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Mole Concept
Topic 03 (Moles) Sub-Topical
14. What is the mass of aluminium in 204 g of aluminium oxide,
Basic Concepts Al2O3?
A 26 g B 27 g C 54 g D 108 g
1. What has a mass equal to that of one mole of water?
A 24 dm3 of water B one mole of steam
C one molecule of water D two moles of hydrogen molecules
15. Which fertiliser provides the most nitrogen per mole?
and one mole of oxygen molecules
A NH4NO3 B NaNO3 C (NH4)3PO4 D (NH4)2SO4
Q.1. A fertiliser contains three compounds:
2. An 8 g sample of oxygen atoms contains the same number of atoms as
16 g of element X. What is the relative atomic mass, Ar, of X?  ammonium sulphate, (NH4)2SO4,
A4 B8 C 16 D 32  iron(II) sulphate, FeSO4,
 sand, SiO2.
3. What is the mass of oxygen contained in 72 g of pure water? [Relative (a)(i) Calculate the percentage by mass of nitrogen in
atomic masses: H = 1; 6 = 16] ammonium sulphate.
A 16 g B 32 g C 64 g D 70 g

4. One mole of hydrated copper(II) sulphate, CuSO 4.5H2O, is dissolved in

water. How many moles of ions does the solution contain? .................................. % [2]
A1 B2 C6 D7 (ii) Calculate the percentage of copper by mass in Cu 2O.
5. Which quantity is the same for one mole of ethanol and one mole of [2]
ethane?
A mass B number of atoms
C number of molecules D volume at r.t.p.

6. Which of the following contains the same number of molecules as (d) Fertilisers are added to the soil to improve crop yields.
9 g of water? A farmer has the choice of two fertilisers, ammonium
A 2 g of hydrogen gas B 14 g of nitrogen gas nitrate, NH4NO3,
C 32 g of oxygen gas D 44 g of carbon dioxide or diammonium hydrogen phosphate, (NH4)2HPO4.
Show by calculation which of these fertilisers contains
7. The relative atomic mass of chlorine is 35.5. What is the mass of 2 mol
the greater
of chlorine gas?
A 142g B 71g C 35.5g D 18.75g E 2g percentage of nitrogen by mass. You must show your
8. Which sulphide contains the greatest mass of sulphur in a 10 g sample? working. [3]
sulphide formula mass of one mole
A NiS 90 g
B CuS 96 g
C FeS2 120 g
D MoS2 160 g
E PbS 239 g

9. Which of the following has the same Mr as magnesium silicate, MgSiO3?

A Al2O3 B CaCO3 C CaSO3 D K2CO3 E NaNO3
Formula
10. How many moles of hydrogen atoms does 3.2 g of methane, CH 4,
contain? 16. 124 g of phosphorus vapour has the same volume as 71
A 0.02 B 0.2 C 0.4 D 0.8 E 2.0 g of chlorine gas at the same temperature and pressure.
What is the formula of a molecule of phosphorus?
Percentage Composition A P8 B P4 C P2 DP
17. The formula of china clay (aluminium silicate) was shown in
11.Which sulphide contains the greatest mass of an old book as Al2O3.2SiO2.2H2O. This formula is shown in a
sulphur in a 10 g sample? modern book as Al2(OH)x Si2Oy. What are the values of x and y
sulpid formul mass of one in the modern formula?
e a mole /g
x y
A NiS 90
A 2 4
B FeS2 120
B 2 5
C MoS2 160
C 4 3
D PbS 239
D 4 5
12. The relative molecular mass, Mr, of copper(II) sulphate, 18. The formula of an oxide of uranium is UO2.
CuSO4, is 160. The relative molecular mass, Mr, of water is 18. What is the formula of the corresponding chloride?
What is the percentage by mass of water in copper(II) sulphate A UCl2 B UCl4 C U2Cl D U4Cl
crystals, CuSO4.5H2O?
19. The element X forms a gaseous molecule X2. One volume of
18x100 5x18x100 18x100 5x18x100 X2 combines with one volume of hydrogen to form two volumes of
A= B= C= D=
160 160+18 160+18 160+(5x18) a gaseous hydride. What is the formula for the hydride of X?
13. Which substance has the highest percentage by mass of A HX B HX2 C H2X D H2X2
nitrogen?
20. In an experiment 264 g of strontium reacts with 213 g of
A NH4NO3 Mr = 80 B (NH4)2SO4 Mr = 132
chlorine.
C CO(NH2)2 Mr = 60 D (NH4)3PO4 Mr = 149

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What is the formula of strontium chloride? and 2.13 g oxygen. Determine the empirical formula of this
A SrCl B SrCl2 C SrCl3 D Sr2Cl compound.
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21. What is the formula of iron(lll) nitrate?
A Fe(NO3)3 B Fe2(NO3)3 C Fe3NO3 D Fe3(NO3)2
22. Which of the following is the molecular formula of a hydrocarbon which
contains 85.7% carbon and 14.3% hydrogen by mass?
A CH2 B CH4 C C2H2 D C2H4 E C2H6
23. An element X forms compounds having the formulae Na2X, XO2 and
XO3. What is X likely to be?
A carbon B chlorine C lead D nitrogen E sulphur

24. Which one of the following compounds does not have the empirical (c) Verdigris has the formula [Cu(CH 3CO2)2]2.Cu(OH)2.xH2O.
formula CH2O? It has a relative formula mass of 552. Calculate the value of
A ethanoic acid, CH3CO2H B ethanol, CH3CH2OH x in the formula.
C glucose, C6H12O6 D methanal, HCHO
E methyl methanoate. HCO2CH3
25. An oxide of titanium contains 60% by mass of titanium (Ti). What is the
empirical formula for this oxide?
A TiO B TiO2 C Ti2O D Ti2O3 E Ti2O5
26. One mole of a sample of hydrated sodium sulphide contains 162 g of
water of crystallization. What is the correct formula of this compound?
A Na2S.3H2O B Na2S.5H2O C Na2S.7H2O D Na2S.9H2O

Q.2. A sample of the compound was analysed and found to

x is …………………. [2]
contain
0.72 g of carbon, 0.18 g of hydrogen and 0.96 g of
oxygen.
Show that the empirical formula of the compound is (d) Butanoic acid can be converted into an ester by heating
CH3O. [3] it with an alcohol and a few drops of concentrated sulphuric
acid.
A sample of an ester contains 0.18 g of carbon, 0.03 g of
hydrogen and 0.08 g of oxygen. The relative molecular mass
of the ester is 116. Calculate both the empirical and
molecular formulae of this ester.

(a) A sample of a compound of iron is analysed. The sample Q.3.CFCs are compounds that contain only carbon, chlorine and fluorine.
contains 0.547 g of potassium, 0.195 g of iron, 0.252 g of They are atmospheric pollutants and destroy ozone in the upper
carbon and 0.294 g of nitrogen. Calculate the empirical atmosphere.
formula of this compound. (a) 'CFCs' has the following composition, by mass:
C 8.7%; F, 13.8%; Cl, 77.5%.
Calculate the empirical formula of CFC11.

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(b) Carbon monoxide reacts with nickel to form a compound
containing nickel, carbon and oxygen only. Analysis of 5.70 g Molar Gas Volume
of this compound showed that it contained 1.97 g nickel, 1. A volume of ethane, C2H6, at r.t.p. has a mass of 20 g.
1.60 g carbon

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What is the mass of an equal volume of propene, C 3H6, at
r.t.p.? 13. The equation for the burning of hydrogen is:
A 20 g B 21 g C 28 g D 42 g 2H2(g) + O2(g)  2H2O(g)
One mole of hydrogen gas is mixed with one mole of oxygen gas and
burnt. What will be present after the reaction?
2. What is the ratio of the volume of 2 g of hydrogen to the
A 1 mol of steam only
volume of 16 g of methane, both volumes at r.t.p.?
B 1 mol of steam +0.5 mol of oxygen gas
A 1 to 1 B 1 to 2 C 1 to 8 D 2 to 1
C 1 mol of steam + 0.5 mol of hydrogen gas
D 2 mol of steam only
3. 20 cm3 of carbon monoxide are reacted with 10cm3 of oxygen. The
E 2 mol of steam + 0.5 mol of hydrogen gas
equation for the reaction is shown.
2CO + O2  2CO2 14. Sodium hydrogen carbonate decomposes on heating:
Which volume of carbon dioxide will be produced? (all volumes are 2NaHCO3  Na2CO3 + H3O + CO2
measured at r.t.p.) In an experiment, a 5 mol sample of sodium hydrogen carbonate was
A 10 cm3 B 20 cm3 C 30 cm3 D 40 cm3 heated. What volume of carbon dioxide, measured at room temperature
and pressure, would be evolved?
4. Propane burns completely in oxygen according to the equation shown. A 24 dm3 B 36 dm3 C 48 dm3 D 60 dm3 E 72 dm8
C3H8 (g) + 5O2 (g)  3CO2 (g) + 4H2O(l)
If 0.1 mol of propane gas is burnt completely, which volume of gaseous 15. When sugar (M = 342) is fermented using yeast, the following reaction
product is obtained, measured at room temperature and pressure? takes place.
A 0.1 dm3 B 0.3 dm3 C 2.4 dm3 D 7.2 dm3 C12H22O11 H2O  4C2H5OH + 4CO2
5. Sodium reacts with water according to the equation below. What volume of carbon dioxide, at r.t.p., would be produced by the
2Na + 2H2O  2NaOH + H2 complete fermentation of 1kg (1000 g) of sugar?
Which volume of hydrogen is produced at r.t.p. when 0.2 mol of sodium 342x4x24
reacts? A  dm3
A 1.2 dm3 B 2.4 dm3 C 4.8 dm3 D 9.6 d m3 1000
6. A volume of ethane, C2H6, at r.t.p. has a mass of 20 g. What is the mass
of an equal volume of propene, C3H6, at r.t.p.? 342x24
A 20 g B 21 g C 28 g D 42 g B  dm3
1000x4
7. What is the ratio of the volume of 2 g of hydrogen to the volume of 16g
of methane, both volumes at r.t.p.? 1000x4x24
A 1 to 1 B 1 to 2 C 1 to 8 D 2 to 1
C  dm3
342
1000x24
D  dm3
8. 20 cm3 of oxygen are reacted with 20 cm3 of carbon monoxide. What are
342
the volumes of the gases remaining, at the original temperature and
1000x4
pressure?
oxygen Carbon Carbon E  dm3
/cm3 monoxide /cm3 dioxide /cm3 342x24
A 0 0 20
B 0 0 40 16. What volume of sulphur dioxide (at r.t.p.) is given off on
C 10 0 20 heating 9.7 g of zinc sulphide, ZnS?
D 10 10 20 2ZnS + 3O2  2ZnO + 2SO2
A 1.2 dm3 B 2.4 dm8 C 3.6 dm8 D 4.8 dm8
9. Methane reacts with steam to form hydrogen and carbon monoxide as
shown below.
CH4 + H2O  CO + 3H2
What volume of hydrogen can be obtained from 100cm3 of methane (at the
same temperature and pressure)?
A 300cm3 B 200cm3 C 150cm3 D 100cm3 E 50cm3
10. Hydrogen reacts with oxygen as shown in the equation below :
2H2(g) + O2(g)  2H2O(l)
How much gas will remain if 2dm 3 of hydrogen are reacted with 1dm 3 of
oxygen at room temperature?
A 0 dm3 B 1dm3 C 2dm3 D 3 dm3 E 5dm3
11. A sample of 50cm3 of carbon monoxide was burned in 50cm3 of
oxygen. What was the composition of the gas remaining after the reaction?
(All measurements were made at the same temperature and pressure).
A 50cm3 of carbon dioxide only
B 100cm3 of carbon dioxide only
C 50 cm3 of carbon dioxide and 25cm3 of excess carbon monoxide
D 50cm3 of carbon dioxide and 25cm3 of excess oxygen
B 75cm3of carbon dioxide and25cm3 of excess oxygen

12. When 0.1 g of magnesium is treated with an excess of hydrochloric

acid, what volume of gas at room temperature and pressure will be
produced?
A 10cm3 B 24cm3 C 48cm3 D 50cm3 E 100cm3

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