Dude.. I've uploaded them in a thread below. Have a look.Can some one please upload the mc questions.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!
but it was worded properly, you just misread =/
YEP. Everyone got Q.12 wrong - it is in fact BI'm just curious, for question 12 it says 'electrochemical activity' does that mean that it's from positive to negative, negative to positive, or actually the largest MAGNITUDE to the lowest... i.e. B
nah it should be from negative to positiveYEP. Everyone got Q.12 wrong - it is in fact B
Electrochemical activity includes both the ability to oxidise or reduce and therefore you havto take the absolute value and then rank it.
?nah it should be from negative to positive
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/physical/redoxeqia/ecs.html
Me too! The two I got wrong were both ones where I was considering changing my answer and then ran out of time so i didnt. Aaarghgh.I believe you are all correct indeed =]
i got 18/20 freaking silly mistakes! didnt have time to go back and check =[[
reduce- give away electrons? Oxidise- gain electrons??
I'm pretty sure it is B (even though I put C)
You can see that Pd wants to give away electrons (reduce) moreso than Cd2+ gaining electrons (oxidise) since it requires a higher voltage - more likely to occur.
... you know what I meant.reduce- give away electrons? Oxidise- gain electrons?
c'mon. At least brush up on your basic informations before making an argument
Impossibru!! Never heard of such a preposterous claim about "absolute values" in the 4-5 different sets of chem notes/books i have so... yea.. I am quite confident "electrochemical activity" simply is BOS's convoluted way of saying "Reactivity" in which case, D would be correct.YEP. Everyone got Q.12 wrong - it is in fact B
Electrochemical activity includes both the ability to oxidise or reduce and therefore you havto take the absolute value and then rank it.
.. never saw it in textbooks either. But activity series is different to electrochemical series:Impossibru!! Never heard of such a preposterous claim about "absolute values" in the 4-5 different sets of chem notes/books i have so... yea.. I am quite confident "electrochemical activity" simply is BOS's convoluted way of saying "Reactivity" in which case, D would be correct.
lol wth. You're contradicting yourself... never saw it in textbooks either. But activity series is different to electrochemical series:
"E° values give you a way of comparing the positions of equilibrium when these elements lose electrons to form ions in solution.
The more negative the E° value, the further the equilibrium lies to the left - the more readily the element loses electrons and forms ions.
The more positive (or less negative) the E° value, the further the equilibrium lies to the right - the less readily the element loses electrons and forms ions."
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/physical/redoxeqia/introduction.html#top
lol. This is harder to explain than I thought..lol wth. You're contradicting yourself.
That extract supports reactivity series is the same as electrochemical activity. Therefore the more negative, the more it is likely to lose electron thus it has higher electrochemical activity. Which is pretty much the same definition as a reactivity series.
Li > K > Sr > Ca > Na > Mg > Al > Zn > Cr > Fe > Cd > Co > Ni > Sn > Pb > H > Cu > Ag > Hg > Pt > AuWell quoting from here http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/chem30_05/6_redox/redox2_5.htm
An activity series list metals and various other elements in order of their reactivity, with the most reactive elements at the top and the least reactive of the series at the bottom. For any two metals, the metal listed higher in the table is the most readily oxidized.
Notice the word oxidised, so it doesnt take the absolute value...