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chem-4-II-09-2021-22 - THEORY CORE
chem-4-II-09-2021-22 - THEORY CORE
CHEM-3/II/09/2021-22
(a) Answer the following questions about these structures. Each structure may be used
once, more than once or not at all.
(iv) Which one of these structures, A, B, C, D or E, is the main constituent of natural gas?
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(b) Substance E is present in air. Air is a mixture of different gases. Describe two
characteristics of a mixture.
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(iii) Which element forms an ion with a 2+ charge that has the same number of
electrons as a S2–ion?
c. The manufacture of sulfuric acid by the Contact process occurs in four stages.
stage 3 Sulfur trioxide is combined with concentrated sulfuric acid to form oleum,
H2S2O7.
(i) Complete the chemical equation for stage 1 by adding the appropriate state
symbols
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(ii) Name the catalyst used in stage 2 and state the temperature used.
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(iii) Write chemical equations for the reactions in stage 3 and stage 4.
(i) State one environmental reason why sulfur dioxide should not be released into the
atmosphere.
e. Sulfur dioxide reacts with aqueous sodium sulfite to produce a compound with the
following composition by mass: 29.1% Na, 40.5% S and 30.4% O. Calculate the
empirical formula of this compound. empirical formula
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[Total:15 marks]
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All sodium salts are soluble in water. Use only results from the table to answer the
following questions.
b. Write the chemical equation for the reaction in which silver carbonate is formed.
c. Write the ionic equation for the reaction in which lead (II) iodide is formed.
d. Aqueous silver nitrate produces a yellow precipitate with both iodide ions and
carbonate ions. When testing an unknown solution for iodide ions, the aqueous silver
nitrate is acidified. Explain why the aqueous silver nitrate is acidified.
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(ii) Predict the products of the electrolysis of molten magnesium chloride at:
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[Total: 11marks]
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a. Describe the reactions involved in this extraction. Include one equation for a redox
reaction and one for an acid/base reaction.
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b. The gases Ar, CO2, N2 and O2 are in clean, dry air. CO, NO, NO2 and SO2 are gases
commonly found in polluted air. What percentage of clean, dry air is N 2? Give your
answer to the nearest whole number.
e. Many cars have catalytic converters in their exhaust systems. In a catalytic converter,
most of the CO and NO formed in a car engine is changed into less harmful products.
Identify these products and state the metal catalyst used.
f. CO is formed from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels such as methane. Write a
chemical equation to show the incomplete combustion of methane.
[Total:12 marks]
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a. Use the kinetic particle model to describe the arrangement and type of motion of
the molecules in:
liquid bromine
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b. The graph shows how the volume of bromine gas changes with temperature. The
pressure is kept constant.
Describe how the volume of the bromine gas changes with temperature
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c. Complete the word equation to show the halogen and halide compound which
react to form the products bromine and potassium chloride
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a. Deduce the number of protons, electrons and neutrons in this isotope of calcium.
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d. The table shows some information about the reaction of four metals with dry air at
room temperature and on heating.
Use this information to put the four metals in order of their reactivity. Put the least
reactive metal first. least reactive most reactive
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e. A compound of chlorine has the formula C6H4Cl2. Complete the table to calculate the
relative molecular mass of C6H4Cl2. Use your Periodic Table to help you.
[Total:10 marks]
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