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1
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What is most of the glass we use called

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Soda - lime glass

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2
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How is soda-lime glass made

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Heating a mixture of sand, sodium carbonate and limestone

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What is borosilicate

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A glass made of sand and boron trioxide

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4
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Why may borosilicate be used instead of soda lime glass

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It has a higher melting point

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5
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How are clay ceramics made

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Shaping wet clay and then heating

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6
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What does the properties of polymers depend on

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The monomer units
Size of the chains
Molecular structure and density

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What are thermosetting polymers

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Polymers that contain strong covalent bonds between layers

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What are thermosoftening polymers

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Polymers that melt when heated

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9
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What are the properties of thermosetting polymers

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Hard plastics
High melting point

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10
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What are are the properties of thermosoftening polymers

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Soft plastics
Low melting point

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11
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Explain how potable water is produced from fresh water

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Choose an appropriate source of water
Pass through filter beds
Sterilise to destroy harmful microbes

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12
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What do humans use resources for

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Warmth,shelter, food and transport

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13
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What should drinking water contain for human consumption

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Sufficiently low levels of dissolved salts and microbes

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14
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What is potable water

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Water that is safe to drink

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15
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What does the rain in the UK provide

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Water with a low levels of dissolving substances that connect in the ground, lakes and rivers

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16
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How is potable water produced

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Choosing an appropriate source of water
Passing the water through filter beds
Sterilising

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17
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What sterilising agents can be used for potable water

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Chlorine
ozone
ultraviolet light

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18
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What may be required of supplies of freshwater are limited

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Desalination of salty water or seawater

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19
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How can desalination be carried out

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Through distillation or reverse osmosis 

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20
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What’s the disadvantages of desalination

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They require large amounts of energy

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21
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What is wastewater produced by

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Urban lifestyles and industrial processes

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22
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What does waste water need before being released into the environment

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Treating

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23
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What does sewage and agricultural waste water require removal of

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Organic matter and harmful microbes

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24
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Industrial waste requires the removal of

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Organic matter and harmful chemicals

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25
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What does sewage treatment include

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  • Screening and grit removal
    - sedimentation to produce sewage sludge and effluent
  • Anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge
  • Aerobic biological treatment of effluent
26
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What are the methods of extracting low-grade ores

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Bioleaching and phytomining

27
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What do the new ways of extracting low-grade ores avoid

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Traditional mining methods of digging and moving and disposing amounts of rock

28
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Describe phytomining

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  • Plants absorb the metal compounds
  • plants are harvested and then burnt to produce ash that contains metal compounds
29
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Describe bioleaching

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Bacteria produce leachate solutions that contain metal compounds that can be processed to obtain the metal

30
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What do life-cycle assessments do

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Assess the environmental impact of products

31
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What are the four stages of the life-cycle assessment

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  • Extracting and processing raw materials
  • Manufacturing and packaging
  • Use an operation during its lifetime
    - Disposal at the end of its useful life including transport and distribution
32
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What is Corrosion 

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The destruction of materials by chemical reactions with substances in the environment

33
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What is rusting

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An example of corrosion which only applies to iron

34
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What is required for iron to rust

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Air and water

35
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How can corrosion be prevented

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Applying a coating that acts as a barrier such as grease paint or electroplating

36
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How was aluminium prevented from corrosion

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Aluminium has an oxide coating

37
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What does coating a more reactive substance provide

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Sacrificial protection

38
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What is an example of sacrificial protection

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Galvanising zinc with iron

39
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What is Bronze an alloy of

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Copper and tin

40
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What is brass and alloy of

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Copper and zinc

41
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What is gold alloyed with in jewellery

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Silver copper and zinc

42
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What is the proportion of gold measured in

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Carats

43
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What is steel an alloy of

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Iron with specific amounts of carbon and other metals

44
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What are the properties of high carbon steel

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Strong but brittle

45
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What are the properties of low carbon steel

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Softer and more easily shaped

46
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What does stainless steel contain

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Chromium and nickel which are resistant to corrosion

47
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What are the properties of aluminium alloys

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Low density

48
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What are the raw materials of the Haber process?

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nitrogen and ammonia

49
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Where do they get the Nitrogen from for the Haber process?

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the air

50
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Where do they get the hydrogen from for the Haber process?

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methane

51
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What are the conditions for the Haber process?

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Iron catalyst
450oC
200atm pressure

52
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How is the ammonia produced in the Haber process removed?

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Cooled and liquified

53
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What happens to left over hydrogen and nitrogen in the Haber process?

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Recycled back through the process

54
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Which compounds are used as fertilisers?

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Those containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium

55
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What 2 things are made using ammonia in the manufacture of fertilisers?

A

ammonium salts
Nitric acid

56
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What 2 potassium salts are obtained by mining?

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Potassium chloride and potassium sulfate

57
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How is phosphate rock treated so that it can be used as a fertiliser?

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Reacted with nitric acid or sulfuric acid to make soluble salts

58
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What salt is made when phosphate rock reacts with nitric acid?

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Calcium nitrate

59
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What salt is made when phosphate rock reacts with sulfuric acid?

A

Single super phosphate

60
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What salt is made when phosphate rock reacts with phosphoric acid?

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Triple super phosphate

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