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Transition metals flashcards

55 cards drawn from the 5 lessons on transition metals: 45 definitions, 5 check-yourself questions and 5 spot-the-error cards. Rate each answer to set when the card appears again.

Unit C14 · Transition metals lessons · all 945 cards · Anki deck and printable cards for this unit

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• Transition metalDEFINE
• d-block elementDEFINE
• LigandDEFINE
• Coordinate bondDEFINE
• ComplexDEFINE
• Coordination numberDEFINE
• Monodentate ligandDEFINE
• Bidentate ligandDEFINE
• Multidentate ligandDEFINE
• Every metal in the middle block of the periodic table is a transition metal, so zinc must be oneSPOT THE ERROR
• Transition metal characteristics and complex formation: check questionCHECK
• Octahedral complexDEFINE
• Tetrahedral complexDEFINE
• Square planar complexDEFINE
• Ligand substitutionDEFINE
• StereoisomersDEFINE
• Cis–trans isomersDEFINE
• Optical isomersDEFINE
• Chelate effectDEFINE
• Stability constantDEFINE
• A bidentate ligand pushes water out of a complex because its bonds to the metal are strongerSPOT THE ERROR
• Ligands, the shapes of complexes, isomerism and ligand substitution: check questionCHECK
• Complementary coloursDEFINE
• Transmitted lightDEFINE
• d-orbital splittingDEFINE
• Ground stateDEFINE
• Excited stateDEFINE
• ColorimeterDEFINE
• AbsorbanceDEFINE
• Calibration curveDEFINE
• A blue solution is blue because it absorbs blue lightSPOT THE ERROR
• Colour in transition metal complexes and colorimetry: check questionCHECK
• Oxidation stateDEFINE
• Oxidising agentDEFINE
• Reducing agentDEFINE
• E°cellDEFINE
• End pointDEFINE
• Self-indicating titrationDEFINE
• Concordant titresDEFINE
• Standard electrode potentialDEFINE
• AmphotericDEFINE
• The green colour partway through reducing vanadium(V) with zinc is vanadium(III), because vanadium(III) is greenSPOT THE ERROR
• Variable oxidation states: vanadium, chromium and manganate(VII) titrations: check questionCHECK
• CatalystDEFINE
• Heterogeneous catalystDEFINE
• Homogeneous catalystDEFINE
• AdsorptionDEFINE
• DesorptionDEFINE
• Active siteDEFINE
• Support mediumDEFINE
• Catalyst poisoningDEFINE
• IntermediateDEFINE
• AutocatalysisDEFINE
• A catalyst takes no part in the reaction; it just sits there and makes it go fasterSPOT THE ERROR
• Catalysis: heterogeneous, homogeneous and autocatalytic: check questionCHECK

The lessons these cards come from

• Transition metal characteristics and complex formation
• Ligands, the shapes of complexes, isomerism and ligand substitution
• Colour in transition metal complexes and colorimetry
• Variable oxidation states: vanadium, chromium and manganate(VII) titrations
• Catalysis: heterogeneous, homogeneous and autocatalytic