Class: 9 Subject: Chemistry

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Practice Worksheet 2
Laws of chemical combinations and Chemical formulae

1. When 3.00 g of carbon is burnt in 8.00 g of oxygen, 11.00 g of carbon dioxide is produced.
(i) What mass of carbon dioxide will be formed when 3.00 g of carbon is burnt in 50.00 g of oxygen?
(ii) Which law of chemical combination will govern your answer in (i)? State the law. [2]

2. A 0.24 g sample of a compound of oxygen and boron was found by analysis to contain 0.096 g of boron and
0.144 g of oxygen.
(i) Calculate the percentage of composition of the compound by weight. [2]
(ii) If the law of constant proportions is true, what weights of these elements will be present in 1.5 g of another
sample of the same compound of oxygen and boron? [2]

3. John Dalton based his atomic theory on the laws of chemical combinations. State Dalton’s postulate of
atomic theory which: [2]
(i) Directly associates with the law of conservation of mass
(ii) Directly associates with the law of definite proportions

4. 1 molecule of N2 gas reacts with 3 molecules of H2 gas to form 2 molecules of ammonia gas, as given in the
reaction: N2 + 3H2 → 2NH3
……………… g of nitrogen reacts with ………………. g of hydrogen to give 34 g of ammonia gas.
This above data is in line with the law of …………………………………………….. [2]
[Atomic masses: N = 14 u, H = 1 u]

5. Write the chemical formulae of the following compounds (show the working): [10]

(i) Calcium nitrate

(ii) Sodium hydride
(iii) Potassium chloride
(iv) Aluminium oxide
(v) Lithium nitride
(vi) Magnesium bicarbonate
(vii) Zinc phosphate
(viii) Sodium sulphite
(ix) Carbon tetrachloride
(x) Sulphur dioxide

6. Write the IUPAC names of the following compounds:

(i) MgSO3
(ii) Ca(HCO3)2
(iii) Cu(NO3)2
(iv) FeCl2
(v) Na3PO4
(vi) LiH
(vii) AlCl3
(viii) SiCl4
(ix) NH3
(x) KNO2
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