Friday, September 10, 2010

Chemical Party


Chemcial Party


This video shows the different reactions between elements through the use of a humorous script. It informs the viewer of what happens when two or more chemicals come together. Here is a list of what happened:

1. Neon and Hydrogen have zero reaction.
Noble gases do not react with other elements bhttp://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4387960185330109689ecause their outer shells are full. They do not give or take electrons. Even helium with only 2 electrons in the outer shell is full. Noble gases do not naturally combine with themselves or other elements.
H+Ne = H+Ne

2. Carbon can attract 4 hydrogen atoms in at tetrahedral formation.
Carbon and hydrogen generally have no reaction. Sometimes they form a slight acid between protons.
 1C+4H= CH4

3. Sodium and chlorine have an electric reaction. They can be separated by electrolysis.
 Mixing sodium and chlorine produces common table salt. This is because chlorine has 7 electrons in its outer shell. This means its unstable. Sodium gives it that one extra electron to stabilize it. This creates what you use to salt you mash potatoes. Electrolysis can be applied to divide it back into sodium and chlorine again.
2Na(s)  +  Cl2(g)  ——>  2NaCl(s)

4.Water and potassium have an explosive reaction.
Potassium is an alkaline metal. When it combines with water it wants to get rid of one electron to form a noble gas. The result is a chemical reaction in the form of an explosion.
 K(s) +2 H2O(l) à 2KOH(aq) + H2(g) 

1 comment:

  1. Could use of chemistry vocabulary here. I think that the resources you found gave you the correct chemical formulas for each of the different reactions.

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