Chemistry Class Test 1
Total Marks: /25
Name: ______________________ Class: 9 O’level Date: ______________
Q 1: Petroleum is separated into fractions, like this:
a i What is this process called?
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ii It uses the fact that different compounds have different ……… ………. What is missing? [1]
b i Is naphtha just one compound, or a group of compounds? Explain.
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ii Using the terms evaporation and condensation, explain how naphtha is produced.
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c Give one use for 3 fraction obtained.
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d A hydrocarbon has a boiling point of 200 ° C.
i Are its carbon chains shorter, or longer, than those found in naphtha?
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ii Is it more viscous, or less viscous, than the compounds found in naphtha?
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Q 2: Alkanes are a homologous series of saturated hydrocarbons.
(a) What is the general formula of alkanes?
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(b) Draw the structures of the two isomers of C4H10.
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(c) One of the isomers of C4H10, butane, reacts with chlorine in the presence of ultra-violet light.
It forms hydrogen chloride gas and a mixture of liquid compounds.
(i) Name this type of reaction.
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(ii) Draw the structure of one of the liquid compounds.
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(d) Name the process by which butane is separated from crude oil.
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Q 3: Vegetable oils can be used both to make margarine and as fuels such as bio-diesel.
(a) Many vegetable oils are polyunsaturated.
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(i) Explain the meaning of the term polyunsaturated.
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(ii) Describe how you could distinguish between samples of saturated and unsaturated vegetable oils.
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(b) Describe how margarine can be manufactured from unsaturated vegetable oils.
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(c) Bio-diesel contains the compound C15H30O2. Suggest the products of the complete combustion of this
compound.
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(d) Farmers that grow vegetable oil crops often use large quantities of ammonium nitrate fertiliser,
NH4NO3.
Calculate the percentage by mass of nitrogen in ammonium nitrate.
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