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Surname First Name ID Program Date

INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES GABORONE

APPLIED CHEMISTRY FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES

NSC 112

REVISION 17
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Instructions
1. This question paper contains seventeen ( ) printed pages including the cover page.
2. Read each question carefully.
3. Answer all questions in sections A and B.
4. Use the Answer grid provided for answering section A.
5. Use HB pencil to cross in your answers in section A.
6. Answer section B on the Answer booklet provided.
7. Write your name on the top right corner of each page of the booklet.
8. Use only one side of the papers in the Answer booklet.
9. A copy of the Periodic Table is attached.
10. You will be disqualified for cheating

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1. Define the following terms? [8 marks]

a. Hemolysis

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b. Hemodialysis

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c. Plasmolysis

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d. Isotonic solution

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e. Colloid

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f. Solution

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g. Emulsion

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h. Suspension

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2. A man is diagnosed with mercuric chloride poisoning in Marina hospital.

(a) State an antidote for mercury chloride poisoning.

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(b) Explain how the antidote you stated in 2 (a) works.

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3. Study the hydrolysis of urea reaction below and answer questions that follows

(NH2)2 CO + H2O NH3 + CO2

a. Define hydrolysis

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b. Name the acid found in urine

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(c) Study the table below that gives the concentration of the reactants and products of

the reaction above.

Substance Molarity (mol/dm3)

(NH2)2 CO 1 x 10-5

NH3

CO2

* H2O 1

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(i) Calculate the equilibrium constant of the above reaction given the molarities as

follows

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c. Calculate the pH of Urine, (NH2)2 CO.

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4. Jwaneng mine Clinic is always battling with water that is very hard and every time they
have to purify it for hospital use. It was on a Monday morning that they found their water

mixed with oil. Use the above scenario to answer the following questions.

a. Differentiate between hard and soft water

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b. State the ions that cause permanent hardness.

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c. Name a salt that can be used to remove all ions causing temporary and permanent

hardness in water

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d. (i) Define a hydrated salt

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(ii) State two roles of water found in hydrated salts

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e. State a technique/apparatus that is best used to separate water from oil

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f. Explain why distilled water is used to prepare solutions in hospitals

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g. Explain why carbon dioxide is given along with oxygen to newborn babies?

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