Modern Chemistry, Lesson 104: Relating Structural and Chemical Properties - an Example

Duration: 30 min

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Description: Illustrates effects with the isoelectronic ions, Na+ Mg++, and Al+++ - as size decreases and charge increases the acidity of the solution increases. Illustrating the effect of decreasing size of cation for Ca++, Mg++, Be++. The similar effects of Be++, and Al+++ ions are explained in terms of their similar charge-size ratios.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)