plumiHow is data used to choose a material for a particular use?: OCR GCSE Chemistry B questions
Every OCR GCSE Chemistry B exam question on C4.1 How is data used to choose a material for a particular use?, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 27 questions on How is data used to choose a material for a particular use?, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2 Foundation, Q3(b)(i) (2 marks): Calculate the percentage of iron in Steel 1. Percentage of iron = % [2]
- June 2025, Paper 2 Foundation, Q3(b)(ii) (6 marks): Pure iron corrodes easily and is not strong enough for some uses. (ii)* Adding different elements to steel changes its properties. Table 3.3 shows the effect on
- June 2025, Paper 4 Higher, Q4(b)(i) (2 marks): A type of steel contains 2% carbon and 98% iron. Explain why this steel has a limited range of uses. Use Table 4.1 to help you answer. [2]
- June 2025, Paper 4 Higher, Q4(b)(ii) (3 marks): Another type of steel is used to make electrical wires for use in the engine of a ship. The engine gets very hot. This steel contains iron mixed with three othe
- June 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q4(a) (1 mark): What type of material is steel? Tick (✓) one box. Alloy Ceramic Composite Plastic [1]
- June 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q4(b) (2 marks): Explain why the engineer decides to use acrylic to make the chopping board. Use information from the table. [2]
- June 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q4(c)(i) (1 mark): How many times bigger is the tensile strength of acrylic than the tensile strength of glass? Number of times bigger = [1]
- June 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q4(c)(ii) (1 mark): What is the order of magnitude of this increase? Put a ring around the correct option. 1 2 3 4 [1]
- June 2024, Paper 4 Higher, Q5(a) (1 mark): State one reason why steel is more useful than pure iron. [1]
- June 2024, Paper 4 Higher, Q5(b)(i) (1 mark): Show by calculation that this statement is true. [1]
- June 2024, Paper 4 Higher, Q5(b)(ii) (2 marks): The ratio by number of moles of iron : carbon in this steel is approximately 175 : 1. Explain why the ratio by mass is different to the ratio by number of moles
- June 2024, Paper 4 Higher, Q5(c) (6 marks): Steel is an alloy that contains iron and other elements. (c)* Different parts of a bike are each made from different steel alloys. Each of the alloys contains m
- June 2023, Paper 3 Higher, Q7(b) (3 marks): Aluminium alloys are used as they are harder than pure aluminium. One aluminium alloy contains 1% magnesium. Explain why this aluminium alloy is harder than pur
- June 2022, Paper 1 Foundation, Q6(c) (2 marks): Iron is used to make steel. Complete the sentences about steel. Use words from the list. alloys aluminium carbon ceramics polymers Steel contains atoms of iron
- June 2022, Paper 1 Foundation, Q12(a) (2 marks): Complete the table by adding the two missing properties of clay ceramics. [2]
- June 2022, Paper 1 Foundation, Q12(b) (3 marks): Layla has three different water jugs. The jugs are made from aluminium, poly(ethene) and pottery (clay ceramic). Draw lines to connect each material with its co
- June 2022, Paper 2 Foundation, Q5(c)(ii) (1 mark): After extraction, iron is mixed with other elements to make steel. Complete the sentences about steel. Use words from the list. carbon chlorine sulfur harder so
- June 2022, Paper 3 Higher, Q2(a) (2 marks): Complete the table by adding the two missing properties of clay ceramics. [2]
- June 2022, Paper 3 Higher, Q2(b) (3 marks): Layla has three different water jugs. The jugs are made from aluminium, poly(ethene) and pottery (clay ceramic). Draw lines to connect each material with its co
- November 2021, Paper 2 Foundation, Q3(d)(i) (2 marks): Give two reasons why copper is a better choice than silver or aluminium for most electrical wiring. Use the table to help. 1. 2. [2]
- November 2021, Paper 2 Foundation, Q3(d)(ii) (2 marks): Aluminium is used to make overhead power cables. Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using aluminium rather than copper for overhead power cables. Advant
- November 2021, Paper 4 Higher, Q8(c) (2 marks): Aluminium is used to make overhead cables. Copper is used to make underground cables. The table shows some properties of each metal. Electrical conductivity Den
- November 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q1(c) (1 mark): Apart from cost, suggest one advantage of poly(propene) plastic drinking cups instead of aluminium metal drinking cups. [1]
- November 2020, Paper 3 Higher, Q7(b) (1 mark): Aluminium melts at 660 °C. Poly(propene) melts at 130 °C. Hot water from a kettle has a temperature of between 90 °C and 100 °C. James says, Aluminium drinking
- June 2018, Paper 1 Foundation, Q7(b)(i) (1 mark): Which model is an alloy? Put a ring around the correct answer. [1]
- June 2018, Paper 1 Foundation, Q9(a) (2 marks): A company wants to make cups to hold boiling water. Which polymer, A, B or C, should the company choose? Give two reasons for your choice using the information
- June 2018, Paper 3 Higher, Q3(a) (3 marks): A firm wants to make cups to hold boiling water. Discuss the suitability of each polymer. [3]
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