Soluble Salts:
All sodium, potassium and ammonium salts All nitrates Most chlorides, bromides and iodides Most sulphates Sodium, potassium and ammonium carbonates Sodium, potassium and ammonium hydroxides |
Insoluble Salts:
- - Lead chloride, bromide and iodide, Silver chloride, bromide and iodide Barium, calcium and lead sulphates Most carbonates Most hydroxides |
Key terms:
Oxidation is the loss of electrons or the gain of oxygen
Reduction is the gain of electrons or the loss of oxygen
A redox reaction is a reaction in which there two substances, one being oxidised and one being reduced at the same time
The oxidising agent is the thing being reduced
The reducing agent is the thing being oxidised
The reactivity series:
Oxidation is the loss of electrons or the gain of oxygen
Reduction is the gain of electrons or the loss of oxygen
A redox reaction is a reaction in which there two substances, one being oxidised and one being reduced at the same time
The oxidising agent is the thing being reduced
The reducing agent is the thing being oxidised
The reactivity series:
Metals are odrered this way due to their displacement reactions between other metals and metal oxides.
Practicals: