasing concentration...
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5.2 Maxwell Boltzmann diagram
What is the maxwell boltzmann dis...,
Describe what the graph would loo...,
What is activation energy 3
5  cards
5.3 Catalysts
What are catalysts why are they u...,
How do they work 2,
What are catalytic converters 3
5  cards
6.1 The idea of equilibrium
What is an equilibrium mixture 1,
What are the conditions for equil...,
How do you know when equilibrium ...
7  cards
6.2 Changing conditions of equilibrium reaction
What happens to equilibrium is pr...,
What happens to equilibrium is pr...,
What is le chateliers principal 3
11  cards
6.3 Equilibrium reactions in industry
What method is used to make ammon...,
Where does the nitrogen and hydro...,
What is ammonia used for 3
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Kc and 6.6 The effect of changing conditions on equilibria
What is the equation for finding ...,
How would you solve the question 2,
Does a catalyst impact kc 3
10  cards
7.1 Oxidation and reduction
Where does the term redox come fr...,
What did oxidation mean historica...,
What is reduction historically 3
8  cards
7.2 Oxidation states
What is an oxidation state 1,
What oxidation state does an elec...,
What does a positive number as an...
9  cards
7.3 Redox reactions
What happens to fe2 ions in redox...,
What happens to mno4 ions in redo...
2  cards
17.1 Enthalpy change
What is an enthalpy change 1,
What is the enthalpy of formation 2,
What is enthalpy of combustion 3
14  cards
17.2 born haber cycle
What is a born haber cycle 1,
What size elements lead to the la...,
How does the lattice enthalpy dif...
3  cards
17.3 More enthalpy changes
What solvents can ionic solids di...,
How do ionic solids dissolve 2,
How does the enthalpy of hydratio...
7  cards
17.4 Why do chemical reactions occur
What do the terms feasible and sp...,
What is entropy s how does this e...,
How does the value of entropy cha...
13  cards
19 Equilibrium constant Kp
How is kp different to kc 1,
What is partial pressure 2,
How do you find partial pressure 3
10  cards
20.1 The electrochemical series
What is the basis of how batterie...,
How is an equilibrium set up in e...,
What is a half cell how is an ele...
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20.2 Predicting direction of redox reactions
It is possible to use standard el...,
With electrodes zn2 aq 2e zn s wi...,
How would a cell with only metal ...
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20.3 Electrochemical cells
Give two examples of 1,
What is the zinc copper cell 2,
What are zinc carbon cells 3
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21.1 Defining an acid
What is a bronsted lowry acid 1,
What do acids and bases react to ...,
How do acids and bases react in e...
11  cards
21.2 The PH scale and strong acids/bases
What is ph measured by 1,
How does the ph scale work 2,
How do you calculate ph of neutra...
9  cards
21.3 Weak acids and bases
What are weak acids and bases 1,
In equation ch3cooh h ch3coo expl...,
Explain equation nh3 h2o nh4 oh 3
9  cards
21.4 Acid base titrations
How does titration find the conce...,
What is another way to measure ph 2,
What is a monoprotic acid 3
12  cards
21.5 Choice of indicator for titration
What is equivalence point 1,
Why does colour change need to be...,
What other properties does a good...
11  cards
21.6 Buffers
What are buffers 1,
What is equation for weak acidic ...,
What happens if you add some alka...
16  cards

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