Group 2: Thermal Decomposition of Nitrates & Carbonates Thermal decomposition is the breakdown of a compound into two or more different substances using heat Thermal decomposition of carbonates...
Reactions of Group 2 Oxides, Hydroxides & Carbonates Reactions of Group 2 oxides with water All Group 2 oxides are basic, except for BeO which is amphoteric (it can act both as an acid and base...
Reactions of Group 2 Elements The Group 2 elements react with oxygen, water and dilute acids Group 2 reactions table Group 2 reactions with oxygen & water chemical equations Group 2 reactions w...
Periodicity: Predicting Position & Properties If the chemical and physical properties of an element are known, the position of that element in the Periodic Table can be predicted Similarly, pre...
Bonding in Period 3 Chlorides & Oxides Period 3 chlorides The bonding and structure of the Period 3 elements are summarised in the table below: The table shows that Na, Mg and Al are metallic e...
Period 3: Trends in Electronegativity & Bonding Electronegativity Electronegativity is the power of an element to draw the electrons towards itself in a covalent bond Going across the period, t...
Reaction of Period 3 Chlorides & Water Chlorides of Period 3 elements show characteristic behaviour when added to water which can be explained by looking at their chemical bonding and structure...
Acid / Base Behaviour of Period 3 Oxides & Hydroxides Period 3 oxides Aluminium oxide is amphoteric which means that it can act both as a base (and react with an acid such as HCl) and an acid (...
Period 3: Oxides Reactions with oxygen & chlorine Reaction of Period 3 elements with oxygen table Reaction of Period 3 elements with chlorine table Reaction of sodium & magnesium with water...
Period 3: Structure & Bonding Melting point Melting points of the elements across Period 3 table Ions of Period 3 elements with increasing positive charge (metals) and increasing of outer elect...
Properties of the Elements in Period 3 Elements in the periodic table are arranged in order of increasing atomic number and placed in vertical columns (groups) and horizontal rows (periods) The ele...
Catalysts Catalysis is the process in which the rate of a chemical reaction is increased, by adding a substance called a catalyst A catalyst increases the rate of a reaction by providing the reacta...
