1. Magnesium react slowly with warm water to form a base, magnesium hydroxide.

A) Explain what is meant by term base.

B) Write a chemical equation for the reaction between magnesium and warm
water.

2. Aluminium oxide is amphoteric. It is insoluble in water.

Describe experiments to show that aluminium oxide is amphoteric.

3. Calcium phosphate is used in fertilisers. The bonding in calcium phosphate is ionic.

Calcium phosphate contains the phosphate ion, PO43-.

a) What is ionic bonding?

b) Deduce the formula of calcium phosphate.

4. But -1-ene is a typical alkene. It has the structural formula shown below.
CH3 – CH2 – CH = CH2

The structural formula of cyclobutane is given below.

a) These two hydrocarbons are isomers.

i) Define the term isomer .
ii) Draw the structural formula of another isomer of but-1-ene.

b) Describe how alkene, such as but-1-ene, can be made from alkanes.

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b) Name the product formed when but-1–ene reacts with:

bromine, __________________________________________________________

hydrogen, ___________________________________________________________

steam, ……………………………………………………………………………………………

5.

a) Copper(II) nitrate forms a series of hydrates with the formula Cu(No 3)2.xH2O.
All these hydrates decompose to form copper(II) oxide.
1 mole of Cu(No3)2.xH2O forms 1 mole of CuO.

What is meant by 1 mole of a substance?

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b)

7.26g of a hydrate, Cu(No3)2.xH2O, formed 2.4 g copper (II) oxide.

number of moles of CuO formed = ………………..

number of moles of Cu(No3)2.xH2O in 7,26 g = ……………….

mass of 1 mole of Cu(No3)2.xH2O = …………………..g

mass of 1 mole of Cu(No3)2 is 188g

the value of x in this hydrate = ……………….
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A 5.00 g sample of impure lead(II) nitrate was heated. The volume of oxygen formed
was 0.16 dm3 measured at r.t.p.The impurities did not decompose.
Calculate the percentage of lead(II) nitrate in the sample.
2Pb(NO3)2  2PbO + 4NO2 + O2

number of moles of O2 formed = ……………………….

number of moles of Pb(No3)2 in the sample = ………………………..

mass of 1 mole of Pb(No3)2 = 331 g

mass of lead(II) nitrate in the sample = ………………………..g

percentage of lead(II) nitrate in the sample = ………………………..

7. Write the equation for : -

i) reaction between ethanoic acid ethnol

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ii) Hydrogenation of ethane (mention the temperature and catalyst)

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