Contest 15

Round 1A

Name one method that can be used in the formation of alkenes in the laboratory.

Answer:

1. Dehydration of alkanols (alcohols)

2. Dehydrohalogenation of alkyl halides (haloalkanes)

3. Dehalogenation of vicinal dihalides (or 1,2-akyldihalides)

4. Partial/controlled reduction of alkynes

Round 1B
1. What mass of Na2CO3 must be weighed to prepare a 2.00 dm3 of 0.0500 moldm-3
solution? You are given atomic mass (g/mol) of Na as 23.0; C as 12.0; and O as 16.0.
Ans: 10.6 g
Moles of Na2CO3 required = 0.0500 × 2.00 dm3 = 0.100 mole
Mass of Na2CO3 required = 0.100 × 106 = 10.6 g
2. A student is given 15.0 cm3 of 6.0 moldm-3 HCl solution. What volume of water must be
added to obtain a desired concentration of 0.500 moldm-3 solution?

Ans: 165 cm3

For 0.50 moldm-3, new volume will be (15 × 6)/0.5 = 180 cm3
Hence volume of water to be added = 180 – 15 = 165 cm3

3. In a titration, NaOH was found to completely neutralise 90 cm3 of 0.50 moldm-3 of HNO3.
Given that the total volume of solution at point of neutralisation is 140 cm3, calculate the
concentration of NaOH used in the titration.
Ans: 0.90 moldm-3
Volume of NaOH = 140 – 90 = 50 cm3
Concentration of NaOH = (90 × 0.50) / 50 = 0.90 moldm-3
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Round 2
1. An alloy comprising four elements is made of 18 % of iron, 22 % of chromium, 48 % of
manganese and a percentage of tin. Given 200 g of alloy, how many grams of tin is
present?

Ans: 24 g
% of X = 100 ─ (18 + 22 + 48) %
100 ─ 88 = 12%
12
×20 0=24 g
100

2. How many moles of H+ ions are needed to convert NO3– to NO in a reduction half
reaction?
Ans: 4 moles

Balanced equation: NO3- + 4 H+ + 3 e→ 2 H2O + NO

3. What is the main type of chemical reaction that takes place during the bleaching of
clothes?
Ans: Oxidation (or redox) reaction

Round 4A

1. During condensation polymerisation, water is always a by-product Ans: F

2. Unsaturated monomers are required in addition polymerisation Ans: T

3. Addition polymerisation produces no by-products Ans: T

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Round 4B

1. The melting of ice is an endothermic process Ans: T

2. Cracking of hydrocarbons is an exothermic process Ans: F

3. Evaporation is an endothermic process Ans: T

Round 5

1. I am one of the so called “noble” metals

2. This is perhaps due to my fully filled d-orbital

3. I am very resistant to oxidation or corrosion

4. As a result, I am extensively used in jewellery

5. I am a soft, shiny white metal, sandwiched between copper and gold in the same group of

the Periodic Table

Who am I?

Ans: Silver