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31st December 1988

5 questions · GCSE · 584 questions in this band

  1. 1
    Chemical Changes

    State the pH value of a neutral solution.

  2. 2
    Reactivity, Acids and Salts

    Why is aluminium extracted by electrolysis rather than by reduction with carbon?

  3. 3
    Electrolysis

    Aqueous copper sulfate solution is electrolysed using inert graphite electrodes. State the products formed at (a) the cathode and (b) the anode, giving a reason for each.

  4. 4
    Energy Changes

    Using the values in the previous question, calculate the overall energy change for the reaction.

  5. 5
    Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions

    Explain, in terms of the reaction pathway, why adding a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction without changing the overall energy change of the reaction.

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