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GCSE (9−1) Chemistry B (Twenty First Century Science)
J258/03 Breadth in Chemistry (Higher Tier)
May 2023




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1 Argon forms 1% of the air and is unreactive.

Argon is used as a replacement for nitrogen when nitrogen is too reactive.

(a) Argon is unreactive because it is in Group 0 of the Periodic Table.

State one other property of argon.

............................................................................................................................................ [1]

(b) Chlorine is very reactive. Argon is unreactive.

Explain how the reactivity of these two elements are related to the arrangement of electrons
in their atoms.

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............................................................................................................................................ [2]

(c) An element X has two electron shells with one electron in its outer shell.

(i) Which statements about X are true, and which are false?

Tick (✓) one box in each row.

True False

X is a metal.

X is in the first period of the Periodic Table.

X forms X– ions.

X loses one electron when it reacts.
[2]

(ii) Name one element that is more reactive than element X.

.................................................................................................................................... [1]




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(d) An argon atom has a mass number of 40.

Calculate the number of neutrons in its nucleus.

Use the Periodic Table.




Number of neutrons =...........................................................[1]




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