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Chemi 401 Q
Chemi 401 Q
Each compound may be used once, more than once or not at all.
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(b) State which two compounds in aqueous solution turn blue litmus red.
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(c) Compound D is used to make an addition polymer.
(i) Draw the structural formula of the polymer formed from 2 molecules of compound
D.
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(ii) Give one problem caused by the disposal of addition polymers.
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2. (a) Complete the table to show the relative mass and relative charge of proton and a
neutron.
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Give the number of protons, neutrons and electrons in one atom of this isotope.
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Use this information to calculate the relative atomic mass of magnesium. Give your
answer to 2 decimal point.
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3. This question is about the reaction of Group I metals with water.
(a) A teacher adds a piece of sodium to some water containing universal indicator.
The sodium floats on the surface of the water and the universal indicator changes colour
because an alkaline solution is formed.
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(i) Give a reason why lithium and sodium have similar reactions with water.
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(ii) A student does a flame test to see if a white solid contains of lithium ions.
What is the colour of the flame if the solid contains lithium ions?
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(ii) The melting point of potassium sulfate is 1069oC.
Explain why potassium sulfate has a high melting point. Refer to structure and
bonding in your answer.
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4. A student uses this apparatus to investigate the rate of reaction between marble chips and
dilute hydrochloric acid.
(a) During the reaction, the mass of the contents of the flask decreases.
(i) State why the mass of the contents of the flask decreases.
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(iii) Explain why sulfuric acid is not suitable acid to use in this investigation.
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(b) The graph shows the student’s results.
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(ii) The student repeats the experiment using the same volume of hydrochloric acid but
of half the concentration of the original acid. All other conditions are kept the same.
On the grid, draw the curve the student would obtain. [2]
(c) Explain, using particle collision theory, how increasing the temperature affects the rate of
a reaction.
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5. This question is about copper and its compounds.
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(b) This apparatus is used to investigate the electrolysis of copper(II) sulfate solution with
graphite electrodes.
Copper forms at the negative electrode and oxygen forms at the positive electrode.
(ii) The ionic half-equation for the reaction at the negative electrode is
Cu2+ + 2e– → Cu
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(iii) Explain why the copper(II) sulfate solution becomes paler blue during the
electrolysis.
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(c) When hydrated copper(II) sulfate crystals, CuSO4•xH2O are heated, anhydrous copper(II)
sulfate forms.
A mass of 12.5 g of hydrated copper(II) sulfate crystals is heated in a crucible until all the
water of crystallisation is removed.
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6. This question is about metals.
(a) Metals can be arranged in a reactivity series based on their reactions with water and their
reactions with dilute hydrochloric acid.
The table shows how four metals, P, Q, R and S, react with water and with dilute
hydrochloric acid.
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(ii) Suggest why the reaction between metal R and dilute hydrochloric acid was not done.
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(iii) Use the information in the table to place the metals in order of reactivity from most
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most reactive
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(b) zinc is used to coat iron gates to prevent the iron from rusting.
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(ii) State the name of this method of preventing iron from rusting.
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(iii) State another method of preventing iron from rusting.
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Zn + CuO → ZnO + Cu
(i) State how the reaction shows that zinc is more reactive than copper.
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(a) Name the process used to separate crude oil into fractions.
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(c) One of the hydrocarbons in the refinery gas fraction is an alkane with the structural
formula CH3CH2CH2CH3.
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(d) One of the alkanes in the gasoline fraction has the structural formula
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(e) Catalytic cracking is used to convert long-chain alkanes into shorter-chain alkanes.
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C11H24 can undergo cracking to give pentane (C5H12) and two different alkenes.
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(ii) Draw the structural formula of another alkene that is an isomer of A.
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(h) An organic compound has the percentage composition by mass
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