TUISYEN IBNU SINA CHEMISTRY MODULE 17

OXIDATION AND REDUCTION

Change of Fe2+ ion → Fe3+ and Fe3+ → Fe2+

1. Complete the table for the reaction that take place in the test tubes below.

Change of of Fe2+ ion → Fe3 Change of and Fe3+ → Fe2+

Bromine
water

Iron(III) chloride
solution
Iron(II) solution
sulphate zinc
solution

Observation

Half-equation
oxidation

Half equation
reduction

Overall equation

Confirmatory test

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2.

Bromine water

Iron(II) sulphate
solution

Diagram 1

A few drops of bromine water is added into iron(II) sulphate solution. The mixture is shaken
and heated slowly as shown in diagram 1.

a) Write the half equation for the

i) oxidation reaction. : ……………………………………………………………….

ii) reduction reaction. : ……………………………………………………………….

b) Write the overall ionic equation for this redox reaction.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

c) State the substance that is oxidized and the substance that is reduced.

i) substance that is oxidized : ……………………………………………

ii) substance that is reduced : ……………………………………………

d) What is the oxidising agent in this reaction?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

e) What is the reducing agent in this reaction?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

f) State the observation occur when sodium hydroxide solution is added into the mixture.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

g) Name the product that is formed in (h)

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3. Excess of zinc is added into iron(III) chloride solution. The mixture is then heated
slowly.

Iron(III) chloride solution

Zinc
a) Write the half equation for

i) oxidation reaction : …………………………………………………………

ii) reduction reaction : …………………………………………………………

b) Write the overall ionic equation for this redox reaction.

c) State the substance that is oxidized and the substance that is reduced.

Substance that is oxidized : …………………………………………………….

Substance that is reduced : …………………………………………………….

d) Name the oxidising agent and the reducing agent in this reaction.

Oxidising agent : …………………………………………………………….

Reducing agent : …………………………………………………………….

e) State the observation occur when sodium hydroxide solution is added into the mixture.

f) Name the product that is formed in (h)

g) Name one other substance that can replace zinc granule.

Rusting / corrosion of iron

1. Rusting occur in the presence of water droplets on the surface of iron metal and oxygen
in air . The centre of water droplet serves as …………….. , where iron metal undergoes
.................... . Iron .......................... electrons and change into........................... .

2. Oxidation half equation: Fe(aq) ................................................................................

The electrons released travel through ............................... to the edge of the water
droplet where there is plenty of dissolved oxygen.

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The iron surface at the surrounding of water droplet acts as……… ….. . The electrons
are received by the dissolved ……………………. . Oxygen is reduced into …………….. .

3. Reduction half equation : O2(g) + .................. + .................. → ..........................

…………..…… is then oxidised into …………………… in air to form brown solid known
as rust.
The ..... ions and the ............ ions combine to form green solid, ………………………….. .
Ionic equation : Fe2+(aq) + 2OH- → .........................
Chemical equation : ……………………………………………………………….
. .......................... is then rapidly oxidized by oxygen into ........................ to form brown
solid known at rust.
Fe(OH)2 Fe2O.2H2O

4. Diagram 1 shows a series of experiments A, B and C to investigate the effect of other

metals on the rusting process of iron.

Iron nail Iron nail

Magnesium Copper strip

ribbon

Agarl

+
Potassium hexacynoferrate(III) solution
+
Phenolphtalein

Test Metal pairing Intensity of dark blue Intensity of the pink colour.
tube spot
A Iron nail only A few number of dark
None
blue spot
B Iron nail and No dark blue spot
Very high
magnesium ribbon
C Iron nail and copper Many dark blue spot
None
strip
a) Write the formula of the metal ion that is formed when iron nail rusts.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
b) Write the ionic equation of the rusting process.

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c) Name the type of reaction occurs during the rusting of iron.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
d) Why does potassium hexacynoferrate(III) solution used in this investigation?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

e) Based on the observation, which test tube shows that rusting has not occured?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

f) Name the metal that can prevent rusting of iron. Explain your answer.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

g) Name the gas that is produced in this experiment.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

h) Name the ion that causes the pink colour to form in the mixture.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Electrolytic and chemical cell

Electrolytic cell

1. An electrolytic cell is prepared as shown in diagram 2 by using carbon electrodes that are
immersed in copper(II) sulphate solution 0.1 moldm-3 .

Carbon
electrodes
Copper(II)
sulphate solution

a) State one observation that occur at

i) anode :

ii) cathode :
b) Name the product that is formed at

i) anode :

ii) cathode :
c) Write the half equation of anode and cathode.

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i) anode :

ii) cathode :
d) Determine the type of reactions that occur at anode and cathode.

i) anode :

ii) cathode :
e) State the electron transfer in this experiment.

f) Determine the substance that acts as

i) oxidising agent :

ii) reducing agent :

g) Write the ionic equation for the experiment.

h) Calculate the oxidation state of sulphur in copper(II) sulphate solution.

Chemical cell

A Daniel cell is prepared as shown in diagram 3. Zinc plate and copper plate are dipped into
zinc sulphate solution and copper(II) sulphate solution respectively. The zinc and copper
plate is connected to an ammeter with connecting wires. The solutions are separated by
porous pot.
V

Porous pot
berliang
Zinc plate
Copper plate
Zinc sulphate
solution
Copper(II) sulphate
solution

a) Which electrode is the positive terminal?

b) State the observations at the

i) negative terminal :

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ii) positive terminal :

c) Determine the products at the

i) negative terminal :

ii) positive terminal :

d) Write the half equation for the reactions that take place at the

i) negative terminal :

ii) positive terminal :

e) Determine the type of reaction at the

i) negative terminal :

ii) positive terminal :

f) Write the ionic equation for the reaction in the above chemical cell.

g) Name the substance that acts as the reducing agent

h) State what happen to the ammeter reading if zinc plate and zinc sulphate solution are
replaced with magnesium ribbon and magnesium sulphate solution?

Transfer of electron at a distance

1. Figure 1 shows the set-up apparatus to investigate redox reaction between potassium
iodide solution and chlorine water.

M N

Potassium iodide Chlorine water

solution

Dilute sulphuric
acid

a) What is the function of

i) the galvanometer

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ii) the dilute sulphuric acid solution

b) What is expected to be observed around electrode M after ½ hour the experiment has
taken place?

c) Suggest a test to identify the product formed around electrode M.

d) In the above experiment, name the substance that undergoes

i) reduction :

ii) oxidation :
e) Write the ionic equation for the reaction that occurs in this experiment.

f) Draw the direction of electrons flow via the external circuit.

g) Name one substance that can replace chlorine water in order to get the same products at
electrode M.

h) If potassium iodide is replaced with iron(II) sulphate solution, what will be observed at
electrode M. Explain your answer.

2. a) The following are the formulae of two compounds.

Al2O3 PbO2
i) Based on the two formulae, state the oxidation number for aluminium and lead.

…………..……………………………………………………………………………………..

ii) Name both compounds based on the IUPAC nomenclature system.

…..……………………………………………………………………………………………..
iii) Explain the difference between the names of the two compounds based on the
IUPAC nomenclature system.

…….……………………………………………………………………………………………..

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b) Diagram 1 shows the set-up of apparatus for an experiment to investigate electron

transfer at a distance.
G

Carbon electrode (negative terminal) Carbon electrode (positive terminal)

Acidified potassium dichromate(VI)

Iron(II) sulphate solution, K2Cr2O7
solution, FeSO4

Dilute sulphuric
acid, H2SO4

i) Name the oxidising agent in the experiment.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

ii) Write the half equation for the reaction that occur at the negative and positive
terminals.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

iii) Based on your answer in 2(b)(ii), describe the oxidation and reduction process in
terms of the electron transfer that occurs at the negative and positive terminals.
State also the changes that can be observed after 10 minutes.

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Reactivity Series of Metals

Figure 1 shows an experiment to investigate the reactivity of metals P, Q and R with oxygen.
P Q R

Heat

Hydrogen peroxide
Manganese(IV)
oxide
The observations of the experiment are shown in Table 1.

Metal Observation
P Burns brightly and produces a yellow powder
when hot and becomes white when cooled.
Q Burns with clear luminous flame and produces
white powder
R Glows faintly. The residue is black

a) State the variables involved in this experiment

i) manipulated variable :

ii) responding variable :

iii) constant variable :

b) Write the chemical equation for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide.

c) State the function of manganese(IV) oxide in this experiment.

d) Identify metal P and metal Q.

i) metal P :

ii) metal Q :

e) Chemical formula of R oxide is RO. This oxide can be reduced by hydrogen gas to form
metal R.

i) Draw the set-up of apparatus used to conduct the experiment

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ii) Write the chemical equation for the reaction between RO and hydrogen gas.

iii)) Name the oxidising agent and the reducing agent in this experiment.

Oxidising agent :

Reducing agent :

f) Figure 1 shows an experiment to determine the reactivity of metals. Carbon powder is

mixed with lead(II) oxide and the mixture is heated strongly. The experiment is repeated
with zinc oxide and iron(II) oxide.

Mixture of
Crucible
substances
ribbon

Bunsen burner Tripod stand

The result of the experiment is shown in Table 1.

Metal oxide Observation

Lead(II) oxide Bright embers
Zinc oxide No change
Iron(II) oxide Embers

ii) Based on the observation, arrange lead, zinc and iron according to the reactivity of the
metals in decreasing order.

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