Mapa Institute of Technology

Department of Senior High School

CHM01/_____

Name: ____________________ Score:__________

INSTRUCTIONS: (a) ANY FORMS OF CHEATING ARE PROHIBITED, (b) WRITE
LEGIBLY, (c) IF THERE ARE ERASURES, USE CORRECTION TAPE OR PEN.

1. Calcium sulfate is the essential component of plaster and sheet rock. Waste calcium
sulfate can be converted into quicklime, CaO, by reaction with carbon at high
temperatures. The following two reactions represent a sequence of reactions that might
take place:
CaSO4(s) + C(s) CaS(l) + CO(g)
CaS(l) + CaSO4(s) CaO(s) +SO2(g)
What weight of sulfur dioxide (in grams) could be obtained from 1.340 kg of calcium
sulfate? (20 points)

2. Complicated chemical reactions occur at hot springs on the ocean floor. One compound
obtained from such a hot spring consists of Mg, Si, H, and O. From a 0.301-g sample, the
Mg is recovered as 0.104 g of MgO; H is recovered as 23.1 mg of H2O; and Si is
recovered as 0.155 g of SiO2. What is the simplest formula of this compound?

LQ3