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59
Co

59
Ni

63.5
Cu

65
Zn

39

139
La*

57

[227]
Ac*

strontium

38

137
Ba

barium

56

[226]
Ra

radium

88

133
Cs

caesium

55

[223]
Fr

francium

87

105

104
106

seaborgium

[266]
Sg

[262]
Db
dubnium

74

tungsten

107

bohrium

[264]
Bh

75

rhenium

186
Re

43

184
W

technetium

42

[98]
Tc

molybdenum

73

tantalum

181
Ta

41

niobium

rutherfordium

[261]
Rf

72

hafnium

178
Hf

40

zirconium

96
Mo

108

hassium

[277]
Hs

76

osmium

190
Os

44

ruthenium

101
Ru

26

109

meitnerium

[268]
Mt

77

iridium

192
Ir

45

rhodium

103
Rh

27

110

darmstadtium

[271]
Ds

78

platinum

195
Pt

46

palladium

106
Pd

28

111

roentgenium

[272]
Rg

79

gold

197
Au

47

silver

108
Ag

29

81

thallium

204
Tl

49

indium

115
In

31

gallium

82

lead

207
Pb

50

tin

119
Sn

32

germanium

83

bismuth

209
Bi

51

antimony

122
Sb

33

arsenic

75
As

15

phosphorus

31
P

nitrogen

14
N

84

polonium

[209]
Po

52

tellurium

128
Te

34

selenium

79
Se

16

sulfur

32
S

oxygen

16
O

85

astatine

[210]
At

53

iodine

127
I

35

bromine

80
Br

17

chlorine

35.5
Cl

fluorine

19
F

86

radon

[222]
Rn

54

xenon

131
Xe

36

krypton

84
Kr

18

argon

40
Ar

10

neon

20
Ne

Elements with atomic numbers 112-116 have been reported but not fully
authenticated

80

mercury

201
Hg

48

cadmium

112
Cd

30

73
Ge

14

silicon

28
Si

27
Al
aluminium

carbon

12
C

The relative atomic masses of copper and chlorine have not been rounded to the nearest whole number.

* The lanthanoids (atomic numbers 58-71) and the actinoids (atomic numbers 90-103) have been omitted.

89

actinium

lanthanum

yttrium

93
Nb

25

zinc

37

91
Zr

24

chromium

copper

rubidium

89
Y

23

vanadium

nickel

88
Sr

22

titanium

52
Cr
cobalt

85
Rb

21

51
V
iron

20

19

48
Ti
manganese

calcium

potassium

scandium

70
Ga

40
Ca

39
K

56
Fe

12

11
55
Mn

magnesium

sodium

45
Sc

13

24
Mg

23
Na

atomic (proton) number

boron

name

beryllium

11
B

lithium

relative atomic mass

atomic symbol

Key

helium

hydrogen

5
4
He

1
H

9
Be

7
Li

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1.

Lithium, sodium and potassium are members of group 1 in the periodic table.
(a) What is the symbol for a lithium atom?
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(1)
(b) What name is given to the elements in group 1 of the periodic table?
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(1)
(c) When sodium is added to water, it forms sodium hydroxide and a gas.
(i) Complete the word equation for this reaction.

sodium hydroxide +
(2)

(ii) Name a group 1 metal that reacts more vigorously than sodium with water.
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(1)
(iii) Sodium hydroxide is used to make several products.
Put a cross in a box to show a product manufactured using sodium hydroxide.
poly(ethene)
soap
fertiliser
(1)

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2.

Read the following extract from a website.

On 6 July 1988, twenty tonnes of aluminium sulphate were accidentally emptied into
the water supply at the treatment works in Lowermoor, Cornwall. As a result, the
maximum aluminium concentration in the water supply exceeded that allowed by the
European Community. The highly acidic water entered the system which distributed
water to 12 000 local residents.
Scientists monitored the health records of residents who were supplied with this water
and those who were not. They found no statistically significant difference in the
number of deaths between the people who drank this water and the people who did not.
(Source: www.studentbmj.com)

(a) Explain why it is necessary to have purified water supplied to our homes.
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(2)
(b) Give two reasons why it is important not to waste water supplied to our homes.
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(c) A student living in the area, tested the tap water from her home. She took a sample
to her school laboratory where she was able to use the following
barium chloride solution
dilute hydrochloric acid
limewater
sodium hydroxide solution
blue litmus paper
red litmus paper
Use only the above to answer the questions.
(i) What test could she do to show that the water was acidic?
................................................................................................................................
(1)
(ii) What test would she do to show that the sample contained sulphate ions?
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(3)
(iii) What test would she do to show that the sample contained aluminium ions?
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(3)
(d) When scientists tested the polluted water in Cornwall they conducted a quantitative
test.
Why did they use a quantitative test, rather than a qualitative test?
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(1)

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3.

Copper is a red-brown metal.

It has a melting point of 1085C.
It is used to make electrical wires.
Compounds of copper are often blue.
(a) Copper is in the middle section of the periodic table.
What name is given to the elements in this part of the table?
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(1)
(b) Using only the information above, state two properties of copper typical of elements
found in this part of the periodic table.
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(2)
(c) The diagram shows the apparatus used to purify copper
6 V d.c.
supply
cathode

anode

electrolyte

(i) Name the electrolyte used.

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(1)
(ii) What would you see happening at the cathode?
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(1)
(iii) In terms of electrons, what happens to the copper ions at the cathode?
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(1)
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4.

Sulphuric acid is manufactured by the Contact process.

(a) During the process sulphur is burned in air.
Write the balanced equation for this reaction.
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(2)
(b) Detergents are made using sulphuric acid.
The diagram shows the interaction between detergent and grease.

grease

detergent anion

(i) Explain how detergents work to remove grease.

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(2)
(ii) Why is it better to use a detergent rather than soap in hard water areas?
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(1)
(iii) Suggest how biological detergents are more effective than non-biological
detergents.
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(1)

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When hydrogen peroxide solution is added to a solution of iron(II) chloride, iron(III)

chloride is formed.
The hydrogen peroxide causes the following change to take place:
Fe2+(aq)

Fe3+(aq)

(a) Explain why this is described as an oxidation reaction.

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(1)
(b) When sodium hydroxide solution is added to iron(III) chloride solution, iron(III)
hydroxide is formed.
(i) Describe what would be seen in this reaction.
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(2)
(ii) Write the ionic equation for this reaction.
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(3)
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6.

In the manufacture of methanol, the final stage involves the following reaction
CO(g)

2H2(g)

CH3OH(g)

(a) What is the maximum volume of methanol vapour that can be obtained from 1000 dm3
of hydrogen gas under the conditions of the reaction?
(All gases are measured at the same temperature and pressure.)
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volume = ...................................................
(1)
(b) The structural formula of methanol is
H
H

H
Put a ring around the part of the molecule that is responsible for it reacting as an
alcohol does.
(1)
(c) Ethanoic acid can be manufactured from methanol.
Which gas is produced when ethanoic acid solution reacts with magnesium?
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(1)
(d) Esters are formed when alcohols react with organic acids.
(i) Name the ester formed when methanol reacts with ethanoic acid.
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(1)
(ii) Draw the structural formula of this ester, showing all covalent bonds.

(2)

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7.

The industrial production of sodium carbonate is a complicated process involving many

stages.
(a) The equation for the overall reaction is
CaCO3(s)

2NaCl(aq)

Na2CO3(aq)

CaCl2(s)

Calculate the minimum mass of calcium carbonate required to produce 1 million

tonnes of sodium carbonate.
(Relative atomic masses: C = 12.0, O = 16.0, Na = 23.0, Ca = 40.0)
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answer = ................................... tonnes
(4)
(b) When the sodium carbonate solution crystallises, washing soda crystals are formed.
These can be used to neutralise acids.
Write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction that takes place when sodium
carbonate is used to neutralise sulphuric acid.
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(3)
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8.

In an experiment to determine the solubility of calcium hydroxide in water, Jacqui shook

excess calcium hydroxide with water in a large, stoppered flask. She allowed the mixture
to stand for 24 hours. She then filtered the mixture to remove excess solid.
Jacqui took 100 cm3 of the solution for analysis. She titrated 10.0 cm3 portions of the
solution with 0.0500 mol dm3 hydrochloric acid, HCl, to determine how much calcium
hydroxide had been dissolved. She used methyl orange as the indicator.
Here are her results.
volume of calcium hydroxide solution used for each titration
volume of hydrochloric acid added

trial titration
1st titration
2nd titration
average

= 10.0 cm3
= 9.30 cm3
= 8.90 cm3
= 8.80 cm3
= 8.85 cm3

(a) Jacqui used methyl orange as the indicator in the titration.

Why is universal indicator not suitable for this titration?
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(1)
(b) Describe how Jacqui should carry out this titration.
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(c) The equation for the reaction is

Ca(OH)2(aq)

2HCl(aq)

CaCl2(aq)

2H2O(l)

Calculate the number of moles of calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2, present in the original
100 cm3 of solution.
You may do the calculation
either by following steps (i), (ii) and (iii)
or by using another method in (iii) only.
(i) Calculate the number of moles of hydrochloric acid, HCl, used in the titration.
................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................
(ii) Use the equation for the reaction to calculate the number of moles of calcium
hydroxide, Ca(OH)2, (in 10.0 cm3 of solution) that reacted with this amount of
hydrochloric acid.
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(iii) Calculate the number of moles of calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2, present in the
original 100 cm3 solution.
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(d) The relative formula mass of calcium hydroxide is 74.0.

Use your answer to (c)(iii) to calculate the mass of calcium hydroxide dissolved in the
original 100 cm3 solution.
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answer = ........................................ g
(1)
(e) The solubility of barium chloride in water cannot be determined by titrating with an
acid.
Describe an alternative method for finding the mass of barium chloride present in
100 cm3 of saturated solution.
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(2)

Q8

(Total 11 marks)
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