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(Ch10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION 1 0820:8 2012-Paper 62-02) - THE SPEED OF A REACTION ‘An experiment was carried out to measure the speed (rate) of reaction between magnesium ‘carbonate and excess dilute nitric acid. ‘50cm® of dilute nitric acid was poured into a conical flask and placed on a balance. 1.0g of powdered magnesium carbonate was added to the flask. The mass of the flask and contents decreased as a gas was given off. The loss in mass was recorded every half minute for six minutes. The results of the experiment are shown plotted on the grid below. 05: 0.4 0.3: loss in mass/g 0.2: o4 0.0: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 time /minutes {a) Draw a smooth line graph through the points. ty {b) Which point appears to be inaccurate? (c) Why does the curve level out? Explain your answer. 2) (d) On the grid, sketch the graph you would expect if the reaction was repeated using 0.59 of lumps of magnesium carbonate. 22] (Ch10- THE SPEED OF A REACTION 2.- (05205 2012-Papor 61.03) ~ THE SPEED OF A REACTION Hydrogen peroxide decomposes to form oxygen. Manganese(IV) oxide is a catalyst for this reaction. ‘Two students investigated the speed of reaction using the apparatus below. 2g of manganese(IV) oxide powder was added to 50cm’ of aqueous hydrogen peroxide at 20°C, aqueous hydrogen peroxide — gas syringe | —manganese(IV) oxide The volume of oxygen released was measured every 20 seconds. {a) Use the gas syringe diagrams to record the volumes in the table. time/s gas syringe diagram volume of oxygen fem? ° m3 40 808 2 | —b om pw 40 10 20% 40 | 80 60 co |\—b 8 mo & 80 yo 20 3 40-0] too | Pe ese yo |——P yo [=P (3) (Ch10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION (b) Plot the results on the grid below. Draw a smooth line graph. 70: 60: 50) 40; 30; volume of oxygen/cm? 20; 10: 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 time/s [4] {c) Which point appears to be inaccurate? Explain why. 2) (a) Use your graph to find the volume of oxygen produced after 12 seconds. Show clearly how you used the graph. [2] {e) Why did the volume of oxygen level out after 120 seconds? a) (Ch10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION (f) The experiment was repeated but the hydrogen peroxide was cooled to 10°C before starting, (i) How could the hydrogen peroxide be cooled? a (ii) Sketch on the grid, on page 5, the graph you would expect for the results at 10°C. 2) 3 - (620-8 2012-Paper 82-08) - THE SPEED OF A REACTION Astudent investigated a reaction between a solid and a liquid. The reaction produced a gas. ‘She wanted to know if any of the substances W, X and Y were catalysts for the reaction. Firstly she carried out the reaction without any W, X or Y. Then she repeated the reaction three times adding a smalll amount of W, X or Y. In each case she timed how long the reaction took to finish. The results are in the table, substance added time of reaction/s none 277 w. 266 x 279 Y 78 (a) How would the student know when the reaction had finished? (b) (i) State the effect of each substance on the speed (rate) of the reaction. Y BI (ii) Which substance, W, X or Y, is the best catalyst for this reaction? ~ ( (c) How could the student check the reliability of her results? ica) (Ch10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION (4 (0620.0 2012-Papee 2-02) ~ THE SPEED OF A REACTION Hydrogen peroxide breaks down to form oxygen. A student investigated the speed of the breakdown of aqueous solutions of hydrogen peroxide of different concentrations, using 1g of powdered manganese(IV) oxide. The temperature was kept constant at 25°C. She plotted her results on the grid below. 06 05 04: speed of reaction 0.3. in cm/s, 02 o4 00: 00 o4 02 03 04 os concentration of hydrogen peroxide in mol/dm? (a) Drawa straight line graph on the grid. pl {b) From your graph, work out the speed of the reaction when the concentration of hydrogen, peroxide is 0.5mol/ dm’. Show clearly on the grid how you obtained your answer. 2) {c) Sketch on the grid the graph you would expect if the experiments were repeated at 10°C. tl () (i) What is the function of the manganese(IV) oxide? (1) (ii) Suggestthe effect of repeating the investigation using 1g of lumps of manganese(IV) oxide. Explain your answer. effect explanation ..... (Ch10- THE SPEED OF A REACTION 5 - (0:20.w 2012.Paper 6-02) - THE SPEED OF A REACTION Astudent carried out two experiments to investigate the speed of reaction between magnesium and excess dilute sulfuric acid. The apparatus shown below was used to measure the volume of gas produced, \ gas syringe _--dlilute sulfuric acid ‘magnesium ribbon (a) Name the gas produced during the reaction i] Two experiments were carried out. Experiment 1 Dilute sulfuric acid was added to magnesium ribbon and the volume of gas produced was measured every minute for seven minutes. (Ch10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION (b) Use the gas syringe diagrams to complete the table of results. time / min gas syringe diagram volume of gas produced/ cm?) 20-30 40 0 800 20 40 20 30 2 30 40 2030 40 2 3040 Experiment 2 20-3040 (3) The results for Experiment 2 have been plotted on the grid opposite and a graph drawn. (c) Plot the results for Experiment 1 on the grid. Draw a smooth line graph, [4] (Ch10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION 70: Experiment 2 60; 50; 40: volume of gas/cm? 30: 20: 10: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 time min (d) (i) Atwhich time interval does the volume reading appear to be inaccurate? Explain the reason for your choice. (2) (ii) What was the total volume of gas that should have been produced at that time? Indicate on the grid how you arrived at your answer. (21 (e) Suggest and explain how the conditions had changed in Experiment 2 compared to Experiment 1 ie)

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