Topic-Questions-Electrons Bonding Structure
Topic-Questions-Electrons Bonding Structure
A-Level
CHEMISTRY
Foundations In Chemistry
Electrons, Bonding & Structure 2
Time allowed
72 minutes
QUESTION PAPER
Score Percentage
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4.1 | CELL BIOLOGY | QUESTION PAPER 1 1
1 The chlor-alkali industry is an important part of the UK chemical industry.
The raw material is brine, a concentrated aqueous solution of sodium chloride, NaCl(aq). Two
products that can be manufactured from brine are chlorine and sodium hydroxide — hence the
name chlor-alkali.
(a) Bleach can be made by reacting chlorine with cold aqueous sodium hydroxide. A solution of
bleach contains the chlorate compound NaClO.
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(b) The systematic name for NaClO is sodium chlorate(I). Other chlorate compounds exist, such
as NaClO3.
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(c) Chlorine has been added to drinking water for over a century. Recently, some scientists have
put forward the case for not chlorinating drinking water. This is because chlorine may react
with organic compounds in the water to form CH3Cl.
(i) State one valid reason that supports the scientists’ case and state one reason why
chlorine should be added to drinking water.
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Describe a simple chemical test that you could carry out to show that brine contains aqueous
chloride ions. How would you confirm that no other halide ions are present?
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2 This question compares the bonding, structure and properties of sodium and sodium oxide.
Explain, with the aid of a labelled diagram, what is meant by the term metallic bonding.
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(b) Sodium reacts with oxygen to form sodium oxide, Na2O, which is an ionic compound.
(i) Write the equation for the reaction of sodium with oxygen to form sodium oxide.
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(c) Compare and explain the electrical conductivities of sodium and sodium oxide in the solid and
liquid states.
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3 Solid potassium, K, solid potassium bromide, KBr, and ice, H2O, all exist as
lattices.
Their melting points are shown in the table below.
K 63 giant metallic
KBr 734
H 2O 0
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(b) Explain why there is a difference in the melting points of K, KBr and H2O.
In your answer you should refer to the types of particle, the types of forces between the
particles and the relative strength of the forces between the particles in solid K, KBr and H2O.
In your answer, you should use appropriate technical terms spelled correctly.
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(c) Potassium metal reacts with water.
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4 Linus Pauling was a Nobel prize winning chemist who devised a scale of electronegativity.
element electronegativity
B 2.0
Br 2.8
N 3.0
F 4.0
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(b) Show, using δ+ and δ– symbols, the permanent dipoles on each of the following bonds.
N—F N
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(c) Boron trifluoride, BF3, ammonia, NH3, and sulfur hexafluoride, SF6, are all covalent
compounds. The shapes of their molecules are different.
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(ii) Using outer electron shells only, draw ‘dot-and-cross’ diagrams for molecules of BF3 and
NH3.
Use your diagrams to explain why a molecule of BF3 has bond angles of 120° and NH3
has bond angles of 107°.
BF3 NH3
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(iii) Molecules of BF3 contain polar bonds, but the molecules are non-polar.
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5 This question is about different models of bonding and molecular shapes.
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(b) ‘Dot-and-cross ’ diagrams can be used to predict the shape of covalent molecules.
Fluorine has a covalent oxide called difluorine oxide, F2O. The oxygen atom is covalently
bonded to each fluorine atom.
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(ii) Predict the bond angle in an F2O molecule. Explain your answer.
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(c) Liquid ammonia, NH3, and water, H2O, both show hydrogen bonding.
(i) Draw a labelled diagram to show hydrogen bonding between two molecules of liquid
ammonia.
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(ii) Water has several anomalous properties as a result of its hydrogen bonding.
Describe and explain one anomalous property of water which results from hydrogen
bonding.
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