Candidates were able to:
- state the main product formed when methanol reacts with methanoic acid;
- write an equation for the preparation of ethyne from calcium carbide;
- state one use of ethyne;
- state two differences between burning and rusting;
- state one of the laws of chemical combination;
- define the term heat of neutralization;
- state one way of increasing the rate of dissolution of a solid in a liquid;
- state two differences between a mixture and a compound;
- state one major industrial application of fractional distillation, crystallization and sieving;
- state the purpose of carbon and chlorine in the treatment of water for town supply.