WAEC (WASSCE) Chemistry · Inorganic chemistry: non-metals and metals
Metals and their compounds: WAEC Chemistry Past Questions and Answers
What the WAEC syllabus covers in Metals and their compounds
Our summary: How aluminium, iron and tin are extracted, common alloys, and sodium, calcium, copper and their compounds.
- Extraction of metals: aluminium; iron; tin ((1) Raw materials, processing, main products and by-products. (2) Uses of metals.)
- Alloys (Common alloys of Cu, Al, Pb, Fe, Sn and their uses.)
- Properties and uses of sodium and its compounds (Compounds must be limited to NaCl, NaOH, Na₂CO₃, NaNO₃, Na₂SO₄ and NaClO.)
- Properties and uses of calcium and its compounds (The compounds must be limited to CaCO₃, CaO, CaSO₄, CaCl₂, and Ca(OH)₂.)
- Reactivity of iron and aluminium with air, water and acids
- Properties and uses of copper and its compounds (The compounds must be limited to CuSO₄, CuO and CuCl₂.)
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WAEC (WASSCE) Chemistry questions on Metals and their compounds
- WAEC 2024The metallic bonding in aluminium is strong because of large number of
- WAEC 2024The main function of limestone in the blast furnace during the extraction of iron is to
- WAEC 2024Aluminium is suitable for making alloys for aircraft construction because it
- WAEC 2024The most important ore of aluminium is
- WAEC 2023Copper (II) ions are able to participate in co-ordinate covalent bonding because they
- WAEC 2022Which of the following properties indicate that an element is a metal. It I. reacts with oxygen to form an acidic oxide II. forms ionic chlorides III. has…
- WAEC 2022Which of the following elements would displace copper from a solution of copper ions?
- WAEC 2021What would be observed when aqueous ammonia is added in drops and then in excess to a solution of copper(II) ions?
- WAEC 2020Which of the following solids would not decompose on heating?
- WAEC 2020Which of the following metals does not react with water to produce hydrogen?
- WAEC 2019Which of the following metals reacts slowly with cold water?
- WAEC 2019When quicklime dissolves in water?
- WAEC 2018Stainless steel is an alloy comprising of
- WAEC 2018The process of extraction of iron from its ore is
- WAEC 2018Cu and HNO 3 are not suitable for preparing hydrogen gas because of their
- WAEC 2017When water was added to a white anhydrous substance X, the colour changed to blue. X is
- WAEC 2016Which of the following elements would produce coloured ion in agueous solution?
- WAEC 2016Which of the following metals is common to both brass and bronze?
- WAEC 2016Metals can be stretched into wires because they are
- WAEC 2015Which of the following trioxonitrate(V) salts would decompose on heating to form a metal?
- WAEC 2015The correct balanced equation for the reaction between aluminium metal and hot concentrated tetraoxosulphate(VI)acid is ?
- WAEC 2015Which of the following oxides can be reduced by hydrogen?
- WAEC 2014Zinc oxide is said to be amphoteric because it
- WAEC 2014The gases produced when Cu(NO3)2(s) was heated are
- WAEC 2014The most common process in the extraction of metals from their ore is
- WAEC 2013Bronze is a mixture of
- WAEC 2013The main function of limestone in the blast furnace is to
- WAEC 2012A metal that is widely used in the manufacture of paints and overhead electric cables is
- WAEC 2012Brass is a mixture of
- WAEC 2012Which of the following metals would readily displace hydrogen from steam?
- WAEC 2012The complex compound formed when aluminum dissolves in aqueous sodium hydroxide is
- WAEC 2012The energy evolved when magnesium burns in air is in the form of
- WAEC 2011The following substances are ores of metals except
- WAEC 2011Aluminium is extracted electrolysis from
- WAEC 2011Which of the following metallic oxides is amphoteric?
- WAEC 2011Which of the following processes does not involve the use of limestone?
- WAEC 2011Which of the following metals could be used as sacrifical anode for preventing the corrosion of iron?
- WAEC 2010The main function of limestone in the blast furnance is to
- WAEC 2010Which of the following metals exists as liquid at ordinary temperature?
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