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COLLEGE OF FOUNDATION AND GENERAL STUDIES

PUTRAJAYA CAMPUS
TEST 1
TRIMESTER 1, 2012/2013

PROGRAMME : Foundation in Engineering
SUBJECT CODE : CHEF 114
COURSE CODE : Chemistry I
DATE : 26 July 2012
DURATION : 5.00pm 6.30pm


NAME : _______________________________ STUDENT ID: ___________________


SECTION: ________________ LECTURER : ______________

I nstructions For Candidates :

1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write the answers in the space provided.
3. All calculations must be shown clearly in order to get full marks.
4. No reference books, papers and mobile phones are allowed into the examination hall.
5. Periodic Table of the elements and Table of Constants are provided.

DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO DO SO
This question paper has 11 pages including this page.



Attendance List CHEF114 Test 1 (26 July 2012) Seat No:


NAME : _______________________________ STUDENT ID: ___________________

SECTION: ________________ LECTURER : _________________

SIGNATURE: ________________


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QUESTION 1 [20 marks]

(a) (i) Define proton number (Z) [1 mark]


(ii) Give the number of electrons and neutrons in

2+
[1 mark]


(b) (i) Give one example for monoatomic ion and polyatomic ion: [1 mark]

- Monoatomic ion - Polyatomic ion


(ii) Write the correct formula for Rubidium bromide and Iron (III) chloride. [1 mark]



(iii) Give the formulas for: [1 mark]

Aluminium sulphate; Tetraphosphorus hexoxide;

.

(iv) State the oxidation number of chromium in K
2
Cr
2
O
7

[1 mark]







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(c) By referring the data below, calculate the average atomic mass of neon. [2 marks]


Isotope Mass of isotope Relative abundance
20
Ne

20 amu 90.5
21
Ne 21 amu 0.3
22
Ne 22 amu 9.2









(d) A sample of hydrated salt was found to contain 12.00 g Cu, 6.00 g of S, 12.00 g of O and
17.00 g of water. Determine its empirical formula. [3 marks]











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(e) 50.0 mL of phosphoric acid is titrated with 25.0 mL 0.1 M sodium hydroxide solution.
The reaction as follows:

H
3
PO
4
(aq) + 3 NaOH (aq) Na
3
PO
4
(aq) + 3 H
2
O (l)

Calculate the molarity of H
3
PO
4
acid. [3 marks]

























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(f) At room temperature, 255 g of copper (I) oxide, Cu
2
O react with 180 g of copper (I)
sulphide, Cu
2
S according to the equation below:

2 Cu
2
O + Cu
2
S 6Cu + SO
2

Determine:
(i) The limiting reactant. [4 marks]
(ii) The mass of excess reactant remained at the end of the reaction. [2 marks]

























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QUESTION 2 [20 marks]

(a) (i) State Charles Law [1 mark]




(ii) A given mass of nitrogen at 298 K occupies 20.0 L at a pressure of 380 torr. What
volume will it occupy at a pressure of 4.00 atm at the same temperature?
[2 marks]








(b) (i) Based from Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases, state two basic assumptions that
enable the ideal gas equation, PV = nRT to be derived. [2 marks]











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(ii) An organic compound, Y, contains only hydrogen, carbon and oxygen. When
vaporized at 101 kPa and 373 K, 0.200 g of Y occupies a volume 133.4 mL.
Calculate the relative molecular mass of Y. [3 marks]








(iii) An organic chemist isolates from a petroleum sample a colorless liquid with
properties of cyclohexane (C
6
H
12
). He obtains the following data to determine its
molar mass (M):
Volume (V) of sample gas = 213 mL
Mass sample gas (m) = 0.582 g
Temperature = 100.0C
Pressure = 754 torr
Is the calculated molar mass consistent with the liquid being cyclohexane?
[3 marks]











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(c) (i) A gaseous mixture made from 6.00 g O
2
and 9.00 g CH
4
is placed in a 15.0-L
vessel at 0C. What is the total pressure in the vessel? [3 marks]











(ii) What is the partial pressure of each gas in a mixture of 0.65 mole of hydrogen and
1.15 mole of helium gas in a 0.500 L container at 200C? [3 marks]

















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(iii) From balanced equation,

Zn (s) + H
2
SO
4
(aq) H
2
(g) + ZnSO
4
(aq)

What is the volume of hydrogen gas obtained from the reaction of 6.50 g of zinc
with an excess of dilute sulphuric acid at STP? [3 marks]
































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QUESTION 3 [20 marks]

(a) Define exothermic. [1 mark]






(b) Calculate the work done in Kilojoules (kJ) by the reaction:
2K (s) + 2H
2
O (l) 2KOH (aq) + H
2
(g)
when 100 grams of K reacts with water to form Hydrogen gas at STP. [5 marks]



















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(c) What is the specific heat of silicon if it takes 192 J to raise the temperature of 45.0 g of Si
by 6.0C? [3 marks]









(d) Consider the following thermochemical equations:
H
2
(g) +
1
/
2
O
2
(g) H
2
O (l) H= - 285.8 kJ
C
3
H
4
(g) + 4O
2
(g) 3CO
2
(g) + 2H
2
O (l) H= - 1937 kJ
C
3
H
8
(g) + 5 O
2
(g) 3CO
2
(g) + 4H
2
O (l) H= - 2219.1 kJ

Use Hesss Law to determine H for the reaction:
C
3
H
4
(g) + 2H
2
(g) C
3
H
8
(g) [4 marks]













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(e) A sample of magnesium metal weighing 0.14 g is combusted in a bomb calorimeter
containing 3.0 x 10
2
g water at an initial temperature of 25 C. The maximum
temperature recorded was 26.0 C. If the heat capacity of the calorimeter is 1769 J/C and
the specific heat of water is 4.184 J/g. C,

Calculate the heat of combustion (in kJ/mol) of magnesium [7 marks]

























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PERIODIC TABLE


1A
1
H
1.008
IIA
(2)

IIIA
(13)
IVA
(14)
VA
(15)
VIA
(16)
VI I A
(17)
2
He
4.003
3
Li
6.941
4
Be
9.012
5
B
10.81
6
C
12.01
7
N
14.01
8
O
16.00
9
F
19.00
10
Ne
20.18
11
Na
22.99
12
Mg
24.31
IIIB
(3)
IVB
(4)
VB
(5)
VIB
(6)
VIIB
(7)
VIIIB
(8) (9) (10)
IB
(11)
1IB
(12)
13
Al
26.98
14
Si
28.09
15
P
30.97
16
S
32.06
17
Cl
35.45
18
Ar
39.95
19
K
39.10
20
Ca
40.08
21
Sc
44.96
22
Ti
47.90
23
V
50.94
24
Cr
52.00
25
Mn
54.94
26
Fe
55.85
27
Co
58.93
28
Ni
58.70
29
Cu
63.55
30
Zn
65.39
31
Ga
69.72
32
Ge
72.61
33
As
74.92
34
Se
78.96
35
Br
79.90
36
Kr
83.80
37
Rb
85.47
38
Sr
87.62
39
Y
88.91
40
Zr
91.22
41
Nb
92.91
42
Mo
95.94
43
Tc
98
44
Ru
101.1
45
Rh
102.9
46
Pd
106.4
47
Ag
107.9
48
Cd
112.4
49
In
114.8
50
Sn
118.7
51
Sb
121.8
52
Te
127.6
53
I
126.9
54
Xe
131.3
55
Cs
132.9
56
Ba
137.3.
57
La
138.9
72.
Hf
178.5
73
Ta
180.9
74
W
183.9
75
Re
186.2
76
Os
190.2
77
Ir
192.2
78
Pt
195.1
79
Au
197.0
80
Hg
200.6
81
Tl
204.4
82
Pb
207.2
83
Bi
209.0
84
Po
(209)
85
At
(210)
86
Rn
(222)
87
Fr
(223)
88
Ra
(226)
89
Ac
(227)
104
Rf
(261)
105
Db
(262)
106
Sg
(266)
107
Bh
(264)
108
Hs
(269)
109
Mt
(268)
110
Ds
(269)




























58
Ce
140.1
59
Pr
140.9
60
Nd
144.2
61
Pm
(145)
62
Sm
150.4
63
Eu
152.0
64
Gd
157.3
65
Tb
158.9
66
Dy
162.5
67
Ho
164.9
68
Er
167.3
69
Tm
168.9
70
Yb
173.0
71
Lu
175.0

90
Th
232.0
91
Pa
(231)
92
U
238.0
93
Np
(237)
94
Pu
(244)
95
Am
(243)
96
Cm
(247)
97
Bk
(247)
98
Cf
(251)
99
Es
(252)
100
Fm
(257)
101
Md
(258)
102
No
(259)
103
Lr
(260)



TABLE OF CONSTANTS
Avogadro's number = 6.022 x 10
23
/mol
1 atm = 760 mmHg = 760 torr = 101.325 kPa
1 J = 1 kg. m
2
/ s
2
Specific heat of water = 4.184 J/g.C
1 amu = 1.49 x 10
-10
J
Planck constant, h = 6.63 x 10
-34
J.s
Rydberg constant, R
H
= 2.18 x 10
-18
J

Gas constant, R = 0.0821 L.atm/ K.mol
Gas constant, R = 8.314 J/ K.mol
1 L.atm = 101.3 J
Speed of light, c = 3.00 x 10
8
m/s
1 kg = 6.022 x 10
26
amu.
For an equation of the form:
ax
2
+ bx + c = 0



VIIIA
(18)