Chemistry
(a) State wether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Justify your answer.
In an electrovalent compound, the cation attains the electronic configuration of the noble gas that comes after it in the periodic table.
In the formation of a compound PQ2, atom P gives one electron to each atom of Q. The compound PQ2 is a good conductor of electricity.
(b) Calculate the number of moles in 22 grams of carbon dioxide.
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What property of Sulphuric acid is exhibited in each of the following cases:
(a) In the preparation of HCl gas when it reacts with Sodium chloride.
(b) When conc. Sulphuric acid reacts with Copper to produce Sulphur dioxide gas.
The electron affinity of an element X is greater than that of element Y.
(a) How is the oxidising power of X likely to compare with that of Y?
(b) How is the electronegativity of X likely to compare with that of Y?
(c) State whether X is likely to be placed to the left or to the right of Y in the periodic table?
The following questions relate to the extraction of Aluminium by electrolysis.
(a) Name the other aluminum containing compound added to alumina.
(b) Give a balanced equation for the reaction that takes place at the cathode.
A gas cylinder of capacity 40 dm3 is filled with gas X the mass of which is 20 g. When the same cylinder is filled with hydrogen gas at the same temperature and pressure the mass of hydrogen is 2 g. Find the relative molecular mass of the gas.