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- Subject: Chemistry
- AS: AS90640
- Level: 1
- Credits: 4
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Chemistry 1.4 Describe characteristic properties and reactions of metals, acids and bases
Subject content
You may be tested on:
- metals – Li, Na, Ca, Mg, Al, Zn, Fe, Pb, Cu, Ag, and Au
- characteristic properties and reactions of metals:
- physical properties – electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, density, lustre, malleability, and ductility
- relate the properties of metals to their uses
- relate the relative reactivity of metals to their uses and method of extraction from their ores
- observations and word/balanced equations for reactions of metals with oxygen, water, and acids.
- acids – HCl, H2SO4, HNO3, CH3COOH
- bases – metal oxides, hydroxides, carbonates, and hydrogen carbonates
- characteristic properties and reactions of acids and bases:
- effects on litmus and universal indicator
- pH value
- observations of reaction of acids with carbonates and hydrogen carbonates
- naming products and writing word/balanced equations for reactions of acids with bases.
- factors affecting rates of reaction. Explain in terms of collisions between particles:
- concentration
- temperature
- surface area.
