CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL AS & A LEVEL CHEMISTRY: COURSEBOOK

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Chapter P1
Exam-style questions
1 a i type of metal carbonate [1] 2 a heading 1/time (1/t)/s–1 [1]
ii time (for limewater to turn cloudy) [1] values to enter 0.0033, 0.0050, 0.011,
iii mass of carbonate [1] 0.017, 0.023, 0.027, 0.036 [2]

b i t o improve accuracy by reducing [1 mark for values; 1 mark for 2

effect of random errors / improve significant figures]
the reliability of data [1] b volumetric / graduated / 25 cm3 pipette [1]
ii c
Although the stopwatch can give
Metal Time for limewater to
more precise measurements, in this
carbonate turn milky / s
investigation the human error involved
1st 2nd 3rd Mean in reacting to the change in colour will
test test test mean that accuracy to one-hundredth
of a second is not achievable. [2]
(40 × 0.1)
d  [1]
1000
= 0.004 moles [1]
e The thiosulfate reacts with the iodine
as it is formed until the thiosulfate is
all used up. [1]
Then the iodine, which continues to be
formed, turns the starch blue/black [1]
[1] for main headings in table
indicating that the reaction has
[1] for unit of time
reached the same point in each test (as
[1] for showing repeat tests and the number of moles of thiosulfate is
mean [3] constant in each test). [1]
c i plus or minus 0.05 (allow 0.1) cm [1]
3
[Total: 11]
percentage error is (0.05/10) × 3 a magnesium ion / Mg  2+
[1]
100% = 5% (allow 10%) [1]
b Add an equal volume of dilute sodium
ii  he time it takes for the limewater
T hydroxide solution, followed an excess
to turn cloudy [1] of sodium hydroxide [1]
as stopping the timer at exactly the A white precipitate forms which
same point by eye in each test is remains insoluble in the excess
very difficult to judge accurately / sodium hydroxide [1]
due to human error making
c magnesium nitrate / Mg(NO3)2 [1]
accurate judgement of cloudiness [1]
[Total: 4]
d bar chart [1]
[Total: 12]

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