Chemistry AS ... Ahhh.... State symbols

Hello....
I am clearly a novice AS OCR chemistry (A) student and I need help please....
I need some general guidance to state symbols e.g. Water is (l) nitrates are generally (aqueous), are metals solid apart from Mercury?

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username2207531

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Basically, anything that is a precipitate in a reaction is (s), any pure liquid is (l) (usually only water), and anything dissolved in anything else, so pretty much all acids and alkalis, are (aq). Hope I helped.

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Chlo.Harr

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What about chlorine, iodine (eg Group 7 and group 1)

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Original post by Chlo.Harr

Hello....
I am clearly a novice AS OCR chemistry (A) student and I need help please....
I need some general guidance to state symbols e.g. Water is (l) nitrates are generally (aqueous), are metals solid apart from Mercury?

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Surely you did this at GCSE.

aq = aqueous
g = gas
l = liquid
s = solid

Yes all metals are solid apart from Hg. You will not find Hg reactions in your course. If you do I'll be one of the first to know! :smile:

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Ozzin

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Original post by Chlo.Harr

What about chlorine, iodine (eg Group 7 and group 1)

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Do you mean bonded? Well they form ions that depending on what you're reacting them as will probably be dissolved therefore (aq). If they become precipitated then (s).

On their own Group 7 are (g) and Group 1 (s).

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Pigster

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Original post by Ozzin

Do you mean bonded? Well they form ions that depending on what you're reacting them as will probably be dissolved therefore (aq). If they become precipitated then (s).

On their own Group 7 are (g) and Group 1 (s).