Moles test: Name…………………………… Mark …… /31

1. A sample of rainwater collected near the copper extraction plant was analysed for its
acid content by titration with sodium hydroxide. 25.0 cm3 of this rainwater required 21.2
cm3 of 0.00100mol dm–3 sodium hydroxide solution.

The equation for the titration reaction is shown below.

H+ + OH– → H2O

(i) Name a suitable indicator for this titration.

....................................................................................................................................
[1]

(ii) Calculate the number of moles of NaOH required for the titration.

answer = ..................................... moles

[2]

(iii) What is the number of moles of H+(aq) in 25.0 cm3 rainwater?

answer = ..................................... moles

[1]

(iv) Calculate the concentration of H+(aq) in mol dm–3 in the rainwater.

concentration of H+ = ................................ mol dm–3

[1]
[Total 5 marks]

2. Caesium is stored under oil because it reacts rapidly with oxygen to form a highly
dangerous ‘superoxide’.

Analysis of a sample of the superoxide showed the compound to contain 80.6%

caesium by mass, the rest being oxygen.

Calculate the empirical formula for the superoxide. Show your working.

Ar:Cs, 133; O, 16

empirical formula .................................................

[Total 3 marks]
3. Sea water contains about 0.13% by mass of magnesium (as the magnesium ion).

Calculate the number of moles of magnesium in 1.0 dm3 of sea water.

Give your answer to two significant figures.

Assume the density of sea water is 1.0 g cm–3.

1.0 dm3 = 1000 cm3; Ar: Mg, 24

number of moles .......................................... mol

[Total 4 marks]

4. Alloys of beryllium and copper are used for aircraft parts because of their high strength
and resistance to corrosion.

A typical copper–beryllium alloy contains 1.75% by mass of beryllium. Assume all the
rest of the alloy is copper.

(i) Calculate the number of moles of beryllium and copper in 100 g of the alloy.

moles Be = ........................................ moles Cu = ........................................

[2]

(ii) Calculate the percentage of atoms of beryllium in the alloy.

Give your answer to two significant figures.

% Be atoms = ..........................................................
[3]
[Total 5 marks]

5. Since the time of Mendeleev and Lothar Meyer many more elements have been
discovered. Sir William Ramsey discovered argon in 1894. He removed oxygen and
nitrogen from air and found he was left with about one percent which was the gas
argon.

(i) The oxygen can be removed by passing air over hot copper. Copper oxide, CuO,
is formed. Write a balanced equation for this reaction. Include state symbols.
[2]

…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
 (ii) The nitrogen was removed by passing it over hot magnesium. This produced a
white solid called magnesium nitride, Mg3N2.
The balanced equation for this reaction is given below.

3Mg(s) + N2(g) → Mg3N2(s)

Calculate the number of moles of nitrogen gas in 1 dm3 of air at room

temperature and pressure.

Assume air to be 80% nitrogen gas by volume and that one mole of gas occupies
24dm3 at room temperature and pressure.

moles = ................................
[2]

(iii) Use the equation above and your answer to (i) to calculate the mass of
magnesium that would react with the nitrogen in 1 dm3 of air, at room
temperature and pressure.

Ar: Mg, 24

mass = ................................ g
[2]
[Total 6 marks]

6. The americium in smoke detectors is in the form of an oxide. A sample of the oxide
contains 88.3% by mass of americium.

(i) Calculate the empirical formula of the oxide.

Ar: Am, 241; O, 16

empirical formula = ................................

[2]
 (ii) 0.008 moles of americium oxide is enough for 5000 smoke detectors. Calculate
the mass, in grams, of americium oxide per smoke detector.

Give your answer to one significant figure.

mass = ................................g
[3]
[Total 5 marks]

7. Baking powder is used in the manufacture of foodstuffs that require a honeycomb

structure, such as bread.

Baking powder contains sodium hydrogencarbonate, NaHCO3. This decomposes on

heating as shown below.

2NaHCO3(s) → Na2CO3(s) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)

10g of sodium hydrogencarbonate were needed in the manufacture of a sponge cake.

Calculate the maximum volume (in dm3) of carbon dioxide that could be produced, at
room temperature and pressure, by decomposing this mass of sodium
hydrogencarbonate.

One mole of any gas has a volume of 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure.

volume = ................................dm3
[Total 3 marks]