Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Fertilisers

Fertilisers — practice question

Ammonia is a significant chemical substance.
(a(i))[1]

What symbol shows that a reaction is reversible?

(a(ii))[5]

State the key conditions needed to make ammonia by the Haber process from hydrogen and nitrogen. Add a chemical equation to show the reaction that takes place.

(a(iii))[1]

Name one raw material that provides the hydrogen used in the Haber process.

(b(i))[1]

What does the term base mean?

(b(ii))[1]

Name the industrial process by which sulfuric acid is manufactured.

(b(iii))[2]

Write the chemical equation for ammonia reacting with sulfuric acid.

(c(i))[1]

Identify the green precipitate.

(c(ii))[2]

Suggest why the surface of the green precipitate becomes red-brown.

(c(iii))[1]

State what is observed when excess aqueous ammonia is added to the green precipitate.

(d(i))[3]

Calculate the volume, in dm$^3$, of oxygen at room temperature and pressure that will react with 4.80 dm$^3$ of ammonia.

(d(ii))[4]

Use the bond energies in the table to calculate the energy change, in kJ/mol, when one mole of NH$_3$ reacts.

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