School of Chemistry

and Physics BARCODE

Westville Campus,
Durban

CHEM110: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY

Test 2
Date: 24 April 2015 Total marks: 25
Time: 17h45 – 18h30
Examiner: Dr V Paideya
IMPORTANT: Complete this part immediately.
Name:
MEMO
Student No:

Tutorial Day:

Tutorial Venue:

Tutor’s Name:

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer ALL questions.
2. For Section A which contains the multiple choice questions, write your
answers on the multiple choice answer sheet and follow the instructions
given in the question.
3. Calculators may be used but all working must be shown for Section B.
4. The pages of this test must not be unpinned.
5. Your answers for Section B must be written on the question paper in the
spaces provided. The left-hand pages may be used for extra space or for
rough work.
6. Marks will be deducted for the incorrect use of significant figures and the
omission of units.
7. You must write legibly in black or blue ink. Pencils and Tipp-Ex are not
allowed.
8. This test consists of 9 pages which includes a data sheet and a periodic
table.
Section Section B
TOTAL
A 1 2 3
Mark

Total
15 4 3 3 25
Mark

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 SECTION A - Multiple Choice Questions

 For each of the following questions, select the correct answer from the list
provided.
 There is only one correct answer for each question.
 Indicate your answer on the multiple choice answer sheet provided.
 Make a dark heavy mark with HB pencil that fills the block of the appropriate letter
completely.

1. Which of the following compounds is a weak electrolyte?

A HCl
B CH3COOH
C H2SO4
D KCl
(1)

2. Which of the following lead salts is soluble?

A PbCl2
B PbI2
C Pb(NO3)2
D PbSO4
(1)

3. Which of the following solutions, when mixed, will likely result in the formation of a
precipitate?
A NaNO3 and CuSO4.
B (NH4)2SO4 and ZnCl2.
C BaCl2 and K2SO4
D LiOH and KCl.
(1)

4. What is the net ionic equation for the reaction between K3PO4 and Ca(NO3)2?

A Ca2+(aq) + PO43–(aq)  Ca3(PO4)2(s)

B 3 Ca2+(aq) + 2 PO43–(aq)  Ca3(PO4)2(s)
C K+(aq) + NO3–(aq)  KNO3(s)
D 3 Ca2+(aq) + 2 PO43–(aq) + K+(aq) + NO3–(aq)  Ca3(PO4)2(s) + KNO3(s)
(2)

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5. Identify the oxidising agent in the following reaction:

5VO2+(aq) + MnO4-(aq) + H2O(l)  5VO2+(aq) + Mn2+(aq) + 2H+(aq)

A VO2+
B MnO4-
C H2O
D VO2-
(1)

6. What volume of 0.1310 M BaCl2 is required to react completely with 42.00 mL of

0.4530 M Na2SO4?

BaCl2(aq) + Na2SO4(aq)  BaSO4(s) + 2NaCl(aq)

A 12.10 mL
B 72.60 mL
C 145.0 mL
D 290.0 mL
(2)

7. In a titration, 25.00 mL of an aqueous H2SO4 solution required 23.64 mL of a

0.1536 M NaOH solution for complete neutralization. Calculate the molarity of the
H2SO4 solution?

2NaOH(aq) + H2SO4(aq)  Na2SO4(aq) + 2H2O(l)

A 0.28859 M
B 0.09076 M
C 0.07263 M
D 0.14429 M
(2)

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8. What is the oxidation number of chromium in Na2Cr2O7?

A –6
B –2
C +3
D +6
(2)

9. Which of the following is an ion exchange (metathesis) reaction?

A AgNO2 + O2  AgNO3
B Na2SO4 + BaCl2  BaSO4 + 2NaCl
C Li2CO3 + 2HCl  2LiCl + CO2 + H2O
D 2Mg + O2  2MgO

(1)

10. What is the concentration of Cl- ions in a 0.1000 L solution of 0.05825 M MgCl2?

A 0.005825 M
B 0.002913 M
C 0.05825 M
D 0.1165 M
(2)

[15]

End of Section A

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 SECTION B
QUESTION 1

Balance the following redox equation in basic medium using ion electron method.

(Show all relevant steps)

[4]

S(s) + OCl-(aq)  SO32-(aq) + Cl-(aq)

Oxidation half-reaction:
S(s) + 3H2O(l)  SO32-(aq) + 6H+(aq) + 4 e-

Reduction half-reaction:
OCl-(aq) + 2H+(aq) + 2e-  Cl-(aq) + H2O (x2)

(balance oxygen, hydrogen  ½ and  ½ oxidation & reduction rxn)

balance charge.  1/2

S(s) + 2OCl-(aq) + H2O  SO32-(aq) + 2Cl-(aq) + 2H+(aq) 1/2

Add OH- : S(s) + 2OCl-(aq) + H2O + 2OH-(aq)  SO32-(aq) + 2Cl-(aq) + H2O  1/2

Overall reaction: S(s) + 2OCl-(aq) + 2OH-(aq)  SO32-(aq) + 2Cl-(aq) + H2O 1/2

Accept method 2 from notes.

1. Write ‘oxidation’  1/2and ‘reduction’  1/2half reactions

2. Balance
a) All elements other than H & O;
b) O by adding H2O; &  1/2
c) H by adding H+  1/2
d) H+ by adding OH- to both sides of the equation to form H2O  1/2
3. Balance the charge by adding electrons 1/2
4. Multiply half reactions by appropriate coefficients so that electrons
cancel & add reactions together. 1/2
5. Overall reaction. 1/2

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QUESTION 2

A solution of silver nitrate is prepared by dissolving 1.224 g of silver nitrate

(MM =169.87 g mol-1) in water and made up to 500.0 mL in a volumetric flask.
[3]

(a) Calculate the molarity of the AgNO3 solution in mol dm-3.

(1½)

Moles of AgNO3 = 1.224 g ÷ 169.87 g mol-1

= 0.007206 mol  1/2

Concentration of AgNO3 = 0.007206 mol ÷ 0.5000 dm3  1/2

= 0.01441 mol dm-3  1/2

(b) If 25.00 mL of the above AgNO3 stock solution was diluted to 500.0 mL in a
volumetric flask. Calculate the number of moles of Ag in the 500.0 mL AgNO3
solution.
(1½)

M1V1 = M2V2

0.01441 M x 0.02500 dm3 = M2 x 0.5000 dm3  1/2

M2 = 7.205 x 10-3 M  1/2

n = M x V = 7.205 x 10-3 M x 0.5 dm3 = 3.6 x 10-3 mol  1/2

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QUESTION 3

A sample mass of K2CO3 (MM=138.2 g mol-1) is dissolved in water and reacted with
25.00 mL of 0.1650 M HCl:

K2CO3(aq) + 2 HCl(aq)  2 KCl(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g)

After the complete reaction of the K2CO3(aq), the excess HCl is then titrated to the
endpoint with 29.16 mL of 0.1058 M NaOH.

NaOH(aq) + HCl(aq)  NaCl(aq) + H2O(l)

Calculate the mass of K2CO3 used.

[3]

Moles of HCl added = 0.02500 L x 0.1650 M = 0.004125 mol  1/2

Moles of NaOH used = 0.02916 L x 0.1058 M = 0.003085 mol  1/2

Therefore moles excess HCl = moles NaOH used = 0.003085 mol

Therefore moles HCl reacted with K2CO3 = 0.004125–0.003085

= 1.040 x 10-3 mol  1/2

Therefore moles of K2CO3 = ½  1/2moles HCl

= 5.200 x 10-4 mol  1/2

Therefore mass of K2CO3 = 5.200 x 10-4 mol x 138.2 g mol-1 = 0.07186 g  1/2

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 1 18
1 2
H He
1.008 2 13 14 15 16 17 4.003

3 4 Periodic Table 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be B C N O F Ne
6.941 9.012 10.81 12.01 14.01 16.00 19.00 20.18

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
22.99 24.31 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 26.98 28.09 30.97 32.07 35.45 39.95

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
39.10 40.08 44.96 47.88 50.94 52.00 54.94 55.85 58.93 58.69 63.55 65.39 69.72 72.61 74.92 78.96 79.90 83.80

37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
85.47 87.62 88.91 91.22 92.91 95.94 98.91 101.1 102.9 106.4 107.9 112.4 114.8 118.7 121.8 127.6 126.9 131.3

55 56 57* 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
132.9 137.3 138.9 178.5 180.9 183.8 186.2 190.2 192.2 195.1 197.0 200.6 204.4 207.2 209.0 (209) (210) (222)

87 88 89* * 104 105 106 107 108 109

Fr Ra Ac Db Jl Rf Bh Hn Mt
(223) (226) (227) (261) (262) (263) (262) (?) (?)

* 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
Lanthanide Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
Series 140. 140. 144. (147) 150. 152. 157. 158. 162. 164. 167. 168. 173. 175.
1 9 2 4 0 2 9 5 9 3 9 0 0

** 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103

Actinide Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
Series (232) (231) (238) (237) (239) (243) (247) (247) (252) (252) (257) (256) (259) (260)

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 DATA SHEET
Physical Constants Conversion Factors
-23 -1 -6
Boltzmann constant k = 1.381 x 10 J K 1 micron (μ) = 10 m = 1 μm
-34 -10
Planck constant h = 6.626 x 10 J s 1 Ångström (Å) = 1 x 10 m = 0.1 nm = 100 pm
-19 -3 3 3
Elementary charge e = 1.602 x 10 C 1L = 10 m = 1 dm
8 -1 5 -2 5
Speed of light in vacuum c = 2.998 x 10 m s 1 atm = 1.013 x 10 N m = 1.013 x 10 Pa
10 -1
= 2.998 x 10 cm s = 760 mmHg = 760 Torr
23 -1 5
Avogadro constant L or NA = 6.022 x 10 mol 1 bar = 1.000 x 10 Pa
-1 -1
Gas constant R = kL = 8.315 J K mol 1J = 0.2390 cal
-1 -1 3 2 -2
= 8.315 L kPa K mol = 1 Pa m = 1 m kg s
-1 -1
= 0.08206 L atm K mol 1 cal = 4.184 J
-19
Molar volume of an ideal gas V o
= 22.414 L mol
-1 1 eV = 1.602 x 10 J
m 1 L atm = 101.3 J
(at 1.000 atm and 273.2 K) 1W =1Js
-1
-1 -1
1 ppm = 1 μg g = mg kg
-1 -1
Vm = 24.789 L mol = 1 mg L (dilute aqueous solutions only)
(at 100.0 kPa and 298.2 K) 1 tonne = 1000 kg
4 -1
Faraday constant F = eL = 9.6485 x 10 C mol
-27
Atomic mass unit (amu) u = 1.661 x 10 kg
-31
Rest mass of electron me = 9.109 x 10 kg
-27
Rest mass of proton mp = 1.673 x 10 kg
-27
Rest mass of neutron mn = 1.675 x 10 kg
-12 -1 2 -1
Vacuum permittivity ευ = 8.854 x 10 J C m
Standard acceleration
-2
of free fall g = 9.807 m s
Rydberg constant
-1
for the H atom RH = 109677 cm

Prefixes to Units

P T G M k d c m μ n p f

peta tera giga mega kilo deci centi milli micro nano pico femto
15 12 9 6 3 -1 -2 -3 -6 -9 -12 -15
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10