Chemistry Past Questions And Answers
Ethene when passed into concentrated H2SO4 is rapidly absorbed. The product is diluted with water and then warmed to produce?
- A. ethanol
- B. diethyl ether
- C. ethanal
- D. diethyl sulphate
Which of the following procedures is suitable for identifying the food colouring added to a pastry sample?
- A. carry out some food tests
- B. examine the pastry sample under a microscope
- C. Do a chromatogram of the colouring extract
- D. .determine the molar mass of the colouring
Increasing the temperature generally
- A. decreases the solubility of a solid in a liquid but increases the solubility of a gas in a liquid.
- B. increases the solubility of a solid in a liquid but decreases the solubility of a gas in a liquid.
- C. increases the solubility of both a solid and a gas in a liquid
- D. decreases the solubility of both a solid and a gas in a liquid
The relatively high boiling point of alkanols is due to:
- A) aliphatic character
- B) ionic bonding
- C) hydrogen bonding
- D) covalent bonding
(a)(i) State the two types of hardness in water.
(ii) Name a salt that causes each type of hardness.
(ii) Write a balanced equation for the removal of each type of hardness.
(iv) State one effect of hard water on soap.
(b)(i) State whether the pH of each of the following is less than, equal to, or greater than 7.
I. Glucose solution II. Chlroine water III. Lime water IV. Sour milk
(ii) Give the difference between the following compounds: I. an acidic oxide and an amphoteric oxide; II. concentrated acid and a dilute acid; Ill. a normal salt and an acid salt
(c)(i) Iron reacts with H\(_2\)SO\(_4\) according to the equation: Fe\(_{(s)}\) + H\(_2\)SO\(_{4(aq)}\) ---> FeSO\(_{4(aq)}\) + H\(_{2(g)}\)
Calculate the mass of FeSO\(_4\) that would be produced by 0.5 mole of Fe. [H = 1, S = 32, Fe = 56]
(ii) List two allotropes of sulphur
(d)(i) State what would La observed when a damp starch-iodide paper is dropped into a gas jar of chloride
(ii) Explain your ansv.er in (d)(i) above.
(iii) State the products formed when ammonia reacts with excess chlorine.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2005 THEORYWhen ethane - 1,2-dioic acid is heated with concentrated tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid, a reaction represented by the following equation occurs:
(a) State the type of process involved in the reaction
(b) What is the basicity of ethane-1, s-dioic acid?
(c) List three differences in the chemical properties of the two oxides of carbon produced during the reaction
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(a) A solution of CuSO\(_4\) was electrolyzed between pure copper electrodes and the following results were obtained:
Mass of copper anode before experiment = 7.20 g
Mass of copper anode after experiment = 4.00 g
Mass of copper cathode before experiment = 5.75 g
From the information provided,
(i) calculate the mass of the cathode, after the experiment.
(ii) write an equation for the reaction at the I. anode, II. cathode.
(iii) state whether the colour of the solution would change during the electrolysis. Give a reason for your answer.
(iv) if the electrolysis was carried out for 1 hour 20 minutes with a current of 2.0 amperes, determine the value of the Faraday.
(b) Consider the reaction represented by the following equation:
MnO\(^-_4\) + I\(^-\) + H\(^+\) \(\to\) I\(_2\) + H\(_2\)O + Mn\(^{2+}\)
Write balanced half equation for the (i) oxidation reaction, (ii) reduction reaction.
(c)(i) Describe briefly how tin can be extracted from its ore.
(ii) State one use of tin.
(iii) Mention one property that makes tin suitable for the use stated in (c)(ii)
(d)(i) What is meant by the term pollution?
(ii) Explain why it is dangerous to run a generator in a closed room.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2006 THEORYWhich of the following compounds crystallizes without water of crystallization?
- A. Na2CO3
- B. CuSO4
- C. MgSO4
- D. NaCI
When X is heated with manganese (IV) oxide, oxygen is produced X is
- A. KCI
- B. KCIO3
- C. CaCO3
- D. ZnCO3
When the reaction is subjected to stress, a change will occur in the concentration of
- A) reactants, only
- B) products, only
- C) both reactants and products
- D) neither reactants nor products

