CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL AS & A LEVEL CHEMISTRY: COURSEBOOK

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Coursebook answers
Chapter P2
Self-assessment questions
1 a copper and water / steam c i anomalous result
excess
b hydrogen
ii  mit / ignore this result or get that
o
burning group to repeat their experiment
hydrogen iii not all the copper oxide was reduced
gas
oxide of
heat copper

c mass of (tube and) porcelain boat;

mass of (tube) boat and oxide of
copper before heating;
mass of (tube) boat and its contents
left after heating
d i s ubtract the mass of (tube and)
porcelain boat from the mass of
(tube) boat and its contents left
after heating
ii s ubtract the mass of (tube) boat
and its contents left after heating
from the mass of (tube) boat and
oxide of copper before heating
e
straight line
Moles of oxygen

0
Moles of copper

2 a 0.44 %
13.24
b mol of Cu = 63.5
= 0.209
3.26
mol of O = 16.0
= 0.204

ratio of Cu:O = 1 : 1
formula = CuO

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