AQA Jun 2015 Paper 1 Q7

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section b answer all questions in the spaces provided do not write outside the box a some airbags in cars contain sodium azide nan sodium azide is made by reacting dinitrogen monoxide gas with sodium amide nanh as shown by the equation nanh n o nan naoh nh calculate the mass of sodium amide needed to obtain g of sodium azide assuming there is a yield of sodium azide give your answer to significant figures marks question continues on the next page turn over wmp jun chem do not write outside the box b if a car is involved in a serious collision the sodium azide decomposes to form sodium and nitrogen as shown in the equation nan s na s n g the nitrogen produced then inflates the airbag to a volume of m at a pressure of kpa and temperature of c calculate the minimum mass of sodium azide that must decompose the gas constant r j k mol marks wmp jun chem do not write outside the box c sodium azide is toxic it can be destroyed by reaction with an acidified solution of nitrous acid hno as shown in the equation nan hno hcl n no nacl h o c i a cm volume of the nitrous acid solution was used to destroy completely g of the sodium azide calculate the concentration in mol dm of the nitrous acid used marks c ii nitrous acid decomposes on heating balance the following equation for this reaction hno hno no h o d sodium azide has a high melting point predict the type of bonding in a crystal of sodium azide suggest why its melting point is high mark marks type of bonding reason for high melting point question continues on the next page turn over wmp jun chem

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