CHEMISTRY FORM 4 : TOPICAL ASSESSMENT CHAPTER Construct a chemical formula for each of the f ionic compounds: (i) Magnesium

chloride (ii) Potassium carbonate

(3) 2.52g of a hydrocarbon contains 2.16 g of carbon. The relative molecular mass of the hydrocarbon is 84. [RAM H,1; C,12] i. Find the empirical formula of the hydrocarbon

(iii)

Calcium sulphate

(iv)

Copper (II) oxide ii. Find the molecular formula of the carbon.

(v)

Silver nitrate

(vi)

Zinc nitrate

(vii) Aluminium oxide

(viii) Iron(II) hydroxide (4) 16 g of copper (II) oxide, CuO is reacted with excess methane, CH 4 . Using the equation below, find the mass of copper that is produced. [Relative atomic mass : Cu, 64 ; O, 16] 4 CuO (s) + CH 4 (g) 4 Cu (s) + CO2 (g) + 2 H 2 O (l)

(5) Hydrogen peroxide decomposes according to the following equation: 2 H 2 O2 (l) 2 H 2O (l) + O2 (g)

2. Balance the following equations

Calculate the volume of oxygen gas, O2 measured at STP that can be obtained from the decomposition of 34 g of hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O2 .
[Relative atomic mass : H, 1 ; O, 16. Molar volume : 22.4 dm mol
3 1

at STP]