DIRECTIONS:

1.     Select a new page in your Spiral lab notebook.

2.   Press hard (with a blue or black pen only – NO PENCIL OR FELT TIPPED PEN) when writing in your Spiral lab manual.

3.   Fill in the top portion of the first page only. Take the following steps:

     step 1 – print your last name followed by printing your first name in the box entitled NAME;

     step 2- Place the name Honors Chemistry Chapter 18 Overview in the box entitled EXPERIMENT/SUBJECT; step 3 – leave EXP NUMBER blank; step 4 – Place the due date 9 May 2008 in the box entitled DATE; step 5 – leave LAB PARTNER and LOCKER/DESK NO. blank; step 6 – place Chemistry period ___, what number? ___ (press hard) in the box labeled COURSE AND SECTION NO.

4.     Read Chapter 18 and summarize what you read using this outline as a guide.

5.   Chapter 18 Overview is due: FRIDAY 9 MAY 2008: NOT ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE!!!!

 

á       REMINDER – GRADING SYLLABUS: BASED UPON CLARITY AND NEATNESS

1.     A = THREE PAGES

2.     B = TWO PAGES

3.     C = ONE PAGE

        *********************** CHAPTER 18   OUTLINE ***********************

á       ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS

-        OXIDATION-REDUCTION REACTIONS IN CHEMISTRY INVOLVES ELECTRONTRANSFER BETWEEN OBJECTS.

a.     OXIDATION IS A LOSS OF ELECTRONS 

b.     REDUCTION IS A GAIN OF ELECTRONS

c.     AN OXIDIZING AGENT ACCEPTS ELECTRONS

d.     A REDUCING AGENT PROVIDES ELECTRONS

 

á       ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND ITS APPLICATION-

-        ELECTROCHEMISTRY IS A STUDY OF THE INTERCHANGE BETWEEN CHEMISTRY AND ELECTRICAL ENERGY

-        THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES; GALVANIC CELL AND ELECTRICAL CHEMICAL BATTERY

-        THE GALVANIC CELL IS A DEVICE FOR CONVERTING CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

a.    CONSISTS OF SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS FOR OXIDIZING AND REDUCING AGENTS WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY A SALT BRIDGE AND A WIRE.

b.    IT HAS AN ANODE WHICH IS AN ELECTRODE AT WHICH OXIDATION OR LOSS OF ELCTRONS OCCURS.

c.    IT HAS A CATHODE WHICH IS AN ELECTRODE AT WHICH REDUCTION ORNGAIN OF ELCTRONS OCCUR.

-        CORROSION IS THE OXIDATION OF METALS TO FORM MAINLY OXIDES AND SULFIDES.

-        ELECTROLYSIS IS THE USE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO PRODUCE A CHEMICAL CHANGE.