CHITTAGONG GRAMMER SCHOOL

Winter Semester Examination

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CHEMISTRY
Paper 2 Theory

October/November 2007
1 hour 30 minutes

Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

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Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
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Section A
Answer all questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the Question Paper.
Section B
Answer any three questions.
Write your answers on any lined pages and/or separate answer paper.
A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 20.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or
part question.

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Section A
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Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.

The total mark for this section is 45.
A1 Choose from the following gases to answer the questions below.
ammonia
butane
carbon dioxide
carbon monoxide
hydrogen
methane
nitrogen
nitrogen dioxide
oxygen
Each gas can be used once, more than once or not at all.
Which gas is
(a) the main constituent of natural gas,
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(b) used by plants in photosynthesis to form glucose,
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(c) produced when aqueous sodium nitrate is warmed with aqueous sodium hydroxide and
aluminium foil,
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(d) a product of the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons,
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(e) produced by the Haber process,
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(f)

formed at the cathode when an aqueous solution of sulphuric acid is electrolysed?

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A2 A student set up the apparatus shown below.

cotton wool soaked in
concentrated aqueous ammonia

cotton wool soaked in

concentrated hydrochloric
acid
Colourless fumes of hydrogen chloride are given off by the hydrochloric acid.
Colourless fumes of ammonia are given off by the aqueous ammonia.
(a) After a few seconds, white fumes were seen at point X in the tube.
Name the compound formed at point X.
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(b) Use the kinetic particle theory to explain this observation.
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(c) The student repeated the experiment using a solution of methylamine, CH3NH2, in place
of ammonia, NH3.
The white fumes were seen at point Y in the tube, rather than at point X.
Explain this difference.
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A3 Germanium, Ge, is an element in Group IV of the Periodic Table. Some of its chemistry
resembles that of carbon.
(a) How many electrons does an atom of germanium have in its outer shell?
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(b) Germanium forms a range of saturated compounds with hydrogen. These compounds
resemble the alkanes.
(i) Predict the general molecular formula for these compounds.
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(ii) Germanoethane, Ge2H6, has a similar structure to ethane.
Draw the full structural formula for germanoethane.

[1]
(iii) Hydrochloric acid reacts with magnesium germanide, Mg2Ge,
germanomethane, GeH4, and magnesium chloride.
Write an equation for this reaction.

to form

[1]
(c) Germanium(IV) oxide, GeO2, is an amphoteric oxide.
What do you understand by the term amphoteric?
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(d) An aqueous solution of germanium(II) chloride reduces iron(III) ions to iron(II) ions.
Describe a test for iron(II) ions and give the result.
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A4 In recent years scientists have made tube-shaped structures of carbon called

nanotubes.

carbon atom

(a) State two differences between the structure of a carbon nanotube and the
structure of diamond.
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(b) Carbon nanotubes are fifty times stronger than steel.
Use ideas about structure and bonding to suggest why these nanotubes are so
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(c) Carbon nanotubes are good electrical conductors.
(i) State the name of another form of carbon which can conduct electricity.
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(ii) Carbon nanotubes conduct electricity nearly as well as copper.
Explain why copper is a good conductor of electricity.
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(d) Another form of carbon is
buckminsterfullerene.

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Argon can be trapped inside the cage-like structure of buckminsterfullerene.
(i) Explain why argon is unreactive.
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(ii) One isotope of argon
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Ar.

Calculate the number of neutrons in this isotope of argon.

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(e) Recently, chemists have been trying to attach atoms of transition
elements to buckminsterfullerene to make more efficient catalysts.
State two properties, other than catalysis, which distinguish transition
elements from other metals.
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A5 Iron is one of the most important metals. It is a transition element.

Most iron is used in the alloy steel.
(a) Explain, in terms of metallic bonding, why iron is a good electrical conductor.
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(b) Describe how different proportions of carbon can modify the physical
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(c) When underwater, iron pipes will rust relatively rapidly.
(i) State the essential conditions needed for the rusting of iron.
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(ii) Pieces of magnesium are often attached to underwater iron pipes. Explain
how the magnesium protects the iron pipes against rusting.
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(d) Write two typical properties that are generally common only to transition
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(e) A sample of a compound of iron is analysed. The sample contains 0.547 g of
potassium,
0.195 g of iron, 0.252 g of carbon and 0.294 g of
nitrogen. Calculate the empirical formula of this
compound.

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Section B
Answer three questions from this section.
The total mark for this section is 30.

B8 Sorrel is a small green plant.

(a) The pigments in the sorrel leaf can be separated by chromatography.
(i) Describe how chromatography can be used to separate different pigments.

[2]

(ii) Explain what is meant by Rf value.

[1]

(b) Sorrel plants contain a poisonous carboxylic acid X.

What can be deduced about X from each of the following three pieces of information?
(i) When X is warmed with acidified potassium manganate(VII), the solution
changes from pink to colourless.

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(ii) Aqueous bromine is not decolourised when added to a solution of X.

[1]

(iii) A 0.1 mol/dm3 solution of X has a pH of 3 whereas a 0.1 mol/dm3 solution of

hydrochloric acid has a pH of 1.
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(c) Analysis of 10.0 g of carboxylic acid X shows that it contains 2.67 g carbon, 0.220 g
hydrogen and 7.11 g oxygen.
(i)

Deduce the empirical formula of X.

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(ii)

The relative molecular mass of X is 90. Deduce the molecular formula

of X.

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B9 Nickel is a transition element. It is manufactured in a four-stage process from

nickel(II)
sulphide, NiS.
Stage 1 nickel(II) sulphide is heated in air to form nickel(II) oxide and sulphur
dioxide.
Stage 2 nickel(II) oxide is heated with carbon to give impure nickel.
Stage 3 impure nickel is reacted with carbon monoxide to make nickel
tetracarbonyl, Ni(CO)4.
Stage 4 nickel tetracarbonyl is decomposed to give pure nickel.
(a) (i) Construct the balanced equation for the reaction in stage 1.
(ii) Calculate the mass of sulphur dioxide that is formed when 182 kg of nickel
sulphide is heated in air.
[3]
(b) Nickel tetracarbonyl is a liquid with a boiling point of 43 C.
Suggest, with a reason, the type of bonding in nickel tetracarbonyl.
(c)

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Suggest one possible environmental consequence of the manufacture of nickel.

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(d) Give an example of the use of nickel as a catalyst.

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(e) In an experiment, small amounts of three metals were added to three aqueous
metal nitrate solutions.
The results are shown in the table.
aqueous
zinc nitrate
Zn(NO3)2
zinc

no reaction

nickel
copper

no reaction

aqueous
nickel(II)
nitrate,
Ni(NO3)2
green solution
went colourless
and zinc coated
with a silver
solid
no reaction

aqueous
copper(II)
nitrate,
Cu(NO )
blue solution3 2
went colourless
and zinc coated
with a pink solid

no reaction

no reaction

Predict the observations when nickel is added to separate solutions of zinc nitrate
and copper(II) nitrate.
Write an ionic equation for one of the reactions that takes place.
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B10 The table below shows some of the ores of iron.

ore
haematite magnetite siderite

formula
Fe2O3
Fe3O4
FeCO3

(a) Which ore in the table contains the greatest percentage by mass of iron? Explain
your answer.
[2]
(b) Give the equations for the redox reactions taking place in the extraction of iron
from haematite.
In each case state which substance is oxidised and which is reduced.
[4]
(c) Iron is malleable. Describe how this property can be explained in terms of its
structur
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(d) State and explain how the properties of iron can be changed by the addition of
carbon.
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DATA SHEET
The Periodic Table of the Elements
Group
I

III

II

IV

VI

VII

He

Hydrogen

Helium

w.x
tre
me
pa
per
s.n
et

11

12

14

16

19

20

Li

Be

Ne

Lithium

Beryllium

23

24

Na

Mg

Sodium

Magnesium

11

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Boron

Carbon

Oxygen

Fluorine

27

28

31

32

35.5

Si

Silicon

14

13

Phosphorus

Sulphur

16

15

Neon

10

A
Aluminium

12

Nitrogen

40

Ar
Argon

Chlorine

18

17

39

40

45

48

51

52

55

56

59

59

64

65

70

73

75

79

80

84

Ca

Sc

Ti

Cr

Mn

Fe

Co

Ni

Cu

Zn

Ga

Ge

As

Se

Br

Kr

Potassium

Calcium

19

20

Scandium

Titanium

21

22

Vanadium

23

Chromium

24

85

88

89

91

93

96

Rb

Sr

Zr

Nb

Mo

Rubidium

Strontium

37

38
133

Cs
Caesium

Key

X
b

Gallium

31

Germanium

32

Arsenic

33

103

106

108

112

115

119

122

128

127

131

Rh

Pd

Ag

Cd

In

Sn

Sb

Te

Xe

Ruthenium

44

Rhodium

45

Palladium

46

Silver

47

Cadmium

48

Tin

Indium

50

49

Antimony

51

195

197

201

204

207

209

Ba

Hf

Ta

Re

Os

Ir

Pt

Au

Hg

Pb

Bi

Osmium

Iridium

Hafnium

Tantalum

73

Tungsten

74

Rhenium

75

76

Platinum

78

77

Gold

79

Mercury

80

Lead

Thallium

82

81

Tellurium

52

192

72

Krypton

36

101

190

Lanthanum

Bromine

35

Ru

186

57

Selenium

34

184

Po

Bismuth

83

54

At

Polonium

84

Xenon

Iodine

53

Rn

Astatine

85

Radon

86

227

Ac
Actinium

89

*58-71 Lanthanoid series

90-103 Actinoid series
a

Zinc

30

181

Radium

88

Technetium

43

Copper

29

178

Ra

Fr

Molybdenum

42

Nickel

28

139

226

Francium

Niobium

41

Tc

Cobalt

27

La

56

87

Zirconium

40

Iron

26

137

Barium

55

Yttrium

39

Manganese

25

140

141

144

Ce

Pr

Nd

Cerium

58

a = relative atomic mass

Neodymium

60

232

X = atomic symbol
b = proton (atomic) number

Praseodymium

59

90

Pm
Promethium

61

150

152

157

159

162

165

167

169

173

175

Sm

Eu

Gd

Tb

Dy

Ho

Er

Tm

Yb

Lu

Samar ium

62

Europium

63

Gadolinium

64

Terbium

65

Dysprosium

66

Holmium

67

Erbium

68

Thulium

69

Ytterbium

70

Lutetium

71

238

Th

Pa

Np

Pu

Am

Cm

Bk

Cf

Es

Fm

Md

No

Lr

Thorium

Protactinium

Uranium

Neptunium

Plutonium

Americium

Curium

Berkelium

Californium

Einsteinium

Fermium

Mendelevium

Nobelium

Lawrencium

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

The volume of one mole of any gas is 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure (r.t.p.).

100

101

102

103

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