Chemistry 5070 · O Level · Alloys and their properties

Alloys and their properties — practice question

Iron is the main metal used in stainless steel. Stainless steel is chosen for cutlery because it resists rusting.
(a)[1]

Give one further reason why stainless steel is used to make cutlery.

(b)[1]

Stainless steel is an alloy. Give the meaning of the term alloy.

(c)[3]

Iron nails are galvanised with zinc to stop rusting. Explain two ways in which coating iron nails with zinc prevents rusting.

(d)[2]

Iron reacts with hot dilute sulfuric acid to give hydrogen and aqueous iron(III) sulfate as the only products. Construct the symbol equation for this reaction, including state symbols.

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