Minerals To Metals

Alkali Metal + Water =

Metal Hydroxide + Hydrogen Gas

Alkali Metal + Chlorine Gas =

Metal chloride

What colour does Lithium burn?

Red

What colour does Sodium burn?

Yellow

What colour does Potassium burn?

Lilac

Malleable

Can be hammered into sheets

Ductile

Can be drawn into wires

Malleable Bonding

Mettalic e.g iron

Brittle bonding

Ionic e.g sodium chloride

alloy where smaller atoms fit within larger atoms

interstitial e.g steel

alloy where similar sized atoms replace each other

substitutional e.g brass

Metal + Oxygen =

Metal Oxide

metal + water =

metal hydroxide + hydrogen gas

Metal + acid =

metal salt + hydrogen gas

hydrochloric acid formula

HCl

Sulfuric Acid formula

H2SO4

Nitirc acid formula

HNO3

Hydrochloric acid ending

chloride

Sulfuric acid ending

sulphate

Nitric acid ending

nitrate

solute

substance dissolved

solvent

liquid

oxidation

the gain of oxygen or the loss of electrons

reduction

the loss of oxygen or gain of electrons