Our Chemical World #2:
Fireworks
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A lot of chemistry may seem like textbook stuff that doesn’t have anything to do with your regular life. The web site, What’s That Stuff, discusses and explains lots of chemical compounds that are part of everyday products and materials. Often, the “active ingredients” are simple ionic and covalent compounds just like things that you have learned about this term.
This assignment is focused on fireworks which are primarily ionic compounds.
Click on the fireworks link and then come back and answer the following questions. Remember, the answers are not necessarily all found in the fireworks article, but you should be able to combine the information in the article with the chemical knowledge you now have, your lecture notes, and your textbook to answer the questions.
The article refers to copper carbonate. This name is ambiguous because copper forms more than one stable ion: Cu+ and Cu2+ both exist. Let's think about two possible compounds containing copper and carbonate ions. If you knew that the ratio of copper to carbonate was 1:1 in a particular compound, what would be the charge on the copper ion in this compound and what is the name of the compound?
What's That Stuff, a web site maintained by the American Chemical Society, has links to other fun stuff like Cheez Whiz, new car smell, and teeth whiteners. Bookmark it and check it out sometime for fun. (Yes, we know, we are geeks.)
What's That Stuff
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