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1.2 Non-metals
Chemistry · Grade 11 · 34 lessons in the design
What you will be able to do
- identify sources of selected gases
- prepare selected gases in the laboratory
- describe the industrial isolation of oxygen and nitrogen from liquid air
- investigate the physical and chemical properties of selected gases
- outline uses of selected gases
- appreciate the importance of gases in day-to-day life
Key questions
“How do gases affect our day-to-day life?”
Lessons
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Non-metals and the selected gases
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizIntroduce non-metals and the three selected gases.
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Sources of the selected gases
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizIdentify the sources of oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen.
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Sources of oxygen
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizIdentify the sources of oxygen.
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Sources of hydrogen
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizIdentify the sources of hydrogen.
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Sources of nitrogen
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizIdentify the sources of nitrogen.
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Methods of gas collection
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the general methods of gas collection.
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Choosing a collection method
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizChoose the best collection method for each gas.
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Drying a gas
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizExplain how a gas is dried.
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Testing for the three gases
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the tests for oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen.
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Laboratory preparation of oxygen
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizPrepare oxygen from hydrogen peroxide.
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Oxygen from chlorates and manganates
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizPrepare oxygen from potassium chlorate(V) and manganate(VII).
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Laboratory preparation of hydrogen
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizPrepare hydrogen from zinc and dilute acid.
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Hydrogen from steam and reactive metals
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe other laboratory ways to make hydrogen.
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Laboratory preparation of nitrogen
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizPrepare nitrogen from a nitrite and an ammonium salt.
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Nitrogen from air
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizObtain nitrogen by removing oxygen from air.
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Safety and purity in gas preparation
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizApply safety and obtain a pure gas.
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Collecting and testing the prepared gas
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizCollect and test a prepared gas in a worked example.
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Air as a mixture
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the composition of air.
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Fractional distillation of liquid air
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the industrial isolation of oxygen and nitrogen.
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Why nitrogen boils off first
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizExplain the order of separation by boiling point.
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Industrial oxygen and its storage
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe industrial oxygen and how it is stored.
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Industrial nitrogen and its storage
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe industrial nitrogen and how it is stored.
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Physical properties of oxygen
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the physical properties of oxygen.
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Physical properties of hydrogen
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the physical properties of hydrogen.
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Physical properties of nitrogen
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the physical properties of nitrogen.
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Comparing the physical properties
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizCompare the physical properties of the three gases.
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The burning and glowing splint tests
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizUse the splint tests to identify gases.
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Litmus and solubility of the gases
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizTest the gases with litmus and describe their solubility.
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Oxygen with metals
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the reactions of oxygen with metals.
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Oxygen with carbon and sulphur
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the reactions of oxygen with carbon and sulphur.
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Hydrogen burning in oxygen
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe hydrogen burning in oxygen.
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Hydrogen with metal oxides
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe how hydrogen reduces metal oxides.
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Reactions of nitrogen
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the reactions of nitrogen with magnesium, hydrogen and oxygen.
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Uses of the gases and review
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizReview the three gases and their uses.