JAMB Chemistry Past Questions & Answers - Page 348

1,736.

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

A.

large particles

B.

germs

C.

fine particles

D.

odour

Correct answer is C

Potash alum [kAl(S\({O}_4\))\(_2\)] n sodium aluminate (ii) (NaHCO\(_2\)) are added to cause coagulation.

As  fine particles to clump together, forming large particles heavy enough to settle at the bottom of the tanks as impurities.

1,737.

Air boiled out of water as steam is richer in

A.

nitrogen and oxygen

B.

arbon (IV) oxide and oxygen

C.

noble gases and carbon (IV) oxide

D.

oxygen and noble gases

Correct answer is B

Air boiled out of water as steam is richer in carbon(IV)oxide and oxygen.

1,738.

\( _{11} ^{23}Na + _0^1n → _{11}^{24}Na \)
The reaction above is an example of

A.

nuclear fission

B.

nuclear fusion

C.

artificial transmutation

D.

beta decay

Correct answer is C

Artificial transmutation. It is an artificially induced nuclear reaction caused by the bombardment of a nucleus with subatomic particles or small nuclei. It is also called artififcial radioactivity.

1,739.

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

A.

decrease across the period and increase down the group

B.

increase across the period and decrease down the group

C.

decrease across the period and down the group

D.

increase acrosss the period and down the group

Correct answer is A

In the periodic table, electrical and thermal conductivities of elements decrease across the period and increase down the group.

1,740.

The diagram above represent the electron sub-level for

A.

carbon

B.

nitrogen

C.

oxygen

D.

flourine

Correct answer is C

The number of arrows indicates the number of electrons. Since the atomic number of oxygen is 8, the element is oxygen.