Inorganic Chemistry

What is thermal decomposition?

What is an ionic precipitation reaction?

Which acids are soluble in water?

Which metal hydroxides are soluble in water?

Which metal carbonates are soluble?

Which salts are soluble in water?

How does atomic radius change in groups 1 and 2?

Are the ions of group 1 and 2 elements bigger or smaller than their atoms?

Which is bigger: a group 1 atom or a group 2 atom?

Which is bigger: a group 1 ion or a group 2 ion?

What is a base?

What are the characteristics of group 1 carbonates?

What are the characteristics of group 1 nitrates?

What are the flame colours of Li, Na and K?

Describe how group 2 metals react with oxygen:

What is a basic oxide?

How does the solubility of group 2 hydroxides change as you go down the group?

What are the characteristics of group 2 carbonates?

What are the characteristics of group 2 nitrates?

What are the characteristics of group 2 sulfates?

What are the flame colours of group 2 elements?

What is meant by thermal stability?

What does polarising power mean?

What two factors affect polarising power?

Explain the trend in the thermal stability of metal carbonates and nitrates:

Describe the appearance of the halogens under standard conditions:

How does oxidising power change as you go down the group?

How does boiling point change down the group?

How does first electron affinity change as you goes down the group?

How does solubility change as you go down the group?

What are the reactions of sodium halides with conc sulfuric acid?

What are the properties of silver halides?

What are the properties of hydrogen halides?

What is formed when halogens reacts with water?

Explain the difference between strong/weak and concentrated/dilute in acids?

Why does the small amount of MgO on Magnesium ribbon have to be removed before any reactions?

Why don't group 1 carbonates generally decompose on heating?

Explain how flame colours are created?