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A sample of argon gas occupies 48 L at 15°C and 720 mmHg.
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A significant chemical reaction in the rusting of iron is shown in the equation:
2+ –
2Fe(s) + O2(aq) + 2H2O(l) o 2Fe (aq) + 4OH (aq)
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Which one of the following samples of gases would have the smallest volume at SLC?
A. 2!1023 helium atoms.
B. 22 g of carbon dioxide.
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different from that of the other three reactions?
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A 0.50 mol sample of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) has a volume of 7.0 L at a pressure of 3.0 atm.
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An orange-coloured
Ethene solution
burns in oxygen was prepared
according by dissolving 14.5 g of potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7) in
to the equation
water and making up the volume to 100.0 mL with distilled water. This solution (solution I) was used to
prepare three further solutions asCoutlined 3O2(g) → 2CO2(g) + 2H2O(g)
2H4(g) +below.
solution II: 10 mL of solution I added to 30 mL of water
When 0.20 mol of C2H4 burns in 0.40 mol of O2, the amount of CO2 expected to form would be
solution III: 20 mL of solution I made up to 50 mL with water
A. 0.20 mol
solution IV: 40 mL of solution I added to 30 mL of water
B. 0.27 mol
The concentrations
C. 0.40 mol of these three solutions increase in the order
A. 0.80
D. II, III, IV.
mol
B. III, II, IV.
C. II, IV, III.
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water and making
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I added the30 mL of water
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A. II, III, IV.
B. III, II, IV.
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C.
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0.250 M of reduced pressure
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Question 18-20:
Questions 18 to 20 relate to the following information.
Two experiments were conducted using three metals identified by the symbols X, Y and Z. 1.0 M solutions
of XCl2, YCl2 and ZCl2 were placed in each of three beakers. A strip of each metal was placed in the
appropriate beaker to construct a half-cell. Half-cells were connected via wires, a voltmeter and a salt bridge
containing KNO3(aq). Three cells were constructed as shown below. For cells 1 and 2, the direction of
electron flow and the cell voltage were recorded. Cell voltage provides an indication of the extent of reaction
occurring. Results are shown below.
Cell Direction of
Cell structure Cell voltage
number electron flow

X V Z

1 from X to Z 0.31 V
2+ 2+
X Z

Y V Z

2 from Y to Z 0.10 V
2+ 2+
Y Z

Y V X

3 ? ?
2+ 2+
Y X

Question 18
In cell number 1, electrode Z is the
A. positively charged cathode
B. positively charged anode
C. negatively charged cathode
D. negatively charged anode.

Question 19
Which of the following represents the expected reaction occurring at the negative electrode in cell 3?
2+
A. X (aq) + 2e oX(s)
2+
B. Y (aq) + 2e oY(s)
2+
C. X(s) oX (aq) + 2e
2+
D. Y(s) oY (aq) + 2e

Question 20
If metal X is identified as iron, and Z is identified as lead, then, with the aid of the electrochemical series,
metal Y is possibly
A. copper
B. nickel
C. calcium
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Question 11: 8 marks

Question
A 5.25 g sample of hydrogen gas is held in a container at STP.
a. Calculate the volume of the container.

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b. All of the hydrogen gas is pumped into another container of volume 25 L which already contains
0.301 mol of oxygen gas. The temperature of this container is raised to 250°C and held at this
temperature throughout the experiment.
i. Calculate the total gas pressure in the 25 L container.

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ii. The gas mixture is ignited.
Write the balanced equation for the chemical reaction which occurs.

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iii. Calculate the number of mole of gas in the mixture resulting from the reaction.

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Question
A student conducted electrical conductivity and pH tests on a range of aqueous solutions and pure water.
The results are displayed in the table below.
Electrical
Substance pH at 25°C
conductivity
pure water very low 7.0

1.0 M HCl(aq) high 0

1.0 M CH3COOH(aq) low 2.7

1.0 M NH3(aq) low 11.6

a. Explain the very low electrical conductivity of pure water.

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1 mark
b. Explain why the two acids in the table conduct electricity to different extents.

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c. Calculate the amount (in mol) of hydroxide ions in 250 mL of the 1.0 M NH3 solution.

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d. The water molecule is amphiprotic.
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e. When the HCl solution was being made, 75 mL of concentrated (10 M) HCl was accidentally spilt on
the bench.
i. Calculate the minimum mass (in g) of solid sodium hydrogen carbonate which could be used to
neutralise the spilt acid if reaction occurs according to the equation:
NaHCO3(s) + HCl(aq) o NaCl(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g)

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Question 43: 4 marks
Question
iv. When the saturated solution from iii. above was cooled from 85 °C to 50 °C no
a. A 2.0 gsolid
sample
hadofcrystallised
magnesiumfromwas added to a beaker of water. The mixture was warmed and reaction
the solution.
occurred according to the equation:
At 50 °C the solution was (circle the correct term)
Mg(s) + 2H2O(l) o Mg(OH)2(aq) + H2(g)
In thisunsaturated saturated
reaction, is the water acting as an acid, a base, an oxidant supersaturated
or a reductant?
Explain your choice.
1 mark
b. Thermal power stations use large volumes of water for cooling purposes. This
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often taken from rivers and then discharged back into the river down stream. When the
rivers have low stream flow, due to poor rainfall, this could lead to a significant increase
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in the temperature of the river water in the areas below the discharge point.
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i. What effect would an increase in the water temperature have on the amount of
dissolved oxygen in the water available to aquatic life?
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2 marks
b. A 2.0 g sample of copper was added to a beaker of aqueous silver nitrate solution.
i. What observations, if any, would you expect to make?

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1 mark
ii. What effect would an increase in the water temperature have on the amount of
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ii. dissolved solidschemical
Write a balanced in the water?
equation to account for the expected observations, or explain why no
reaction would occur.

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a. Sulfurous acid, H2SO3, is a weak diprotic acid. Write two appropriate chemical
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2 marks
b. The pH of a 2 L sample of an aqueous solution is 4. What are the respective
concentrations of the H3O+(aq) and OH-(aq) ions in this solution?
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c. Write an appropriate chemical equations to describe the reaction that would occur when
an aqueous solution of 1 M nitric acid was added to some solid barium oxide, BaO.
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Question marks, 9 minutes ]
a. A piece of copper wire is placed in an aqueous solution of silver nitrate.
i. Write the chemical half-equation for the reduction reaction that takes place.

1 mark
ii. Write the chemical half-equation for the oxidation reaction that takes place.

1 mark
iii. Write the overall chemical equation for the reaction that takes place.

1 mark
b. In an investigation of corrosion processes a group of students constructed a cell as
shown in the diagram, using an iron nail for one electrode and different materials for the
other electrode (labelled A). Complete the table below (circling the correct answer) to
give the results that the students would be expected to obtain.

Electrode A Electrode at which oxidation occurs

i. Carbon Iron nail Carbon (Electrode A)

ii. Zinc Iron nail Zinc (Electrode A)

iii. Copper Iron nail Copper (Electrode A)

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Question 6: 4 marks
a. Question 6 - [ 8 marks, 10 minutes ]
a. A 4.85 g sample of a gas occupied a volume of 1.74 L at 351 K and 127 kPa.
i. How many mol of gas are present in this sample?

1 mark
ii. What is the molar mass for this gas?

1 mark
b. Lithium hydroxide will react with carbon dioxide as described by the chemical equation
below and can be used to 'scrub' carbon dioxide from gas mixtures.
b. c. The diagram below represents three containers of equal volume at the same
LiOH(s) + CO2(g) o LiHCO3(s)
temperature.
What is the minimum mass of lithium hydroxide required to completely react with all of
the carbon dioxide present in a 500 L gas sample, at SLC, that has a carbon dioxide
concentration of 8.0 % v/v?

Containers A and B each hold different gases. The number of moles of gas in each
container is the same.
Container C contains the combined contents of containers A and B.
i. What is the pressure of the gas in container B if the pressure of the gas in
container A is 108 kPa?

3 marks
1 mark
ii. What is the pressure of the gases in container C?

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Question 7: 5 marks 2+ +
A galvanic cell is formed by the combination of two half-cells: X (aq)/X(s) and Ag (aq)/Ag(s). When the
cell is operating, the electron flow is as shown.
–
flow of e
V

X(s) salt bridge Ag(s)

2+ +
X (aq) Ag (aq)

a. i. Write a balanced ionic equation for the reaction occurring in the cell.

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ii. Which electrode (X or Ag) is the anode?

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iii. Which electrode (X or Ag) carries a positive charge?

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iv. In which direction (towards X or towards Ag) do cations move through the salt bridge?

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v. Give the formula for a substance that would be suitable for use in the salt bridge of this cell.

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b. After some time the change in mass at the Ag electrode was found to be 2.10 g, while the change at
electrode X was 2.02 g.
Identify metal X. Show your working.

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Question 3
Question
a. The3table
Question 8: 5 below
marksshows the relationship between properties of various samples of compounds or
a. elements.
The Complete
table below thethe
shows table by indicating
relationship whether
between the quantity
properties in thesamples
of various first column is greater than
of compounds or (>),
less than (<) or equal to (=) the quantity in the second column. The first entry is completed
elements. Complete the table by indicating whether the quantity in the first column is greater than as an (>),
example.
less than (<) or equal to (=) the quantity in the second column. The first entry is completed as an
example. Quantity 1 >, < or = Quantity 2
Quantity
number of atoms 1 1.0 mol of He
of He in >, < =or = Quantity
number of atoms 2 1.0 mol of Ne
of Ne in
number
pH of
ofatoms ofM
an 0.10 HeHCl
in 1.0 mol of He
solution = number of atoms
pH of an 0.10 MofCH
Ne COOH
in 1.0 mol of Ne
solution
3
pH of
volume of 0.20
an 0.10 M HCl(asolution
M HNO pH of anof0.10
0.20MMCH 3COOH solution
3 strong acid) volume HCN (a weak acid)
volume of 0.20 M HNO3 (areact
required to completely with
strong acid) required to completely react
volume of 0.20 M HCN (a weak acid) with
20.0 mL of 0.20 M KOH solution
required to completely react with 20.0 mL to
required of completely
0.20 M KOH solution
react with
20.0 mL
number of 0.20 M of
of molecules KOH N2 solution
in 3.0 L of 20.0 mL of 0.20 M KOH solution
number of molecules of O2 in 4.0 L of
N gas at 2.0 atm and 20°C
number2of molecules of N2 in 3.0 L of O2ofgas
number at 1.5 atm
molecules ofand 20°C
O2 in 4.0 L of
N2 gas at 2.0 atm and 20°C O2 gas at 1.5 atm and 20°C
3 marks
b. With the aid of the relevant calculations, explain the answer you gave in the last row of the 3 marks
b. table the
With above.
aid of the relevant calculations, explain the answer you gave in the last row of the
table above.
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marks
Total 5 marks
Question 49: 2 marks
Question
Question 4
The label shown below is taken from a bottle of a carbonated apple drink.
The label shown below is taken from a bottle of a carbonated apple drink.
Ingredients
Carbonated water, apple juice, sugar, glucose syrup, malic acid, preservative, artificial sweetener.
Ingredients
Carbonated water, apple juice, sugar, glucose syrup, malic acid, preservative, artificial sweetener.
a. Malic acid (C4H6O5) is added to improve the apple flavour of the drink. Malic acid is a weak,
a. Malic acid
diprotic (C4H6O5) is added to improve the apple flavour of the drink. Malic acid is a weak,
acid.
diprotic
Explain acid.
what is meant by the term
Explain
i. whatacid’.
‘weak is meant by the term
i. ‘weak acid’.
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‘diprotic acid’.
ii. ‘diprotic acid’.
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Question 510: 5 marks

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2.5 g (an excess) of iron (Fe) was added to 50.0 mL of 0.50 M sulfuric acid solution (H2SO4). When the
reaction was complete and all the hydrogen gas had bubbled out of the solution, the mixture of iron sulfate
and unreacted iron was filtered to obtain the iron. When dried, the unreacted iron had a mass of 1.1 g.

a. Determine
i. the mass of iron that reacted with the sulfuric acid.

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ii. the amount (in mol) of iron that reacted with the sulfuric acid.

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iii. the amount (in mol) of sulfuric acid that reacted.

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1 + 1 + 1 = 3 marks
b. Using the values obtained in part a, write the balanced equation for the reaction. Hence determine the
formula of the iron sulfate formed.

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Total 5 marks

Question 6
Emissions from motor vehicles are a major contributor to air pollution. These emissions may include CO2,
CO, NOx, H2O and unburnt hydrocarbons.

a. Write a balanced equation to show how

i. CO may be produced in an engine using octane (C8H18) as fuel.

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ii. NO may be produced in a car engine.

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1 + 1 = 2 marks
b. Uncontrolled emissions of NOx may contribute to acid rain.
i. What is meant by the term ‘acid rain’?

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A 0.630 g sample of ammonium dichromate, (NH4)2Cr2O7, is decomposed by heating strongly.
b) Calculate the mass of water vapour formed when this sample of ammonium dichromate is
a) Calculate The
decomposed. the percentage, by mass,
chemical equation forofthe
nitrogen in ammonium
decomposition is dichromate.

(NH4)2Cr2O7(s) o N2(g) + Cr2O3(s) + 4H2O(g)

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decomposed. The chemical equation for the decomposition is
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(NH4)2Cr2O7(s) o N2(g) + Cr2O3(s) + 4H2O(g)

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gas released from the decomposition is collected in a 250 mL syringe at 25 qC. Calculate
the pressure (in kPa) of the collected gas.
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c) The gas released from the decomposition is collected in a 250 mL syringe at 25 qC. Calculate
the pressure (in kPa) of the collected gas.
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Question 12: 10 marks
a) Complete the diagram below to clearly show a galvanic cell that could be constructed from
half cells containing the conjugate redox pairs Cu2+ /Cu and Pb2+ /Pb.

Clearly indicate the anode, the cathode, the polarity of the electrodes, the direction of flow of
the electrons, the salt bridge, and the direction of flow of anions.

Copper Lead

1 M Cu2+ 1 M Pb2+

b) Suggest a suitable solution for the salt bridge. ______________________

c) Write ionic half equations and the overall equation for the reactions occurring in the
galvanic cell.

Oxidation: _____________________________________________________________

Reduction: _____________________________________________________________

Overall: _____________________________________________________________

d) Write the chemical formula of the oxidant in the galvanic cell. ____________________

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