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Question 1 Paper 3 6 marks

A student carried out an experiment to determine the water of crystallisation of a sample of hydrated zinc sulfate,
ZnSO ⋅ xH O . The sample was heated and the mass change was recorded in Table 1. Use the data to answer
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the following questions.

Table 1

Mass of crucible (±0.01 g) 30.03

Mass of crucible and sample of hydrated zinc sulfate (±0.01 g) 43.23

Mass of crucible and sample a er first heating (±0.01 g) 37.43

Mass of crucible and sample a er second heating (±0.01 g) 37.43

(a) Suggest why the sample was heated twice in the experiment.

[1 mark]

(b) Determine the mass of the hydrated sample used in the experiment, including the absolute uncertainty.

[1 mark]

(c) Determine the mass of the anhydrous salt.

[1 mark]

(d) Use your answers to part (b) and (c) to calculate the water of crystallization of hydrated zinc sulfate.

[2 marks]

(e) Suggest one source of error in the experiment.

[1 mark]

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