Oxidation

Developing: Describe how to test for oxygen

Secure: Explain what happens when a substance is oxidised
Exceeding: Calculating percentage loss or gain
Entrance Activity
In your books…
1) Describe what is happening in these
pictures.
2) What links them?
Tool box – Key words
Oxidation
Chemical reaction
 Keyword

Oxidation
Reaction in which a substance gains oxygen.

+ 
Fresh Apple Oxygen Brown Apple
(O2)

Note: Many chemical reactions that cause explosions need oxygen.

Usually this comes from the air but explosives usually react with an
oxidising agent.
Student activity

+ 
________________ Oxygen Iron Oxide

+ 
Copper Oxygen ________________
 Answer

+ 
Oxygen Iron Oxide
__Iron___

+ 
Copper Oxygen _Copper Oxide_
 Demo

Test for oxygen

Test for oxygen – oxygen is present if it relights a glowing splint

 Oxidation
Developing: Describe how to test for oxygen
Secure: Explain what happens when a substance is oxidised
Exceeding: Calculating percentage loss or gain
Entrance Activity
In your books…
1) Describe what is happening in these
pictures.
2) What links them?
Tool box – Key words
Oxidation
Chemical reaction
 Student activity

Oxidation of magnesium
Watch the video, but before you do look at the next 3 slides: you
need to make a prediction and copy the results table.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9RSy_ean3A
 Student activity

Oxidation of magnesium

(Predict)
• I predict that when magnesium is oxidised it will weigh
. (more / less / the same)

(Explain)
• This is because
 Student activity

Oxidation of magnesium
+ 
Magnesium Oxygen
Magnesium Oxide
(Mg) (O2)
(MgO)

My prediction was right/wrong because when ______ __ is

added the mass
Oxidation of magnesium
Student activity

Considering your results/Conclusions

Calculate the mass of magnesium by subtracting mass 1 from mass 2.
Mass of magnesium = – = g
Calculate the mass of magnesium oxide by subtracting mass 1 from mass 3.
Mass of magnesium oxide = – = g

Describe the difference in mass between the magnesium and the

magnesium oxide.

Explain the difference in mass between the magnesium and the magnesium
oxide.

Calculate the mass of oxygen that reacted with the magnesium. Show your
working in the space below.
 Oxidation
Developing: Describe how to test for oxygen
Secure: Explain what happens when a substance is oxidised
Exceeding: Calculating percentage loss or gain
Entrance Activity
In your books…
1) Describe what is happening in these
pictures.
2) What links them?
Tool box – Key words
Oxidation
Chemical reaction
 tion
Teacher Explana
Percentage gain or loss?
• We often use percentages to express the amount of
something present.
• To calculate a percentage you first express the amount as
a fraction of the total amount and then multiply by 100.
• When some solids are heated they seem to lose or gain
mass.
• Since the conservation of mass states mass cannot be
created or destroyed we know that:
total mass of reactants =total mass of products
 Te a c h e r Ex p lan ation
Examples
• Read pages 92 and 93 with the teacher.
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• Copy down the 2 examples on page 92 and 93.
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