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Atoms, molecules & Chemistry
stoichiometry As Level
Summer
2002
1. As a simplification, an adult human can be considered to have a daily diet of 1.80 kg of
carbohydrate (empirical formula CH2O).
Which mass of carbon dioxide does a person produce each day if all the carbohydrate eaten is
digested and oxidised?
A. 0.267 kg
B. 0.800 kg
C. 1.32 kg
D. 2.64 kg.
2. The diagram shows the mass spectrum of a sample of naturally-occurring copper.
What is the relative atomic mass of this copper?
A. 63.3
B. 63.5
C. 63.6.
D. 64.0
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3. The use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.
What is the number of molecules in 500 cm3 of oxygen under room conditions?
A. 1.25 x 1022.
B. 1.34 x 1022
C. 3.0 x 1022
D. 3.0 x 1026
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4. Which of these samples of gas contains the same number of atoms as 1g of hydrogen (Mr : H 2,
2)?
A. 22 g of carbon dioxide (Mr : CO2, 44)
B. 8 g of methane (Mr : CH4, 16)
C. 20 g of neon (Mr : Ne, 20).
D. 8 g of ozone (Mr : O3, 48)
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5. Self-igniting flares contain Mg3P2. With water this produces diphosphane, P2H4, which is
spontaneously flammable in air.
Which equation that includes the formation of diphosphane is balanced?
A. Mg3P2 + 6H2O → 3Mg(OH)2 + P2H4
B. Mg3P2 + 6H2O → 3Mg(OH)2 + P2H4 + H2.
C. 2Mg3P2 + 12H2O → 6Mg(OH)2 + P2H4 + 2PH3
D. 2Mg3P2 + 12H2O → 6Mg(OH)2 + 3P2H4
6. Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.
Most modern cars are fitted with airbags. These work by decomposing sodium azide to liberate
nitrogen gas, which inflates the bag.
2NaN3 → 3N2 + 2Na
A typical driver’s airbag contains 50 g of sodium azide.
Calculate the volume of nitrogen this will produce at room temperature.
A. 9.2 dm3
B. 13.9 dm3
C. 27.7 dm3.
D. 72.0 dm3
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7. A pure hydrocarbon is used in bottled gas for cooking and heating.
When 10 cm3 of the hydrocarbon is burned in 70 cm3 of oxygen (an excess), the final gaseous
mixture contains 30 cm3 of carbon dioxide and 20 cm3 of unreacted oxygen. All gaseous volumes
were measured under identical conditions.
What is the formula of the hydrocarbon?
A. C2H6
B. C3H6
C. C3H8.
D. C4H10
8. On collision, airbags in cars inflate rapidly due to the production of nitrogen.
The nitrogen is formed according to the following equations.
2NaN3 → 2Na + 3N2
10Na + 2KNO3 → K2O + 5Na2O + N2
How many moles of nitrogen gas are produced from 1 mol of sodium azide, NaN3?
A. 1.5
B. 1.6.
C. 3.2
D. 4.0
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9. N2O4 is a poisonous gas. It can be disposed of safely by reaction with sodium hydroxide.
N2O4(g) + 2NaOH(aq) → NaNO3(aq) + NaNO2(aq) + H2O(l)
What is the minimum volume of 0.5 mol dm–3 NaOH(aq) needed to dispose of 0.02 mol of N2O4?
A. 8 cm3
B. 12.5 cm3
C. 40 cm3
D. 80 cm3.
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10. A sample of chlorine containing isotopes of mass numbers 35 and 37 was analysed in a mass-
spectrometer.
How many peaks corresponding to Cl2+ were recorded?
A. 2
B. 3.
C. 4
D. 5
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11. The isotopic composition of an element is indicated below.
What is the relative atomic mass of the element?
A. 10.2
B. 10.5
C. 10.8.
D. 11.0
12. Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.
Oxides of nitrogen are pollutant gases which are emitted from car exhausts.
In urban traffic, when a car travels one kilometre, it releases 0.23 g of an oxide of nitrogen
NxOy, which occupies 120 cm3.
What are the values of x and y?
(Assume 1 mol of gas molecules occupies 24.0 dm3.)
A. x = 1, y = 1
B. x = 1, y = 2.
C. x = 2, y = 1
D. x = 2, y = 4
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13. In the Basic Oxygen steel-making process the P4O10 impurity is removed by reacting it with
calcium oxide. The only product of this reaction is the salt calcium phosphate, Ca3(PO4)2.
In this reaction, how many moles of calcium oxide react with one mole of P4O10?
A. 1
B. 1.5
C. 3
D. 6.
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14. Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.
A typical solid fertiliser for use with household plants and shrubs contains the elements N, P, and
K in the ratio of 15 g : 30 g :15 g per 100 g of fertiliser. The recommended usage of fertiliser is
14 g of fertiliser per 5 dm3 of water.
What is the concentration of nitrogen atoms in this solution?
A. 0.03 mol dm–3.
B. 0.05 mol dm–3
C. 0.42 mol dm–3
D. 0.75 mol dm–3
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15. Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.
In leaded petrol there is an additive composed of lead, carbon and hydrogen only. This
compound contains 29.7 % carbon and 6.19 % hydrogen by mass.
What is the value of x in the empirical formula PbC8HX?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 16
D. 20
16. A household bleach contains sodium chlorate(I), NaClO, as its active ingredient. The
concentration of NaClO in the bleach can be determined by reacting a known amount with
aqueous hydrogen peroxide, H2O2.
NaClO(aq) + H2O2(aq) → NaCl(aq) + O2(g) + H2O(l)
When 25.0 cm3 of bleach is treated with an excess of aqueous H2O2, 0.0350 mol of oxygen gas is
given off.
What is the concentration of NaClO in the bleach?
A. 8.75 × 10–4 mol dm–3
B. 0.700 mol dm–3
C. 0.875 mol dm–3
D. 1.40 mol dm–3
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