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A-LevelChemistryGroup 29701/12 · May/June 2010 · Q81 Mark

Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question. 2.920 g of a Group II metal, X, reacts with an excess of chlorine to form 5.287 g of a compound with formula XC12. What is metal X?

Abarium

Bcalcium

Cmagnesium

Dstrontium

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D: strontium

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Topic: Group 2, A-Level Chemistry (syllabus 9701). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
Source: A-Level Chemistry, May/June 2010 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 8.

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