Carbon and its compounds 3

CHEMISTRY SSS1 Third Term

WEEK 4

Carbon and its compounds 3

Performance Objectives

The student should be able to:

1. State the properties of carbon(iv)oxide is its preparation and uses
2. State the properties carbon(ii)oxide is its preparation and uses
3. Synthetic gas its manufacture and uses

Content

Oxides of carbon

An oxide is a compound that contains only two elements, one of which is oxygen. When carbon is heated to oxygen or air, it forms two oxides namely carbon(iv)oxide CO2, carbon(ii)oxide CO. the oxide formed depends on the availability of oxygen.

Carbon(iv)oxide

carbon(iv)oxide was first discovered by Van Helmond towards the end of the sixteenth century. It is one of the natural occurring inorganic compounds of carbon.

The atmosphere contains about 0.03%…