Beaconhouse School System
Jauhar Campus
Metals Assignment
Class: XI Section: ______ Marks: 15
Subject: Chemistry Time: 20 minutes
Name: _________________________ Date:_______________________
Q.1: The table shows part of the reactivity series of metals
An iron object plated with either zinc or tin will not rust.
(i) Suggest how tin stops iron from rusting.
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(ii) Iron is extracted by reducing iron ore in a blast furnace. The raw materials used are iron ore,
coke, air and limestone.
(a) Name an ore of iron.
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(b) Explain, by reference to the chemical reactions involved, why limestone is used in the
blast furnace.
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(c) Coke burns in oxygen to form carbon dioxide.
Explain, in terms of bond breaking and bond making, why this reaction is exothermic.
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(d) In the centre of the blast furnace iron(III) oxide, Fe2O3, is reduced by carbon monoxide
to form iron and carbon dioxide. Near the bottom of the blast furnace the remaining
iron(III) oxide is reduced by carbon to form iron and carbon monoxide.
Write equations for both of these reactions.
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(e) When cold, the iron obtained from the blast furnace is brittle.
How can this iron from the blast furnace be converted to mild steel?
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Q.2: Steel is more resistant to corrosion than iron.
(a) What are the essential conditions for the corrosion of iron?
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(b) Steel is an alloy.
Explain the meaning of the term alloy.
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(c) Samples of iron were placed in aqueous solutions having different pH values.
The table shows how the speed of corrosion of iron varies with the pH of the solution.
Describe how pH affects the speed of corrosion of iron.
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