Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Fuels

Fuels — practice question

The heat given out when four different fuels are burned is compared with the apparatus shown. A known mass of each fuel is burned, and the rise in the water temperature is measured.
(a)[2]

Suggest two factors that should stay unchanged in this experiment.

(b)[1]

Which fuel produced the largest temperature increase per gram?

(c)[1]

Give one further use for ethanol.

(d(i))[2]

Fill in the missing reactant and the missing product to complete the diagram.

(d(ii))[1]

Is the complete combustion of ethanol exothermic or endothermic? Use the diagram information to explain your answer.

(e(i))[1]

What does the term alloy mean?

(e(ii))[2]

Describe the arrangement and the type of movement of the particles in solid iron.

(e(iii))[1]

Suggest why stainless steel is chosen rather than pure iron for making cutlery.

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