Chemistry Past Questions And Answers
Ammonium chloride can be separated from its mixture with common salt by
- A) Distillation
- B) Evaporation
- C) Decantation
- D) Sublimation
The heat of reaction can be determined experimentally using a device called a
- A. Calorimeter
- B. Barometer
- C. Spectrometer
- D. Thermometer
What mass of copper will be deposited by the liberation of Cu2+ when 0.1F of electricity flows through an aqueous solution of a copper (ll) salt? [Cu = 64]
- A. 64g
- B. 32g
- C. 12.8g
- D. 3.2g
Which of the following materials is classified as a non-biodegradable pollutant?
- A. Animal hide
- B. Paper
- C. Plastic
- D. Wood
A given amount of gas occupies 10.0 dm3 at atm, and 273°C. The number of moles of the gas present is? (Molar volume of a gas at s.t.p. = 22.4 dm3)
- A. 0.89 mol
- B. 1.90 mol
- C. 3.80 mol
- D. 5.70 mol
When sodium trioxocarbonate (IV) decahydrate loses its water of crystallization to the atmosphere, the process is
- A) deliquescence
- B) efflorescence
- C) hygroscopic
- D) effervesecence
When sucrose is warmed with Fehling's solution
- A. a silver mirror is produced
- B. the solution turns milky
- C. a brick-red precipitate is formed
- D. there is no precipitate
Which of the following characteristics is common to Amoeba and Paramecium?
- A. Oral groove
- B. Trichocyst
- C. Contractile vacuole
- D. Cilia
What is the solubility of a salt X at 25ºC if the saturated solution of the salt contains 0.28g in 100cm3 of the solution in mol\dm3? [ X = 56.0g ]
- A. 0.05
- B. 0.10
- C. 2.60
- D. 2.80
a. A compound contains 52.2% C, 13.1 % H and Oxygen only. The vapour density of the compound is 23.
Determine i. its empirical formula; ii. its molecular formula, [H=1.0, C=12.0, O= 16.0]
iii1). The compound reacts with sodium metal to produce hydrogen gas and when warmed with acidified \(KMnO_{4(aq)}\) gives a solution that turns from purple to colorless. It also forms a sweet-smelling liquid when heated with ethanoic acid in the presence of concentrated \(H_2SO_4\)
name the functional group present in the compound; iii2). draw the structural formula of the compound.
b. Outline the chemical equations for the production of ethanol from cooked cassava.
ci. Explain briefly why a piece of aluminum does not react with water.
ii. How can a pure sample of aluminum chloride crystals be prepared from aluminium
d. Describe how water can be separated from aqueous \(CuSO_4\)
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