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1.

Chlorine is manufactured by the electrolysis of concentrated brine in a membrane cell.

(a) State the material from which the anode is made.
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(b) Write the half-equation for the reaction at the anode.
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(c) Explain whether the reaction at the anode is an oxidation or a reduction process.
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(d) Which ions are able to pass through the membrane in this cell?
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(e) Identify the product at the cathode.
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(1)
(f) Write the overall equation for the decomposition of brine by electrolysis.
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(g) State ONE large-scale use of chlorine.
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2.

(a) Chlorofluorocarbons, CFCs, are useful compounds as they are non-flammable and
unreactive. In the stratosphere, the CCl bonds are broken producing free radicals.
(i) Draw the structure of 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane.

(1)
(ii) Suggest why CF bonds are not broken in the stratosphere, whereas CCl
bonds are.
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(iii) What are free radicals and what is needed to produce them from CFCs?
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(2)
(b) (i) Draw the repeating units in
poly(chloroethene)

poly(tetrafluoroethene).

(2)
(ii) Give ONE important use of each of these polymers.
poly(chloroethene)
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poly(tetrafluoroethene)
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(a) Name each of the following organic compounds and the homologous series to which
it belongs.
H H H

H H H H

HCCCH

HCCCCH

H O H

H
H H
HCH

HCH
H
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Homologous Series ..............................

Homologous Series ..............................

(4)

(b) (i) Draw the TWO structural isomers of C2H2Cl2.

(2)
(ii) Identify which of the two structural isomers of C2H2Cl2 can exist as geometric
isomers. Explain why geometric isomerism can occur.
Identity

Explanation
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(c) Classify the following organic reactions.

(i) C2H4 + HBr C2H5Br
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(ii) C2H5Br + CN C2H5CN + Br
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(d) A hydrocarbon has the empirical formula CH2 and a relative molecular mass of 70.
Write the molecular formula of the hydrocarbon.
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4.

(a) When excess chlorine and methane are mixed at room temperature and pressure no
reaction takes place but when ultraviolet light is shone into the mixture an explosion
occurs, producing carbon and hydrogen chloride.
CH4(g) + 2Cl2(g)

uv

C(s) + 4HCl(g)

H = 219 kJ mol1

Calculate the mass of methane needed to produce 1000 kJ of energy.

(2)
(b) Draw a labelled reaction profile for the reaction between methane and chlorine
and use it to explain why the reaction does not take place unless ultraviolet light is
present.

Enthalpy

Progress of reaction
Explanation
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(c) Hydrogen gas is manufactured by passing methane and steam over a heated catalyst.
CH4(g) + H2O(g)

CO(g) + 3H2(g)

H = +206 kJ mol1

Explain the effect, if any, on the equilibrium yield of hydrogen by using:

(i) a higher pressure
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(ii) a higher temperature
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(iii) a catalyst.
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(a) Define the term standard enthalpy of combustion.

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(b) The following standard enthalpies of combustion are needed to calculate the standard
enthalpy of formation of ethanol, C2H5OH.

Substance

Standard enthalpy of
combustion /kJ mol1

carbon, C (s, graphite)

394

hydrogen, H2 (g)

286

ethanol, C2H5OH (l)

1371

(i) Complete the Hesss Law cycle by filling in the box and labelling the arrows with
the enthalpy changes.
H f

2C(s) + 3H2(g) + 3O2(g)

C2H5OH(l) + 3O2(g)

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(ii) Use your Hesss Law cycle to calculate the standard enthalpy of formation of
ethanol.

(2)
(c) Ethanol, C2H5OH, can be converted into propanenitrile, CH3CH2CN in two steps.
Step 1

C2H5OH

Step 2

C2H5I

CH3CH2CN

Give the reagents for the steps.

Step 1
Reagents
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Step 2
Reagent
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6.

The first step in the manufacture of nitric acid is the catalytic oxidation of ammonia. The
reaction is usually carried out at 900 C.
(a) (i) Balance this equation.
..........NH3 + ..........O2

..........NO + ..........H2O

H = 900 kJ mol1
(1)

(ii) Identify the catalyst used in this reaction.

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(1)
(iii) State and explain the effect on the rate of reaction of using a temperature lower
than 900 C.
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(b) Outline the steps which convert nitrogen monoxide, NO, from the oxidation of
ammonia, into nitric acid. Identify the intermediate compound.
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(c) Give ONE important use of nitric acid.
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