JAMB UTME - Chemistry - 2008

Detergents are manufactured with straight hydrocarbon chains so as to make them

Which of the following compounds of trioxonitrate (V) will decomposes to give dinitrogen (i) oxide and water when heated?

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The gas that can be used to demonstrate the experiment is

In the periodic table, the electrical and thermal conductivities are properties of elements that

Leads is used for making bullets and lead shots because of its

The vulcanizer's solution is prepared by dissolving rubber in

When a few drops of water is added to a blue anhydrous cobalt (II) chloride, the colour changes to

A hydrocarbon X with a molar mass of 26 consists of 92.3% carbon. What is its molecular formular

In the course of purifying water for town supply the water is passed through large settlings tanks, containing sodium aluminate (III) to remove

In countries where the temperature falls below 273K, salt is always sprinkled on the icy road in order to

0.05 mol dm-3 HCl is neutralized by 25 cm3 NaOH. If the volume of acid used is 32.00cm3, what is the concentration of the base

16.8 g of sodium hydrogen trioxocarbonate (IV) is completely decomposed by heat. Calculate the volume of carbon(IV) oxide given off s.t.p

[Na 23, C = 12, O = 16, H = 1, Molar volume of a gas at s.t.p = 22.4 dm3]

The experiment that showed that atoms have tiny positively charged nucleus was first carried out by

117.0g of sodium chloride was dissolved in the solubility in 1.0dm3 of distilled water at 25oC. Determine the solubility in mol dm-3 of sodium chloride at that temperature

[Na = 23, Cl = 35.5]

Reduction of alkanonoes with LialH4 produces

Insoluble salts can be prepared by

300 cm3 of gas has a pressure of 800 mmHg. If the pressure is reduced to 650 mmHg, find its volume

The oxidation state of carbon in HCOOH is

Diffusion is slowest in solid particles than in particles of liquid and gases because

The rate of a reaction usually decrease in the concentration of reactants because

What is the IUPAC nomenclature of the compound NaCIO?

In recharging a lead-acid accumulator, the reaction at the cathode can be represented as

${}_{11}^{11}Na{+}_0^{1}n{\to }_{11}^{24}Na$

The reaction above is an example of

Reduction of nitroalkanes, nitrites and amides is a route for the preparation of

The product obtained when a mixture of benzene vapour and hydrogen are passed over nickel catalyst at 180oC is

If the silver mirror test is positive, it indicates the presence of an

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The colour of the fountain water is

Chlorophyll obtained from given leaves of plant can be shown to be composed of more than one coloured component by the technique of

The uncovered raw food that is sold along major roads is likely to contain some amounts of

When a solution of ammonium trioxocarbonate (IV) is added to a solution of an unknown salt, a white precipitate which is soluble in dilute hydrochloric acid but insoluble in ethanoic acid is formed. This indicates the presence of

The basicity of CH3COOH is

2Na(s) + 2H2O(l) → 2NaOH(aq) + H2(g)

From the equation above, calculate the mass of sodium hydroxide produced by 2.3g of sodium.

[H = 1, O = 16, Na = 23]

Air boiled out of water as steam is richer in

If a given quantity of electricity liberates 0.65g of Zn2+, what amount of Hg2+ would be liberated by the same quantity of current?

[Zn = 65, Hg = 201]

The IUPAC nomenclature for the structure above is

If glucose is heated with concentration tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid, it will be dehydrated to

The atom of an element X is represented as ${}_z^{y}X$. The basic chemical properties of X depend on the value of

NH3(g) + HCl(s) → NH4Cl(s)

The entropy change in the system above is

Which of the following reaction is endothermic?

Choose the correct option from the structure above

A catalyst speeds up the rate of chemical reaction by

The type of isomerism shown by cis- and trans- isomers is

Polyvinyl chloride is used in the production of

The most common ores of iron include

The diagram above represent the electron sub-level for

The substance that is used in the steel industry for the removal of carbon, sulphur and phosphorus impurities from pig iron is