TRINITY COLLEGE NABBINGO

C.A TESTS TERM II

S.4 CHEMISTRY
TIME: 1 HOUR

INSTRUCTIONS
- Answer all questions

1. The molecular mass of gas X is 28 and its empirical formula is CH2.

(a) Determine the molecular formular of X.
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(b) Write the structural formula of X.

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(c) (i) Name one reagent that could be used to identify X.

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(ii) State what would be observed if the reagent named in C (i) was reacted with X.
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2. (a) In the manufacture of soap, oil or fat is heated with sodium hydroxide solution. Saturated
sodium chloride is then added.
(i) Name the process of making soap.
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(ii) What is the purpose of adding saturated sodium chloride solution?

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(iii) State the chemical nature of soap.

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(b) Sometimes when soap is used for washing clothes, a scum is formed.
(i) What is scum?
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(ii) What causes the formation of scum?

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(iii) Give the general name of water which forms scum with soap.
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(iv) If the formula of soap is Nast, write an equation for the reaction between scum and
the type of water named in (b) (iii) above.
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3. (a) Sodium metal is extracted by electrolysis of fused sodium chloride to which calcium
chloride has been added.
(i) Give a reason for the addition of calcium chloride.
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(ii)Name or material that can be used as the cathode and another that can be used as the
anode.
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(iii) Write equation for the reaction that took place at each electrode.
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(iv) Name one other element that can be extracted by a similar method
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4. Study the diagram below which is a cell of copper and zinc electrodes and answer the
questions that follow:
Zinc Copper

Y X

Porous partition

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(a) (i) Name the electrolytes X and Y.
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(ii) What is the purpose of the porous partition?

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(b) Write equations to show the;

(i) reaction at the copper electrode.
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(ii) reaction at the zinc electrode

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(iii) overall cell reaction

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