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Date May 2022 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 22M.2.hl.TZ1.1a(ii)
Level hl Paper 2 Time zone TZ1
Command term Identify Question number a(ii) Adapted from N/A
a(ii).
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22M.2.hl.TZ1.1a(ii)

When heated in air, magnesium ribbon reacts with oxygen to form magnesium oxide.

(a(ii))

Identify a metal, in the same period as magnesium, that does not form a basic oxide.

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Markscheme

aluminium/Al ✔

Examiners report

Average performance; the question asked to identify a metal; however, answers included S, Si, P and even noble gases besides Be and Na. The only choice of aluminium; however, since its oxide is amphoteric, it could not be the answer in the minds of some.

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