Metals and their Uses

C1 Revision (higher)

74 minutes

74 marks

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Q1. The picture shows a diamond ring.

Photograph supplied by Comstock/Thinkstock

(a) Diamond is a form of carbon. A carbon atom has six electrons.

Draw the electronic structure of a carbon atom.

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(b) A gold atom has an atomic number of 79 and a mass number of 197.

Complete the table to show the name and number of each sub-atomic particle in this gold
atom.

Name Number

Proton 79

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(c) The bar chart shows the composition of this gold ring.

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 (i) Give the percentage of the other two metals in this gold ring.

Silver is ...................... % and copper is ...................... %

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(ii) This gold ring is not made from 100% gold.

Give two reasons why.

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Q2. The diagram shows the arrangement of atoms in an alloy.

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 (a) What is meant by an alloy?

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(b) Name the alloy represented in the diagram.

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(c) Give one advantage of using this alloy instead of pure iron.

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(d) Which elements are used to make brass?

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(Total 5 marks)

Q3. The hip joint between the femur and pelvis sometimes has to be replaced.
Early hip replacement joints were made from stainless steel.

Stainless steel is an alloy of iron, chromium and nickel.

The diagram below represents the particles in stainless steel.

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(a) Use the particle diagram to complete the percentages of metals in this stainless steel.

The first one has been done for you.

Element Percentage (%)

Iron, Fe 72

Chromium, Cr

Nickel, Ni
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(b) Pure iron is a relatively soft, metallic element.

(i) Why is iron described as an element?

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(ii) Suggest why pure iron would not be suitable for a hip replacement joint.

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(iii) Use the particle diagram to help you to explain why stainless steel is harder than
pure iron.

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(Total 6 marks)

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Q4. The diagram shows a ballpoint pen.

(a) Give one advantage and one disadvantage of recycling the materials from this type of
ballpoint pen.

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(b) Alloys are used to make the ballpoint pen.

Give two reasons why alloys are used in the ballpoint pen.

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(c) Decane (C10H22) can be used to produce poly(ethene).

(i) Describe the conditions needed for Reaction 1.

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(ii) Describe, in terms of molecules, how poly(ethene) is produced in Reaction 2.

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(d) Complete the displayed structure of the product in the equation.

styrene poly(styrene)
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(Total 10 marks)

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Q5. The chart below shows the metals which are present in a coin.

(a) Identify the alloy used to make this coin.

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(b) The mass of the coin is 2.5 g.
Calculate the mass of copper in this coin.

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(c) Suggest what properties would make an alloy suitable for making a coin.

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Q6. Iron is produced from the ore haematite (iron oxide).

Titanium is produced from the ore rutile (titanium oxide).

Iron Titanium

(a) The production of low-carbon steel uses oxygen but the production of titanium uses argon.

Explain why.

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(b) There is less titanium than iron in the Earths crust.

Apart from titaniums scarcity, explain why titanium costs much more than iron.

Use the two flow diagrams above to help you to answer this question.

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(c) Many chemical reactions take place in the production of both metals.

A chemical reaction in the production of iron is:

2 Fe2O3 + 3C 4Fe + 3CO2

A chemical reaction in the production of titanium is:

TiCl4 + 2Mg Ti + 2MgCl 2

Titanium can be used to produce iron from iron oxide. The chemical reaction is:

2 Fe2O3 + 3Ti 4Fe + 3TiO2

Use these three reactions and the Chemistry Data Sheet to answer this question.

Suggest the position of titanium in the Reactivity Series of Metals.

Explain your answer.

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(Total 8 marks)

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Q7. The flow diagram shows the main stages used to extract a metal from its ore.

mining the ore purifying the ore extracting the metal

The table shows some information about three metals.

% of metal % of metal in the

Metal Metal ore Purified ore in the ore Earths crust

aluminium bauxite aluminium oxide, Al2O3 28.0 8.0

copper chalcocite copper sulfide, Cu2S 0.5 0.001

iron haematite iron oxide, Fe2O3 29.0 5.0

(a) Use the information in the table and your knowledge and understanding to help you to
answer the questions.

(i) Suggest why purifying the copper ore produces large quantities of waste.

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(ii) Suggest why the annual world production of iron is forty times greater than that of
aluminium.

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(b) Aluminium is used for drinks cans.
Aluminium is extracted from its purified ore by electrolysis.

(i) Suggest why the aluminium produced in the electrolysis cell is a liquid.

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(ii) In this electrolysis, aluminium and oxygen gas are produced from the aluminium
oxide.

Use the information in the diagram to suggest why most of the waste gas is carbon
dioxide and not oxygen.

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(iii) Aluminium is the most abundant metal in the Earths crust.

Suggest two reasons why we should recycle aluminium drinks cans.

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(Total 7 marks)

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Q8. Rutile is an ore of titanium. Rutile contains titanium dioxide.
The flow chart shows how titanium metal is extracted from titanium dioxide.

(a) Titanium is much more expensive than iron.

Give one reason why.

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(b) Name the only waste product shown on the flow chart.

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(c) Describe the example of recycling shown on the flow chart.

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(d) The air is removed from Reactor 2. An atmosphere of argon is used for the reaction
between titanium chloride and magnesium metal.

Explain why.

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(e) Titanium metal is produced by reacting titanium chloride with magnesium.

950 kg of titanium chloride was mixed with 240 kg of magnesium metal. The mixture was
heated and produced 950 kg of magnesium chloride.

Calculate the mass of titanium metal produced.

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Mass = ....................................................... kg

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(f) The graph shows the mass of titanium metal produced from a pure rutile ore and from an
impure rutile ore.

The difference between the two lines represents the amount of waste rock in the impure
ore.

300 kg of titanium metal was produced from the impure ore.

Calculate the mass of waste rock in the impure ore.

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(Total 8 marks)

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Q9. Steels are used to make cars, bridges and knives.
The main element in steel is iron.

(a) Iron is extracted from an ore that contains about 60% iron oxide, Fe2O3

(i) What is the meaning of ore?

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(ii) In a blast furnace, iron oxide reacts with carbon monoxide to produce iron.
The word equation for this reaction is:

ironoxide + carbonmonoxide iron + carbondioxide

Complete and balance the chemical equation for this reaction.

Fe2O3 + ........CO ............... + ...............

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(iii) Name the type of reaction that produces a metal from its metal oxide.

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(b) Steels are produced from molten iron in two stages:

Stage 1 blowing oxygen into molten iron from the blast furnace.

Stage 2 adding other metals to make different steels.

(i) In Stage 1, suggest how the oxygen removes most of the carbon from the molten
iron.

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 (ii) Stage 2 produces different steels.

Suggest why different steels are needed.

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(c) Old 5p and 10p coins in the UK were made from cupro-nickel.
Cupro-nickel is 75% copper and 25% nickel.

New 5p and 10p coins in the UK are now made from nickel-plated steel and not from
cupro-nickel.

Explain why.

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(Total 9 marks)

Q10. An ore contains zinc carbonate (ZnCO3).

(a) Complete the table to show the number of atoms of each element in the formula of zinc
carbonate.

Zinc has been done for you.

Number of atoms in the formula

Element ZnCO3

Zinc, Zn 1

Carbon, C

Oxygen, O
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(b) Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete the sentence and the word equation.

(i) Zinc carbonate decomposes in a similar way to calcium carbonate

water is added.

when cooled.

heated.
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carbon dioxide

(ii) zinc carbonate zinc oxide + hydrogen

oxygen
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(c) Another ore contains a mixture of zinc carbonate and lead carbonate.

The metals zinc and lead are produced from this ore in two stages:

Stage 1 decomposing the carbonates to produce a mixture of zinc oxide and lead oxide.

Stage 2 mixing the oxides with carbon and heating in a furnace.

Some of the reactions in the furnace are:

zinc oxide + carbon zinc + carbon dioxide

lead oxide + carbon lead + carbon dioxide

carbon + oxygen carbon dioxide

Use the information given to help you to answer these questions.

(i) Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete the sentence.
The reaction between carbon and oxygen that heats the

combustion.

furnace is called decomposition.

evaporation.
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(ii) Tick ( ) one reason why carbon reacts with zinc oxide to produce zinc.

Reason Tick ( )

carbon is less reactive than zinc

carbon is more reactive than zinc

carbon is similar in reactivity to zinc

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(iii) In the furnace zinc is a gas but lead is a liquid.

Suggest why.

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(Total 8 marks)

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M1. (a) 2,4
allow electrons in any position on correct shells
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(b) (electron) 79
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neutron
allow phonetic spelling
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118
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(c) (i) 16 and 9

in this order
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(ii) any two from:

ignore reasons about colour / lustre / corrosion / rarity

(100% / pure) gold is soft

allow layers can slide in pure gold

(alloyed) to make the metal hard(er)

ignore just the ring is an alloy
allow (alloyed) to stop the layers sliding
allow (alloyed) to make the metal strong

gold is expensive or alloy is less expensive

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M2. (a) mixture

not compound
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of a metal with other element(s) / metals

not of elements
not of a metal with other substances
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(b) steel
allow stainless steel
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(c) stronger / increased strength / harder / less malleable / less brittle

not corrosion / rusting
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 (d) copper and zinc
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M3. (a) (Chromium =) 20

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in correct order

(Nickel =) 8
accept Chromium = 8 and Nickel = 20 for 1 mark
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(b) (i) (because iron is made up of only) one type of atom

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(ii) not strong

ignore soft / corrosive / flexible
accept it rusts / corrodes or that it could wear away
accept could change shape / bend
accept layers / atoms could slide (over each other)
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(iii) has different sized atoms / particles

or
structure is different/distorted / disrupted
accept not in layers or not regular
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so it is difficult for layers / atoms / particles to slip / slide (over each other)
accept layers cannot slip / slide
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M4. (a) any one advantage from:

conserves resources (of crude oil / metal ores)

ignore can be made into other items
allow the materials (in the pen) are non-renewable
allow less expensive than producing from the raw material

reduces use of landfill

ignore less waste

less use of fuels/energy

less carbon dioxide produced

ignore global warming unqualified
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 any one disadvantage from:

made of different polymers / alloys / materials

difficulty / cost of separating the different materials

allow not all the materials can be recycled
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(b) hard / strong / durable

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resistant to corrosion or unreactive

allow do not rust
do not allow corrosive
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(c) (i) vapours (of decane)

ignore pressure / hot / heat
allowhightemperature(150C)
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passed over a catalyst or porous pot or aluminium oxide

allow catalyst even if incorrectly named
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or
mixed with steam (1)
at a (very) high temperature (1)
iftemperaturequoted,mustbe500C

(ii) many monomers or many ethene molecules

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join / bond
allow addition polymerisation for second mark
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OR
monomers / ethene molecules (1)
form chains or very large molecules (1)
if no other mark awarded allow double bond breaks / opens up or
double bond forms a single bond for 1 mark

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 (d)

allow bonds that do not extend through brackets

7 single bonds are used and are in the correct places with no
additional atoms (1)
the brackets and the n are in the correct place (1)
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M5. (a) coinage bronze

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(b) (97/100) 2.5 = 2.425

each line for 1 mark
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(c) 3 points from the following:

hard wearing,
resistant to corrosion,
low in reactivity
low density
abundant metal/low cost
shiny/appearance
not brittle
(Other properties of metals treated as neutral)
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M6. (a) (because to produce low-carbon steel) oxygen is needed to react with / oxidise carbon
accept (to produce low-carbon steel) oxygen removes carbon as
carbon dioxide
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(to produce titanium) an atmosphere of argon is used because it is unreactive

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any oxygen / air would react with / oxidise magnesium or titanium

ignore magnesium chloride / titanium chloride reacts with oxygen
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 (b) for titanium:
it = titanium
ignore references to abundance / usefulness / temperature /
amounts / relative reactivity / equipment
allow converse arguments for iron

there are more stages in its manufacture

accept slower rate of production or is more labour intensive or a
batch process is used or the process used is not continuous
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larger amounts of energy are needed

accept the titanium chloride is cooled and reheated which is not
energy efficient
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magnesium / chlorine / argon have to be produced or are expensive or are

used
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(c) titanium is below magnesium and above iron (in the reactivity series of metals)
allow similar position to aluminium or carbon or zinc
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because magnesium removes chlorine from titanium chloride and titanium removes
oxygen from iron oxide
allow magnesium displaces titanium and titanium displaces iron
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OR

magnesium more reactive than titanium because it removes chlorine from titanium
chloride (1)
accept magnesium more reactive than titanium because it
displaces titanium

titanium more reactive than iron because it removes oxygen from iron oxide (1)
accept titanium more reactive than iron because it displaces iron
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M7. (a) (i) low percentage / very little of metal (in the ore)
accept only 0.5% metal in the ore or over 99% waste in the ore or
nearly 100% waste in the ore
ignore reference to percentage of metal in the Earth's crust or
energy used or pollution
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 (ii) any one from
(it = iron)

iron uses less energy / fuel for extraction

ignore electrolysis / uses electricity / reactivity

iron has more uses

more demand for iron

ignore high abundance in the Earths crust / high percentage of
metal in ore

iron is stronger
ignore harder

cheaper / costs less

easier to extract
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(b) (i) has melting point lower than 950C

(it = aluminium)
allow has a low melting point
ignore boiling point
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(ii) electrode(s) made of carbon

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oxygen reacts with electrode(s) / carbon

accept C + O2( CO2)
NB oxygen reacts with the carbon electrode(s) = 2 marks
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(iii) any two from:

saves resources / non-renewable

accept aluminium / ore will run out or conserves aluminium

landfill problem
accept aluminium does not corrode

saves energy / fuel / electricity

ignore global warming

less carbon dioxide / carbon emissions or reduces carbon footprint

ignore consequences of quarrying / mining

less quarrying / mining

ignore pollution / harms environment / costs / easy to recycle
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M8. (a) any one from:
ignore references to cost / mining / availability

there are many stages needed (to extract titanium)

allow longer / slower / more complicated process / batch process

more energy / materials are needed (to extract titanium)

ignore higher temperature ignore reference to electrolysis

titanium cannot be extracted by using carbon

do not accept titanium extracted by electrolysis
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(b) carbon dioxide

allow CO2
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(c) magnesium chloride is electrolysed / used / decomposed

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magnesium and / or chlorine are recycled / reused

allow the products of electrolysis are recycled
word / symbol equation = 1 mark
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(d) accept titanium for magnesium

because oxygen / nitrogen (in air) would react with the magnesium
or
would produce magnesium oxide / nitride
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whereas argon is inert / unreactive or argon does not react with magnesium
ignore argon is in Group 0 / noble gas
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(e) 240
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(f) 250
allow range 245 to 250
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M9. (a) (i) contains enough metal to make it economical to extract

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(ii) Fe (+) CO2

formula of both products must be correct
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 (Fe2O3) (+) ....3....(CO)

.....2.....(Fe) (+) .....3...(CO2)

balancing correct
allow correct balancing using Fe2
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(iii) reduction
accept redox
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(b) (i) oxygen reacts with the carbon to produce carbon dioxide
allow carbon monoxide for carbon dioxide
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OR

carbon dioxide is produced (1)

which escapes as a gas (1)

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(ii) to give steels with different / particular properties or for

different / particular uses
ignore to make different alloys
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(c) copper is very expensive

accept the metal (iron / steel) costs less than copper
ignore energy
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because copper ores are low grade / running out

allow copper is rare
ignore nickel
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M10. (a) (carbon =) 1

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(oxygen =) 3
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(b) (i) heated

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(ii) carbon dioxide

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(c) (i) combustion
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(ii) carbon is more reactive than zinc

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(iii) zinc boils (in the furnace / below 1300C)

ignore melting point / changes of state
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lead does not boil / (only) melts in the furnace / boils above 1300C
if no other mark awarded allow zinc has a lower boiling point or lead
has a higher boiling point
or they / zinc and lead have different boiling points for 1 mark
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