AFRICANA HIGH SCHOOL-KAWEMPE

SENIOR FIVE CHEMISTRY PAPER ONE.

DURATION: 2hrs 45mins
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SECTION A
ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION AND FIVE IN B.

1a) Define Graham’s law of diffusion. (02marks)

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b) Gas A diffuses two times as fast as gas B. If the Rmm of
A is 16. Determine the molecular mass of B. (03marks)
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2a) 340cm3 of oxygen diffuses through a partition in
5mins. Determine the volume of sulphurdioxide that
would diffuse the same partition at the same
time.(05marks)
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3. Complete the equations and outline the mechanism.

a) CH3CH=CH2 + Br2 H2O (l) (05marks)

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4a) What is meant by ideal gas. (02marks)
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b) State the salient features of ideal gases. (03marks)
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5. 3.1g of an organic compound containing carbon,
hydrogen and oxygen only produced 4.4g of carbon
dioxide and 2.7g of water on complete combustion.
Determine its empirical formula. (05marks)
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6. The table below shows the atomic radii of elements of
group(II) in the Periodic table.
Element Be Mg Ca Sr Ba
Atomic radii 0.112 0.160 0.197 0.215 0.221
(a) i) Describe how the atomic radii of the elements
vary in the group. (01mrk)

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ii) Explain your answer in a(i) above. (04mrks)
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7a) What is meant by colligative property of solutions?
(02marks)
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b) Calculate the relative formula mass of a solute W if
1.25g iof it is dissolved in 50g of Benzene caused an
elevation in boiling pointof 0.2oc (Kb for Benzene is
2.70/kg/mol) (03marks)
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8a). A gas X diffuses four times as rapidly as

sulphurdioxide under the same conditions. If the density
of sulphurdioxide at the given temperature and pressure
is 2.88*103 gcm3. What is the density of X? (03marks)
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b) State any three applications of diffusion. (03marks)
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9a)The reaction between a given mass of barium
carbonate and dilute nitric acid gives a high yield of
carbon dioxide, but a similar reaction with sulphuric acid
results into relatively lower yield of carbon dioxide under
identical conditions.
i) Write an equation for the reaction between
barium carbonate and dilute nitric acid.
(11/2marks)
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ii) Briefly explain why barium carbonate/ nitric acid
mixture gives a high yield of carbon dioxide
compared to barium carbonate/ sulphuric acid
mixture. (31/2marks)
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SECTION B.
10a) Explain how the following factors affect liquefication
of a gas.
i) Pressure (02marks)
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ii) Temperature (02marks)
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b) What is meant by compression factor? (01mark)
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c) The curves below show deviation of some gases from
ideal behavior.
O2
PV(atmdm-3) H2
.................................CO2......ideal gas

P(atm)

i) Account for the deviation of hydrogen fro ideal

behavior. (02marks)
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 ii) Explain the difference in deviation of oxygen and
carbon dioxide from ideality.(03marks)
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11a) Define the following terms. (02marks)
i) Relative atomic mass.
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ii) Relative intensity.
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b) Describe the main steps involved in a mass
spectrometer. (06marks)
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iii) The diagram below shows the mass spectrum for
naturally occurring isotopes of lead. Find the
R.A.M of lead. (02marks)

5.2

Relative abundance

2.4

0.2 2.2
 204 206 207 208 m/e

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12. Show how the following conversions can be effected.

a) CH3CH2OH to CH3CH2CH2CH3 (03marks)

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b) CH3CH2CH2OH to 2,2-bromopropane (04marks)
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c) Butane to Propane (03marks)
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13. Methanoic acid is a weak organic acid which occurs
naturally in ants and stinging nettles.
a) What is meant by the term weak acid?
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b) Asolution of 1.5*10-2 M methanoic acid has 1.55*10-3M
hydrogen ion concentration.
i) Calculate the PH of the solution. (02marks)
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iii) Determine the ionization constant of the acid.
(04marks)
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iv) What is the percentage of methanoic molecules
that have dissociated in the aqueous solution of
methanoic acid? (04marks)
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14a) what is meant by ionization energy.(02marks)
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b) Explain how ionization energy varies across the
period.(03marks)
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c) Explain any two factors that affect ionization
energy.(05marks)
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15a) Define the term ebullioscopic constant. (02mrks)
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b) The boiling point of water is 1000c but when 1.97g of
pottassiumchloride is dissolved in 125g of water, the
solution boiled at 100.11ocat a pressure of 760mmHg.
Explain this observation. (04mrks)
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c) A 2% aqueous solution of urea (CON2H4) has a boiling
point of 100.08oc. Calculate the boiling point of pure
water. (kb for water is 0.52ocper mole per 1000g)
(04mrks)
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