Category Archives: 8. Acids, Bases & Salts

IGCSE Chem Topic 8 – Acids, Bases & Salts

Here are some key terms for this topic: Key Terms C8

GCSE Bitesize has revision pages (that take you through the topic), a test and an activity – scroll down to Acids, Bases and Salts. GCSE s-cool – Acids & Alkalis – revision notes & animations, practise exam questions & a revision summary. Skoool Chemistry – click on ‘7.Acids, Alkalis & Salts’ for excellent lessons that take you through the topic; also a glossary of terms. Chemactive worksheets & answers just click on Acids & Alkali questions. Also worksheets from Mr Guch that cover Acids, Bases & SolutionsFor Doc Brown’s Chemistry quizzes, word-fills, crosswords and study notes go here and just scroll down. 

8.1 The Characteristic Properties of Acids and Bases

A bit of revision:

Reactions of acids from baha696969

GCSE Bitesize – Acids, Bases & Salts (5m 23s):

Bitesize Top 20 Science Demos – Acids & Alkalis (3m 12s). Also (in American) is a 14m 13s video on Acids & Bases.

Coke Cans in Acid and Base from the Periodic Table of Videos. All about that Base (no acid) – musical parody.

Infographic from Compound Interest:

Colours-of-pH-Indicators-POST

8.4 Identification of Ions & Gases

The Virtual School video clips on how to test for gases, for anions (carbonates, sulphates & nitrates), for cations (copper, iron, zinc & ammonium) and ammonium ions (2nd half) .

IGCSE Chemistry, a 25m lesson from ChemistryKlipz covers testing for ions from 19m 45s to 25m 30s.

For Doc Brown’s Chemistry quizzes, word-fills, crosswords and study notes go here and just scroll down to ’23.Chemical Tests for Identification’.

This powerpoint revises group properties (from C9 The Periodic Table) and then covers testing for ions & gases:

The periodic table and identification of ions from Carole Paquette