FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

COURSE ND: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Pages

ND: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 3

SUBJECT INORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

SUBJECT CODE INOR20SX

DATE 11 April 2011

MARKS 70marks

TIME 90min

EXAMINER S ADONIS

MODERATOR A SPIES

INSTRUCTIONS

 Read all question carefully before starting.

 Please answer all questions

 Attached is a periodic table and a standard reduction potential table

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Question 1

1.1 Make sketches to illustrate the difference between:

1.1.1 bonding and anti-bonding orbitals (2)
1.1.2 σ- bonding and –bonding (4)

1.2 Draw the molecular orbital diagram of O 2+ and determine its bond order and magnetic
behavior. Show all work. (6)

1.2 Balance the following redox reaction in basic medium:

MnO4- + SO32-  MnO2 + SO42- (6)

1.3 Consider the Latimer diagram of Mn:

MnO4- +0.90 V HMnO4- +2.09 V MnO2 +0.90 V Mn3+ +1.56 V Mn2+

a. Write down the disproportionation reaction for HMnO 4- (3)

b. Calculate the standard reduction potential for the MnO 4-  MnO2 reaction (3)

1.4 Name the three types of unit cells and the equivalent number of atoms in each. (6)

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Question 2
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2.1 Name the THREE types of oxides formed by alkali-metals and discuss their tendencies
to form these oxides. (6)

2.2 The oxides named in 2.1 are unstable in the presence of water. Give the reaction with
water for each oxide by means of a balanced equation. (6)

2.3 Taking the elements Beryllium to Barium of Group 2A as examples, show how the
chemical properties vary with atomic number in a group of the periodic table. (4)

2.4 Answer the following question about the Castner-Keller process:

2.4.1 Name the starting material (1)
2.4.2 Name the major alkali product (1)
2.4.3 Name the two valueable by-products (2)
2.4.4 Name one other industrial process that produces the same alkali product. (1)
2.4.5 Name one similarity and one difference between this process
and the Castner’Kellner process. (3)

2.5 In the Solvay process for the industrial preparation of sodium carbonate,
2.5.1 Name the starting materials (3)
2.5.2 One starting material is produced from limestone.
Give the balanced equation. (2)
2.5.3 Name the compound that precipitates and give a balanced equation for the
reaction. (3)
2.5.4 Why can K2CO3 not be made by the Solvay process (1)

2.6 Discuss the industrial process for the extraction of magnesium from sea water (7)
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Total = 70marks