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    Concentrated aqueous sodium chloride contains Na+ and Cl- ions. When electrolysed using graphite electrodes, chlorine gas forms at the anode and sodium forms at the cathode. Impure copper can be purified by electrolysis using a cell with copper electrodes and an electrolyte like copper sulfate. Bauxite is an aluminum ore that is treated with sodium hydroxide to separate aluminum oxide from iron(III) oxide impurities. Cryolite lowers the melting point of aluminum oxide in the electrolysis process used to extract aluminum commercially. Acidic foods can be packed in aluminum containers because a protective oxide layer forms on the aluminum surface.

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    Concentrated aqueous sodium chloride contains Na+ and Cl- ions. When electrolysed using graphite electrodes, chlorine gas forms at the anode and sodium forms at the cathode. Impure copper can be purified by electrolysis using a cell with copper electrodes and an electrolyte like copper sulfate. Bauxite is an aluminum ore that is treated with sodium hydroxide to separate aluminum oxide from iron(III) oxide impurities. Cryolite lowers the melting point of aluminum oxide in the electrolysis process used to extract aluminum commercially. Acidic foods can be packed in aluminum containers because a protective oxide layer forms on the aluminum surface.

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    Concentrated aqueous sodium chloride contains Na+ and Cl- ions. When electrolysed using graphite electrodes, chlorine gas forms at the anode and sodium forms at the cathode. Impure copper can be purified by electrolysis using a cell with copper electrodes and an electrolyte like copper sulfate. Bauxite is an aluminum ore that is treated with sodium hydroxide to separate aluminum oxide from iron(III) oxide impurities. Cryolite lowers the melting point of aluminum oxide in the electrolysis process used to extract aluminum commercially. Acidic foods can be packed in aluminum containers because a protective oxide layer forms on the aluminum surface.

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    Concentrated aqueous sodium chloride contains Na+ and Cl- ions. When electrolysed using graphite electrodes, chlorine gas forms at the anode and sodium forms at the cathode. Impure copper can be purified by electrolysis using a cell with copper electrodes and an electrolyte like copper sulfate. Bauxite is an aluminum ore that is treated with sodium hydroxide to separate aluminum oxide from iron(III) oxide impurities. Cryolite lowers the melting point of aluminum oxide in the electrolysis process used to extract aluminum commercially. Acidic foods can be packed in aluminum containers because a protective oxide layer forms on the aluminum surface.

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    Question 2

    (a) Concentrated aqueous sodium chloride contains H + and OH ions.


    (i) Give the formulae of two other ions present in concentrated aqueous sodium
    chloride.
    .............................................................................................................................[1]
    (ii) Concentrated aqueous sodium chloride is electrolysed using inert graphite
    electrodes.
    Name the product formed at each electrode.
    product at
    anode ......................................................................................................
    product at cathode ...............................................................................................
    [2]
    (b) Impure copper can be purified by electrolysis.
    Draw a labelled diagram of the electrolytic cell that can be used to purify copper.

    (c) Aluminium is extracted commercially from an aluminium ore by electrolysis.


    (i) Name an ore containing aluminium.
    .............................................................................................................................[1]
    (ii) Name the element used as the anode in this process.
    .............................................................................................................................[1]

    (c) In the production of aluminium, sodium hydroxide is used to separate


    aluminium oxide from the impurities in the bauxite ore. The main impurity in the
    ore is iron(III) oxide.
    Aluminium oxide is an amphoteric oxide whilst iron(III) oxide is a basic oxide.
    Suggest how these two oxides can be separated by the addition of aqueous
    sodium hydroxide.
    .................................................................................................................................
    .................................................................................................................................
    ............................................................................................................................ [2]
    (d) Aluminium is extracted by the electrolysis of a mixture of molten aluminium
    oxide and cryolite. What is the function of the cryolite?
    ............................................................................................................................ [1]
    (e) Acidic foods can be safely packed in aluminium containers.
    Explain why the acid in the food does not attack the aluminium, despite the fact
    that
    aluminium is a reactive metal.
    .................................................................................................................................
    ............................................................................................................................ [2]
    What is the mass of aluminum produce in 1.00 hr by the electrolysis of molten
    AlCl3 if the electrical current is 8.0) A

    Question 3
    a)
    Explain what you understand by the

    term electrolysis.

    ______________________________________________________________ [2]
    b)

    Name the ore from which aluminium

    is extracted.

    ______________________________________________________________ [1]
    c)
    (i)

    The electrolysis of the purified ore is carried out in the Hall-Hroult cell.
    In this cell the anode and cathode are made of graphite. The electrolyte is
    molten aluminium oxide dissolved in cryolite, Na3AlF6.
    Explain what is meant by each of the
    terms below:

    Anode _____________________________________________ [1]


    Cathode ____________________________________________ [1]
    Electrolyte _________________________________________ [2]
    (ii)
    Give two reasons why graphite is a
    suitable material from which to
    make the anode and cathode.

    _____________________________________________________________ [2]
    (iii)

    Why is the aluminium oxide

    dissolved in molten cryolite?

    ______________________________________________________ [2]
    d)(i) Name the products formed a the electrodes during electrolysis and
    give balanced, ionic equations for
    the reactions taking place.
    Anode
    Cathode
    Name of Product

    Balanced ionic
    equation

    (ii)

    At which electrode is reduction

    taking place? Explain your answer.

    _________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________ [3]
    e)
    Aluminium is an extremely important metal with widespread uses. Give
    two uses of aluminium
    and the property on which each use
    depends.
    Use _______________________________________________ [1]
    Property ___________________________________________ [2]
    Use _______________________________________________ [1]
    Property ___________________________________________ [2]
    f)
    Aluminium is widely recycled.
    Suggest two reasons why aluminium
    metal is recycled.

    ________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________ [2]

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