Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Air quality and climate

Air quality and climate — practice question

The table gives the percentage by volume of each gas found in the exhaust from a petrol engine fitted with a catalytic converter.
(a(i))[1]

Calculate the percentage by volume of nitrogen in the exhaust gases.

(a(ii))[1]

Which gas in the table appears in the smallest percentage by volume?

(b(i))[1]

Give one harmful effect of oxides of nitrogen on health.

(b(ii))[2]

Balance the equation for the reaction between nitrogen dioxide and sodium hydroxide.\n\n$\text{NO}_2 + \text{NaOH} \rightarrow \text{NaNO}_3 + \text{NaNO}_2 + \text{H}_2\text{O}$

(b(iii))[1]

State the name of the salt whose formula is $\text{NaNO}_3$.

(c(i))[1]

saturated compound

(c(ii))[2]

hydrocarbon compound

(d)[1]

The table shows the composition of a sample of dry natural gas. Calculate the percentage by volume of hydrocarbons in the dry natural gas sample.

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