Name: _______________________________________________

 
 
 
 

L6 Chemistry Test
Topic 1 Atomic Structure
 

 
Date:
 
 
 
 
Time:30 mins
 
Total marks available: 28
 
Total marks achieved: ______
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 Q1.
In the early twentieth century the apparatus shown in the diagram was used to investigate
atomic structure. When He2+ particles were fired at a thin sheet of gold, most of the
particles were detected at point P.

What conclusion can be drawn from the detection of He2+ particles at point P?
 
A Gold atoms contain electrons. D is the answer
B Gold atoms contain protons.

C Gold atoms contain neutrons.

D Gold atoms are mainly empty space.

(Total 1 mark)

Q2.
Chlorine exists as two isotopes 35Cl and 37Cl in the ratio 3:1

Which statement about peaks in the mass spectrum of Cl2 is correct?

 

A Peaks at m/z = 70 and 74 in the ratio 3:1

Peaks at m/z = 70, 72 and 74 in the ratio

B
9:6:1
Peaks at m/z = 70, 72 and 74 in the ratio
C
9:3:1

D Peaks at m/z = 70 and 72 in the ratio 3:1

(Total 1 mark)

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 Q3.
Which statement about time of flight mass spectrometry is correct?
 
The current in the detector is proportional to the ion
A
abundance

B Sample particles gain electrons to form positive ions

Particles are detected in the order of their kinetic

C
energies

D Ions are accelerated by a magnetic field

(Total 1 mark)

Q4.
Tellurium is the element with atomic number of 52

(a)     Using information from the Periodic Table, complete the electron configuration of
tellurium.

[Kr] 4d10 5s2

5p4_______________________________________________________
(1)

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(b)     The mass spectrum of a sample of tellurium is shown in the graph.

(i)      Use the graph to calculate the relative atomic mass of this sample of tellurium.
Give your answer to one decimal place.

____(124+124)+(126+126+126+126)+(128+128+128+128+128+128+128)___
__+(130+130+130+130+130+130) divide everything by
19_____________________________________________________

____=127.8_____________________________________________________
____

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(3)

(ii)     Suggest what might cause the relative atomic mass of this sample to be
different from the relative atomic mass given in the Periodic Table.

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(1)

(c)     Write an equation for the reaction that occurs when a tellurium ion hits the detector.

__te++e-
=te________________________________________________________________
_
(1)

(Total 6 marks)
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 Q5.
Which of these atoms has the largest atomic radius?
 

a
A Ar is the
answer

B Cl

C Mg

D Na

(Total 1 mark)

Q6.
This question is about Period 3 of the Periodic Table.

(a)     Deduce which of Na+ and Mg2+ is the smaller ion.

Explain your answer.

Smaller ion
___mg2+______________________________________________________

Explanation ________this would be the smaller ion because each ion has the same
number of electrons, however mg2+ has a different number of protons
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(2)

(b)     Write an equation to represent the process that occurs when the first ionisation
energy for sodium is measured.

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(1)
(Total 3 marks)

Q7.
This question is about electron configuration.

(a)     Give the full electron configuration of an Al atom and of a Cr3+ ion.
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 Al atom ___3s2
3p1_________________________________________________________

Cr3+ ion ___

(2)

(b)     Deduce the formula of the ion that has a charge of 2+ with the same electron
configuration as krypton.

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(1)
(Total 3 marks)

Q8.
The table below shows some successive ionisation energy data for atoms of three
different elements X, Y and Z.

Elements X, Y and Z are Ca, Sc and V but not in that order.

 
  First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth

X 648 1370 2870 4600 6280 12 400

Y 590 1150 4940 6480 8120 10 496

Z 632 1240 2390 7110 8870 10 720

(a)     Which element is calcium?

X       

Y        y is calcium

Z       
(1)

(b)     Which element is vanadium?

X       

Y        x is vanadium

Z       
(1)

(c)     Justify your choice of vanadium in part (b)

_this is becauye
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(1)

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Q9.
This question is about s-block metals.

(a)     Give the full electron configuration for the calcium ion, Ca2+

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(1)

(b)     Explain why the second ionisation energy of calcium is lower than the second
ionisation energy of potassium.

___________________________________________________________________

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(2)

(c)     Identify the s-block metal that has the highest first ionisation energy.

_____________helium
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(1)

(d)      A sample of strontium has a relative atomic mass of 87.7 and consists of three
isotopes, 86Sr, 88Sr and 88Sr
In this sample, the ratio of abundances of the isotopes 86Sr :88Sr is 1:1

State why the isotopes of strontium have identical chemical properties.

Calculate the percentage abundance of the 88Sr isotope in this sample.

Why isotopes of strontium have identical chemical properties

__________________88 sr
_________________________________________________

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 Percentage abundance of 88Sr ____________________ %
(4)

(e)     A time of flight (TOF) mass spectrum was obtained for a sample of barium that
contains the isotopes 136Ba, 137Ba and 138Ba

The sample of barium was ionised by electron impact.

Identify the ion with the longest time of flight.

____________138ba__________________________________________________
_____
(1)