During this semester you have studied the production of one of the following chemicals.
Circle the chemical you have studied this semester.
ammonia ethene sulfuric acid nitric acid
a. A catalyst plays an important part in the production of your selected chemical.
i. Write a balanced equation for a chemical reaction where a catalyst is used. (If you have studied the production
of ammonia do not include the steam reforming reaction in your answer.)

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ii. Name the catalyst.

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iii. Explain how a catalyst increases the rate of a chemical reaction at a given temperature.

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b. Chemical laboratories and production plants carry out risk assessments on the procedures involving chemicals they
use or produce.
i. Identify one specific chemical hazard associated with the handling of your selected chemical.

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ii. Identify one risk to humans of exposure to the chemical hazard you identified.

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iii. Give one action that can be taken to reduce the risk of human exposure to the chemical hazard you identified.

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