Oxidation States
Predict the Products
Reasonable Compounds
Everyday Occurrences
Potpourri
100
This uncommon oxidation state of aluminum is the predominant form of the element in aluminum foil.
What is the 0 oxidation state?
100
The product(s) when solid calcium and water are combined.
What are Ca(OH)2 and H2?
100
The three compounds from this list that are Reasonable Compounds
BaO
CaO
GaO
LaO
NaO
RaO
What are BaO, CaO, and RaO?
100
This element is combined with aspirin to create Pepto-Bismol.
What is bismuth?
100
This kind of radioactive decay is the easiest for predicting products because it only involves the release of energy.
What is gamma decay?
200
This halogen has very different stable oxidation states compared with the rest of it's group.
What is fluorine?
200
The product(s) when PH4+(aq) and NaF(aq) are combined.
What are PH3, HF, and Na+?
200
The four compounds from this list that are Reasonable Compounds
Li2S
H2Sb
Ca2Se
Na2O
N2O
Cl2O
What are Li2S, Na2O, N2O, and Cl2O?
200
Humanity should be thankful for this property of the O2 molecule, the one that prevents us from spontaneously combusting.
What is paramagnetism?
200
This is the name of a chemical with a single unpaired electron.
What is a radical?
300
The name for the only anionic form of hydrogen.
What is hydride?
300
The initial product(s) when XeF2 gas and water are combined.
What are XeO and HF?
300
The following compounds from this list are Reasonable Compounds
CaF2
KI
PbO2
BaSeO4
K3AsO4
Sr3Sb2
What are all of them?
300
It's the formula and charge for the silicate best corresponding to this shape.
What is Si2O76-?
300
Carbonate is not a true buffer to human blood because this constant is not within ±1 of the healthy pH, 7.4.
What is the pKa?
400
The the number of electrons lost by sulfur atoms when two cysteines (R-S-H) are oxidized to create a disulfide bridge.
What are 2 electrons?
400
The product(s) when NaBCl4 and AgNO3 are combined.
What are NaNO3, BCl3, and AgCl?
400
The following compounds from this list that are Reasonable Compounds
SeO2
XeCl2
FI
HOCl
F3
What are SeO2, FI, and HOCl?
400
These cations move in and out of cells via specialized protein units called ion channels.
What are Na+, K+, and Ca2+?
400
The coordination number of Uranium in the complex [U(edta)Cl2]3-
What is 8?
500
This is the phenomenon in which lower p-block metals resist full oxidation from all but the strongest oxidizing agents.
What is the inert pair effect?
500
The product(s) when H2 gas and Rb+(aq) are combined.
[E0(red) for Rb+ is -2.98 V]
What is no reaction?
500
The following compounds from this list that are Reasonable Compounds
TlO
Bi2S
InCl3
PbO
PoI6
GeCl2
What are InCl3 and PbO?
500
This is the last element that is radioactively stable.
What is Lead?
500
The quantity you can calculate if you have measured a reaction's rate constant at two different temperatures.
What is the activation energy?