F5 - Chemistry
F5 - Chemistry
F5 - Chemistry
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SECTION A (70 MARKS)
Answer all questions from this section.
1. (a)Why does hydrogen spectrum have large number of lines despite the fact that hydrogen has one
electron? (02 marks)
(b) Calculate the wavelength of an alpha particle having a mass of 6.7 x 10 -25 kg moving with a
speed of 1000m/s. (04 marks)
(c) Naijongoro a chemistry teacher at Muungano secondary school told his student that
“Dalton atomic theory is primitive” supports Mr. Naijongoro using four points. (04 marks)
2. a. Write down the molecules or ions that undergo the following hybridization scheme;
i. sp3d
ii. sp3d2
iii. sp3 (03 marks)
(b) i. CO2 is a non- polar molecule while H2O is polar molecule. Explain. (01 marks)
ii.Makene a form five student was arguing that double bond is a weaker than single bond
because double bond has a weak Pi bond. But Anna happened to educate Makene that in
double bond there are two bonds, a strong sigma bond and weak pi bond while in single
bond there is only one bond, which is strong sigma bond. Using four points justify that
sigma bond is different from Pi bond (02 marks)
(c) Ethanol and water form an azeotropic mixture which boils at 78.01°C and contians 95.6%
ethanol at standard pressure. If the boiling points of pure water and ethanol are 100°C and
78.4°C, respectively.
(i) draw and label a temperature versus mole fraction phase-diagram of ethanol and
water solution. (2 marks)
(ii) what happens when a dilute ethanol solution of less than 50% is boiled and
condensed several times? (1 mark)
(iii) how would you increase the percentage of ethanol after obtaining a 95.6% ethanol-
water mixture? (1 mark)
3. (a) Define the following
i. Ebullioscopic constant
ii. Van’t Hoff’s factor
iii. Colligative properties (03 marks)
(b)The vapour pressure of water at 500C is 92.5mmHg. At the same temperature a solution
containing 9.14g of urea in 150g of water has a vapour pressure of 90.8mmHg. Determine the
molecular mass of urea. (04 marks)
(c) What is the boiling point of a solution made by dissolving 45.0g of NaCl in 500g of water
(ebulliscopic constant, Kb=0.512) (04 marks)
4. (a) Explain briefly the physical significance of the van der waals’ parameters, “a” and” b”
(01 mark)
(b) Explain the following.
i. Aerated water bottles are kept under water during summer
ii. The size of weather balloon becomes larger and larger as it ascends into high attitudes.
(02 marks)
(c) Explain briefly the application of Avogadro’s law in life situations. (02 marks)
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(d) A hydrocarbon contains 10.5g of carbon per 1g of hydrogen. 1 litre vapour of hydrocarbon at 127oC
and 1atm pressure weighs 2.8g. Find the molecular formula of a hydrocarbon. (05 marks)
5. a. Define the following terms
i. Atomic radius
ii. Electronegativity
iii. Diagonal relationship
iv. Polarizability (06 marks)
b. Briefly explain how each of the following factors affect electron affinity
i. Effective nuclear charge
ii. Energy level
iii. Shielding effect
iv. Atomic radius (04 marks)
6. a. Briefly describe the trends in acidic character of the following compounds
i. Hydroxides of period 3 elements
ii. Oxides of periods 3 elements (06 marks)
b. Complete and balance the following reaction
Heat
i. MgCl2.6H2O (s)
7. a. With examples define the two types of bond breaking (03 marks )
b. Organic reagents can be solid, liquid, or gases. With examples name the three major types
organic reagents. (03 marks)
c. Write the structure of the functional group for the following
i. Carboxylic acid
ii. Alkynes
iii. Alcohols
iv. Aldehyde
v. Alkanes
vi. Halogens
vii. Alkenes
viii. ketones (04 marks)
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(b) (i) Calculate the percentage by mass of bromo benzene (C6H5Br) in the distillate when a mixture
of bromo benzene and water distils at 65˚C in the steam. The vapour pressure of bromo benzene
and water are 1.59 × 104 and 8.50 × 104Nm-2 respectively. (03 Marks)
(ii) Heptane (C7H16) and Octane (C8H18) form an ideal solution at 373K, the vapour
pressure of pure heptane and octave were 105.2Kpa and 46.8 Kpa respectively. Calculate the
vapour pressure of the mixture of 26.0g of heptane and 35.0g of octane and draw the graph
of vapour pressure against mole fraction for this ideal solution (05 marks)
(c) Compound P has a partition coefficient of 4.00 between the Ethoxyethane and water. Given
that 2.0g of P is obtained in solution, in 50cm3 of water, calculate the mass of P that can be
Extracted from the Aqueous solution by
CH2-CH3 CH3
CH3
ii. CH3-CH2-C-CH2-CH3
CH2-CH3
iii. CH3(CH2)6CH3
CH3
iv. CH3-C-CH2-CH-CH3
CH3 CH2CH3
CH3
v. CH3-CH2-C-CH2-CH-CH2-CH3