Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Elements, compounds and mixtures

Elements, compounds and mixtures — practice question

The substances below are listed. brass calcium oxide carbon monoxide diamond glucose hydrogen litmus magnesium bromide methyl orange sodium chloride stainless steel thymolphthalein water zinc oxide Use these substances to answer the questions that follow. Each substance may be chosen once, more than once, or not used at all.
(a)[1]

State the substance produced when calcium carbonate is thermally decomposed in the blast furnace.

(b)[1]

State which substance is the mixture of copper and zinc.

(c)[1]

State which substance becomes yellow when an alkali is added.

(d)[1]

State which substance is one of the reactants in photosynthesis.

(e)[1]

State which substance is a salt containing a positive ion with charge of 1+.

(f)[1]

State which substance is the compound that reduces iron(III) oxide in the blast furnace.

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