Skip to content

Course home

Sign up

10.5 Bulk and surface properties of matter including nanoparticles

EasyMediumHard
123456789101112131415161718
Question 2
H

A cube-shaped nanoparticle has sides of 20 nm. A cube-shaped fine particle of the same substance has sides of 2 μm\mu\mathrm{m}μm. (1 μm\mu\mathrm{m}μm = 1000 nm)

How many times greater is the surface area to volume ratio of the nanoparticle than that of the fine particle?

[1]
A

10 times

B

1×1041\times10^{4}1×104 times

C

100 times

D

1×1061\times10^{6}1×106 times

Markscheme

10.5 Bulk and surface properties of matter including nanoparticles Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Chemistry
  3. /10.5 Bulk and surface properties of matter including nanoparticles

36 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Chemistry 10.5 Bulk and surface properties of matter including nanoparticles, covering 10.5.1 Nanoparticles: size, uses and risks and 10.5.2 Comparing and selecting materials. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

Question bank