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Official AQA GCSE Chemistry Higher Tier Paper 1 (8462/1H) from June 2025. Periodic table, bonding, electrolysis, atom economy. Mark scheme included.

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Materials ForvExaminer’svUse
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 thevperiodicvtablev(enclosed).
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Instructions 3
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0 1 . 1 Describevwherevthevnon-metallicvelementsvarevfoundvinvthevperiodicvtable.
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0 1 . 2 Galliumv(Ga)visvavmetallicvelementvinvGroupv3.

Whichvofvthesevpropertiesvofvgalliumvisvnotvtypicalvofvmost metals?v
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A boilingvpoint abovev1000v°C
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Avmeltingvpoint belowv100v°Cv
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Conductsvelectricityvwhenvsolidv


Forms positivevions
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0 1 . 3 A sodiumvatomvcanvbevrepresentedvasv2311
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CompletevFigurev1vtovshowvthevelectronicvstructurevofvavsodiumvatom.
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0 1 . 4 Mendeleevvcreatedvanvearlyvperiodicvtable.

Mendeleevvplacedvmostvofvthevelementsvinvordervofvatomicvweight.vTelluriuvmv

andviodinevwerevnotvplacedvinvordervofvatomicvweight.


WhyvdidvMendeleevvnotvplacevtelluriumvandviodinevinvordervofvatomicvweight?
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0 1 . 5 Argonvisvanvelement invGroupv0vofvthevperiodicvtable.
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Explainvwhyvargonvisvunreactive.
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0 1 . 6 Whatvisvmeant byv‘isotopes’?
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Answervinvtermsvofvsubatomic particles.
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Tablev1vshowsvthevmassvnumbersvandvpercenta

gevabundancesvofvthevisotopesvofvX.vTablev1


Massvnumber Percentagevabundancev(%)

113 4

115 96



WhichvisvthevclosestvestimatevtovthevrelativevatomicvmassvofvX?
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