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Sec 2 Chemistry Class: Marks 20

TERM 2 Homework 2 TOPIC 11 : Making Salts

Question 1 [7 marks]

a) The reaction between an acid and a base is called a ……..……………….. reaction.

When this happens, a …………………… is formed, together with ……………………… [3]

b) Salts can also be made by reacting acids with some ………….…….….…,

when ……….………….…… gas is formed along with the salt. [2]

c) Why wouldn’t you add potassium metal to dilute nitric acid in order to make potassium
nitrate?

……..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

……..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

d) Why wouldn’t you add copper metal to dilute sulfuric acid in order to make copper sulfate?

……..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

……..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

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Question 2 [4 marks]

Predict the products of these reactions:

a) Magnesium + Hydrochloric acid →

b) Zinc + Sulfuric acid →

c) Tin + Nitric acid →

d) Lead oxide + hydrochloric acid →

Question 3 [4 marks]
Balance these equations:

a) Ca + HCl → CaCl2 + H2

b) Mg + H2SO4 → MgSO4 + H2

c) ZnO + HNO3 → Zn(NO3)2 + H2O

d) Fe2O3 + HCl → FeCl3 + H2O

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Question 4 [5 marks]

Copper chloride can be made from the reaction of copper carbonate and hydrochloric acid.
The word equation for the reaction is as below:

Copper carbonate + hydrochloric acid → copper chloride + carbon dioxide + water

A student is provided with a beaker of dilute hydrochloric acid and copper carbonate
powder.

Outline the steps she should use to obtain a pure sample of copper chloride using this
reaction.

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