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JAMB Chemistry questions: Metals and their compounds

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  1. Question 1· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Which metal is the best conductor of electricity?

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  2. Question 2· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    When potassium is dropped into water, it

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  3. Question 3· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Which of the following shows the metals in order of decreasing reactivity?

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  4. Question 4· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Iron pipes buried in the ground can be protected from rusting by attaching blocks of

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  5. Question 5· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Sodium is extracted industrially by

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  6. Question 6· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Steel is an alloy of iron and

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  7. Question 7· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Aluminium does not corrode readily in air because

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  8. Question 8· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Which metal will displace copper from a solution of copper(II) tetraoxosulphate(VI)?

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  9. Question 9· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Galvanising is the coating of iron with

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  10. Question 10· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Compounds of transition metals are often

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  11. Question 11· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Duralumin is used to build aircraft because it is

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  12. Question 12· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Alloys are generally

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  13. Question 13· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    The main ore of aluminium is

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  14. Question 14· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Which metal is a liquid at room temperature?

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  15. Question 15· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    When sodium hydroxide solution is added to a solution containing iron(III) ions, the precipitate formed is

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  16. Question 16· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Sodium is stored under paraffin oil because it

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  17. Question 17· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Cryolite is added in the extraction of aluminium to

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  18. Question 18· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    In the blast furnace, iron is extracted from its ore using

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  19. Question 19· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Aluminium is extracted from its ore by:

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  20. Question 20· Metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Transition metals commonly

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