Edexcel International GCSE Chemistry (9-1) Classified 4CH1_2C_Topic 1

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1) Jan 2013 Q (1)

1 The melting points of three related compounds are
capric acid 32 °C
formic acid 8 °C
palmitic acid 63 °C
The boiling point of all these compounds is above 100 °C
(a) Use the grid to draw a bar chart of the melting points.
(2)

(b) Room temperature has been marked on the grid.

Use your bar chart to give the physical state of each acid at room
temperature.
(2)
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formic acid ..........................................................................................................
palmitic acid ........................................................................................................

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2) Jan 2013 Q (3_a)

3 The photograph shows an aeroplane that has a rocket motor.

(a) One of the tanks on the aeroplane contains liquid oxygen.

(i) Complete the diagram to show the arrangement of the particles in a liquid.
One particle has been drawn for you.
(2)

(ii) Much more oxygen can be stored in the tank when the oxygen is a liquid
rather than a gas.
Give a reason for this in terms of the arrangement of the particles.
(1)
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3) June 2016 [R] Q (1_a, b)

1 Hydrated copper(II) sulfate is a soluble blue solid. A large crystal of this
solid is placed at the bottom of a beaker of water.
The diagram shows the beaker immediately after placing the crystal in it, and
after two days.

(a) After two days, the crystal becomes smaller and the liquid near the bottom
of the beaker becomes blue.
Which statement explains these observations?
(1)

(b) After two weeks, the crystal has disappeared.

Which statement best describes the appearance of the liquid in the beaker
after two weeks?
(1)

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Edexcel International GCSE Chemistry (9-1) Classified 4CH1_2C_Topic 1

4) Jan 2019 Q (10_a)

10 Samarium, Sm, is a metal used to make powerful magnets.
(a) Samarium can be obtained by heating its oxide with lanthanum, La.
Sm2O3 + 2La 
→ 2Sm + La2O3
The table shows the melting points of the substances involved in this reaction.

(i) The operating temperature for this reaction is 1030 °C.

Explain which substance in the table could exist as a liquid at this
temperature.
(2)
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(ii) Samarium oxide neutralises hydrochloric acid to form samarium chloride,
SmCl3
Write a chemical equation for this reaction.
(1)
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5) Sample Assessment Materials 2019 Q (1_a, b)
1 The table shows some properties of four substances, P, Q, R and S.

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Use the information in the table to answer the following questions.

You may use each letter once, more than once or not at all.
Choose a substance that:
(a) is a solid at 3000 °C.
(1)

(b) is a liquid at 25 °C.

(1)

6) Sample Assessment Materials 2019 Q (2)

2 This is a method used to measure the solubility of a solid in water:
• add an excess of solid to some water in a boiling tube and stir
• measure the temperature of the saturated solution formed
• weigh an empty evaporating basin
• pour some of the saturated solution into the evaporating basin
• weigh the basin and contents
• heat the evaporating basin to remove all of the water
• weigh the evaporating basin and remaining solid.
(a) The table shows the results of an experiment using this method.

mass of evaporating basin / g 89.6

mass of evaporating basin + saturated solution / g 115.8

mass of evaporating basin + solid / g 94.9

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Calculate the mass of solid obtained and the mass of water removed.
(2)

mass of solid = ........................................... g

mass of water = .......................................... g
(b) In another experiment, at a different temperature, the mass of solid
obtained is 10.5 g and the mass of water removed is 16.8 g.
Calculate the solubility of the solid, in g per 100 g of water, at this
temperature.
(2)

solubility = .................................... g per 100 g of water

(c) If the evaporating basin is heated too strongly some of the solid
decomposes to form a gas.
Explain how this strong heating would affect the value of the calculated
solubility of the solid.
(3)
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