Hydrogen Test
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Bharati GulajkarHYDROGEN TEST-30
Q1) Name the products obtained when hydrogen is [6]
a) passed over heated copper oxide.
b) Passed over heated sodium
c) The salt formed when lead reacts with conc. Caustic potash solution.
d) A metal which dissolves in water to form a milky white solution and hydrogen gas
e) Name one metal which on heating reacts with steam
f) Catalyst during hydrogenation of oil
Q2: The diagram represents the preparation & collection of hydrogen by a standard laboratory method. [4]
1. State what is added through the thistle funnel ‘Y’
2. State what difference will be seen if pure zinc is added in the distillation flask ‘X’ instead of granulated zinc.
3. Name a solution which absorbs the impurity – H2S.
4. Name the method used for collecting hydrogen gas state the reason for using this.
5. The complete apparatus is air-tight.
6. Dilute nitric acid is not preferred as the reactant acid
7. The substance which acts as a catalyst
8. Write the full chemical reaction
Q3: State why hydrogen is not prepared in the laboratory by the action of – [4]
a) Sodium with cold water
b) Calcium with dilute sulphuric acid
c) Lead with dilute hydrochloric acid
d) Why is copper not used to prepare hydrogen by the action of dilute hydrochloric acid or dilute sulphuric acid
Q4: Answer the following questions regarding the manufacture of hydrogen by Bosch process.
a) Name the raw materials required. [5]
b) Write fully balanced equation between the raw materials which result in the formation of hydrogen gas.
c) Is the reaction in 4(b)exothermic or endothermic?
d) One of the products in the above reaction is carbon monoxide. Explain how carbon monoxide is oxidised?
Support your answer by a chemical equation.
e) From the products in 4(d), how hydrogen is separated?
Q5: You are given a metal X which lies between sodium and calcium in the metal activity series. State in word
equations what reaction takes place between: [3]
(i) X and oxygen (ii) X and water (iii) X and hydrochloric acid?
Q6: Thin strips of metals A, B and C are known to be magnesium, copper and iron respectively.
(a) Write down what you would observe in each case, when the metals are treated as follows:
(i) When each metal is heated in air. [4]
(ii) When each metal is treated with dil. HCl and warmed if necessary
(iii) When each metal is added to aqueous solution of zinc sulphate
(b) Arrange the metals A, B and C in the decreasing order of activity series
Q7: State whether the substance is getting oxidized or reduced [4]
(i) Br2 → Br -
