IGCSE Chemistry

Past Exam Questions

Electrochemistry and Redox Reactions

Textbook References: Unit 6, Unit 9,
Unit 13

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Anions - negative ions; attracted to anode

Anode - positive electrode in electrolysis

Brine - concentrated sodium chloride solution

Cathode - negative electrode in electrolysis

Cation - positive ion ; attracted to cathode

Concentration - the number of moles of per litre of solution; tells us how much solute is
dissolved in a solvent

Electrodes - rods of usually carbon which are used to make electrical contact with the
electrolyte

Electrolysis - a reaction which uses electricity to decompose a compound

Electrolyte - an ionic compound or acid which conducts electricity (molten or in solution)

and which is decomposed as it conducts

Electrolytic cell - a beaker with an electrolyte, 2 electrodes, a power supply and leads which
changes electrical energy into chemical energy

Ion - a charged atom or group of atoms (which has become charged because it has either
lost or gained an electron(s))

Oxidation - a reaction during which a substance gains oxygen; oxygen is added to the
element or compound increasing its mass; also a reaction during which a substance loses an
electron

Oxidizing agent - a chemical which oxidises another chemical; it loses oxygen/gains

electrons and becomes reduced

Redox - a reaction during which both a chemical is oxidised and another is reduced

Reducing agent - a chemcial which reduces another chemical; it gains oxygen/loses

electrons and becomes oxidised

Reduction - a reaction during which a susbstance loses oxygen and has its mass decreases;
also a reaction during which a substance gains electrons

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