Which compound has an addition reaction with chlorine? A. B. C. D.

C2H4 C2H6 C2H5OH CH3CO2H Alkanes

Question 2: under sub-topic

Which statements are true of alkanes? 1. Their general formulae is CnH2n 2. They are flammable 3. They react with chlorine A) B) C) D) 1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3 Alkenes

Question 3: under sub-topic

Two gases, X and Y, have the following properties. 1. X dissolves in aqueous sodium hydroxide but Y is insoluble 2. Y burns in excess oxygen to give X and water only 3. Y does not decolourise aqueous bromine What are gases X and Y respectively? A) B) C) D) Carbon Carbon Carbon Carbon monoxide and ethene monoxide and ethane dioxide and ethene dioxide and ethane

Which statement is true for both propene and polypropene? A) They have identical empirical formulae B) They are insoluble in organic solvents C) They have identical molecular formulae D) They decolourise liquid bromine solution rapidly Answer is (A). A) They have identical empirical formulae Polypropene is formed from propene as a monomer.The empirical formulae is CH2. Polypropene is an or lost. In fact, er. Thus, addional tion polymers will Additional Polymer. For Additional Polymer, not atoms are added the double bonds only unfolds, open up and accept other monom polymer has same empirical formulae as their monomer. Condesa be different.

B) They are insoluble in organic solvents

I was taught in school that the first 4 members of alkenes are soluble, hence up on seeing this option, i eliminated it. Not sure what your school teacher said, but In fact, all hydrocarbon molecules wi ll be soluble in ORGANIC solvents. This is bcos ORGANIC solvents are also Hydroc arbon in nature. In JC,POLY n UNI they say Like dissolves Like " C) They have identical molecular formulae Propene and Polypropene do not have identical molecular formuale. Propene is given C3H6, while Polypropene is (C3H6)x. Polypropene is represented as: CC3H6)n where n represents a large number. I am tying to say that we use n inste ad of x for representing molecular formulae for polymer. D) They decolourise liquid bromine solution rapidly Propene has a C=C double bond in it s structure, hence it will decolourise bromine (aq). However, Polypropene, do not have C=C double bond, as it polymerizes and the bon ds open up . Well Done. Good explaination

Q) Explain why graphite has a lower melting point than diamond. (1 mark). Graphite are made up of layers of hexagonal rings that are held together by wea k intermolecular van der Waals forces of attraction. Lesser energy is required t o overcome such weak forces. As a result, it has a lower melting point than diam ond which is made of carbon atoms that are covalently bonded strongly together t o form an extensive 3-D network with tetrahedral arrrangement. A large amount of energy is required to break these strong covalent bonds.