Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Properties of metals

Properties of metals — practice question

Sodium is a metal that reacts readily.
(a)[1]

Suggest the reason sodium is kept beneath oil.

(b(i))[1]

State the name used for a reaction in which a substance burns.

(b(ii))[1]

State the flame colour observed when sodium burns.

(b(iii))[2]

Write a chemical equation for the reaction that occurs when sodium burns in air to form sodium oxide.

(b(iv))[3]

Complete the dot-and-cross diagram to show the electron arrangement and charges of the ions in sodium oxide.

(c(i))[1]

Explain in terms of proton transfer what the term base means.

(c(ii))[1]

State a pH value that shows a strong alkali is present.

(c(iii))[1]

State the colour of methyl orange in aqueous sodium hydroxide.

(c(iv))[5]

Calculate the concentration of NaOH(aq) formed, in g/dm$^3$, when 0.345 g of sodium is added to 50.0 cm$^3$ of distilled water. Assume the volume does not change. Use these steps:\n• Find the number of moles of Na added.\n• Work out the number of moles of NaOH formed.\n• Calculate the concentration of NaOH in mol/dm$^3$.\n• Find the $M_r$ of NaOH and use it to calculate the concentration of NaOH in g/dm$^3$.

(d(i))[1]

Name the reaction type in which a solid is produced from two solutions.

(d(ii))[1]

State the colour of this solid product.

(d(iii))[1]

Name this solid product.

(d(iv))[3]

Write the ionic equation for the reaction. Include state symbols.

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