What does one mean by exothermic and endothermic reactions ? Give examples.
Chemical reactions that release energy in the form of heat, light, or sound are called exothermic reactions.
Example : Mixture of sodium and chlorine to yield table salt
$Na _{(s)}+\frac{1}{2} Cl _{2(s)} \longrightarrow NaCl _{( s )}+411 \,kJ$ of energy
In other words, combination reactions are exothermic.
Reactions that absorb energy or require energy in order to proceed are called endothermic reactions.
For example: In the process of photosynthesis, plants use the energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide and water to glucose and oxygen.
$6C{{O}_{2(g)}}+6{{H}_{2}}{{O}_{(l)}}\text{ }\xrightarrow{\text{Sunlight}}\text{ }\underset{Glucose}{\mathop{{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{12}}{{O}_{6(aq)}}}}\,+6{{O}_{2(g)}}$
Explain the "Oxidation'' in terms of gain or loss of oxygen with two examples.
Identify the substances that are oxidised and the substances that are reduced in the following reactions.
$(i)$ $4 Na ( s )+ O _{2}( g ) \rightarrow 2 Na _{2} O ( s )$
$(ii)$ $CuO ( s )+ H _{2}( g ) \rightarrow Cu ( s )+ H _{2} O ( l )$
Write the balanced equation for the following chemical reactions.
$(i)$ Hydrogen $+$ Chlorine $\to $ Hydrogen chloride
$(ii)$ Barium chloride $+$ Aluminium sulphate $\to $ Barium sulphate $+$ Aluminium chloride
$(iii)$ Sodium $+$ Water $\to $ Sodium hydroxide $+$ Hydrogen
In the refining of silver, the recovery of silver from silver nitrate solution involved displacement by copper metal. Write down the reaction involved.
Balance the following chemical equations.
$(a)$ $HNO _{3}+ Ca ( OH )_{2} \longrightarrow Ca \left( NO _{3}\right)_{2}+ H _{2} O$
$(b)$ $NaOH + H _{2} SO _{4} \longrightarrow Na _{2} SO _{4}+ H _{2} O$
$(c)$ $NaCl + AgNO _{3} \longrightarrow AgCl + NaNO _{3}$
$(d)$ $BaCl _{2}+ H _{2} SO _{4} \longrightarrow BaSO _{4}+ HCl$