Chemistry Revision Notes

Todays atmosphere is mainly made up of Nitrogen and Oxygen, but the early atmosphere was mainly up of Carbon Dioxide and Water Vapour
Pass air through syringes over a heated bit of Copper. The copper reacts with the oxygen in the air to form Copper Oxide. The reaction uses up the oxygen. You can use markers on the syringes to tell how much oxygen has been used up.
Sedimentary Rock is put under alot of Heat and Pressure to form Marble
Extrusive- Igeneous Rocks cool quickly above ground forming SMALL crystals-basalt
Intrusive- Igenous Rock cool slowly under ground forming BIG crystals-granite
Thermal Decomposition- Limestone GIVES Calcium Oxide + Carbon Dioxide
Thermal Decompostion of Zinc CArbonate GIVES Zinc Oxide + Carbon Dioxide
Calcium Hyrdroxide- it neutralises Acids (neutralises acidic soil in the field)
Precipiate- the insoluble solid formed from the two solutions reacting
Acids have a pH of less than 7 (red to yellow)
Acid + Base GIVES Salt + Water
Opposites Attract
ONLY gases are given off during electrolysis
Metal Ore- A metal extracted from its compound
Finite- limited
Two methods of extracting metals from their ores- Electrolysis and heating with Carbon
Bauxite is another name for Aluminuim Ore (its the main ore of aluminuim)
Car Bodies (properties of metals) strong and ductile
Using Iron straight from the Blast Furnace is BRITTLE (impure iron)
Pure Iron is too soft
Two Example of Alloys- Steel (Carbon & Iron) is the alloy of Iron AND Zinc,Copper & Nickel is the alloy of Gold

Advantages of Recycling- Cheaper, Saves Energy and Conserves Resources (its non-renewable!!) and less waste in landfill
Crude Oil- Hydrogen and Carbon (its a mixture of hydrocarbons!!)
Combusion- burning with plenty of oxygen
Incomplete Combusition of hydrocarbons proudces Carbon Monoxide, Carbon and Carbon dioxide and water which of some is harmful to humans
things to consider when finding the best fuel- efficency (energy value), ammount of emmited ash and smoke, storage/transport and how easily it burns
Acid Rain- kills trees, damages limestone buildings and kills habitats living in ponds/lakes
how to reduce acid rain- remove sulphur from the fuel before burnt (in powerstations) catalytic converters (cleans up exhaust gases in cars) and reduce our usage of fossil fuels

	Created by taylor2em almost 13 years ago

GCSE Chemistry Note on Chemistry Revision, created by taylor2em on 15/05/2013.