AQA Jun 2010 Paper 1 Q2

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the following diagram shows the first ionisation energies of some period elements do not write outside the box first ionisation energy kj mol na mg al si cl a draw a cross on the diagram to show the first ionisation energy of aluminium mark b write an equation to show the process that occurs when the first ionisation energy of aluminium is measured marks c state which of the first second or third ionisations of aluminium would produce an ion with the electron configuration s s p s mark d explain why the value of the first ionisation energy of sulfur is less than the value of the first ionisation energy of phosphorus marks extra space wmp jun chem do not write outside the box e identify the element in period that has the highest first ionisation energy and give its electron configuration element electron configuration marks f state the trend in first ionisation energies in group from beryllium to barium explain your answer in terms of a suitable model of atomic structure trend explanation marks extra space turn over for the next question turn over wmp jun chem do not write outside the box in this question give all your answers to three significant figures magnesium nitrate decomposes on heating to form magnesium oxide nitrogen dioxide and oxygen as shown in the following equation mg no s mgo s no g o g a thermal decomposition of a sample of magnesium nitrate produced g of magnesium oxide a i calculate the amount in moles of mgo in g of magnesium oxide marks a ii calculate the total amount in moles of gas produced from this sample of magnesium nitrate mark b in another experiment a different sample of magnesium nitrate decomposed to produce mol of gas calculate the volume in dm that this gas would occupy at k and pa the gas constant r j k mol marks extra space wmp jun chem

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