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Reply 100
Original post by britishtf2
Sounds about right. I can't speak for the rounding.


what did you round to?
No i meant the bromine isotopes one?
Original post by SANTR
It won't be below 80% unfortunately.


I don't think the paper was too bad but where have you based this prediction off?
In my opinion the paper was harder than previous years
wouldnt the precipitate formed be magnesium sulphate ?
for the gas mc question, was the total amount of gas 30cm3? You start with 30 of A (can't remember), 20 of B and 0 of product. The mole ratios were 1:1:1, so 20 of the product forms but as 10 of A is in excess it remains so 20+10=30??
Reply 105
Original post by DaVinciGirl
Me too, I got the same, but I have strong feeling we have may lost a mark by not writing 0.70g as most of the values were like that.


:frown: my chemistry teacher once gave us a test in which all the values given were to 3sf, except for one which was 100cm^3. the whole class gave their answer to 3sf because they assumed that 100cm^3 was also 3sf, but he told us that it's not clear that it is so we should have answered to 1sf. (SO IF WE LOSE THE MARK FOR THIS I'M GONNA BE VERY MAD AT HIM LOL)
Original post by britishtf2
Oh you won't lose all the marks for that. First error lose 1 or 2 (if they are being mean) probs. Second error lose 1, I would think.


god, that would be a relief! I would get nearly half my marks back :smile: thank you, you're a lifesaver
Original post by RIDDHI7
No i meant the bromine isotopes one?


Ahh. Because it is [Br2]+ you have 4 possible outcomes from 2 isotopes:
81-81
81-79
79-81
79-79.

Therefore, on avg it will be 25% each for 158 and 162, with 50% 160.
I think 1 mark for 3 lines on correct numbers, 1 mark for correct peaks.
Original post by rosemondtan
god, that would be a relief! I would get nearly half my marks back :smile: thank you, you're a lifesaver


No problem - any time.
I think I've literally lost like 30 marks 😭😭😭😥 but at least it doesn't count for me and won't influence my predicted grade I suppose....
Original post by haes
:frown: my chemistry teacher once gave us a test in which all the values given were to 3sf, except for one which was 100cm^3. the whole class gave their answer to 3sf because they assumed that 100cm^3 was also 3sf, but he told us that it's not clear that it is so we should have answered to 1sf. (SO IF WE LOSE THE MARK FOR THIS I'M GONNA BE VERY MAD AT HIM LOL)

I also study Physics and Biology. In both I have learnt that to round to the appropriate significant figure you find the value given in the least significant figure and use that.
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Original post by haes
what did you round to?


I cannot remember from memory. If I were to hazard a guess, I think I either put 0.69 or 0.695. I have nooooo clue.
Original post by Kantth
I can understand how you worked it out. I used another method by working out the number of moles using moles=mass/mr of baso4 then i wrote the equation bacl2+h2so4=baso4+2hcl and everything is a 1:1 ratio so the same moles of bacl2 were used. I worked out the mass of bacl2 from this using the mass=mr x moles. Then i took this away from the mass of both bacl2 and mgcl2 to work out how much mgcl2 there was. My answer was also 35.5% 👍🏿👍🏿


Yup same, agreed :smile:
Original post by rumanah1
wouldnt the precipitate formed be magnesium sulphate ?


Sulphate trend is: down the group, less soluble.

"Barium sulfate is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula BaSO₄. It is a white crystalline solid that is odorless and insoluble in water"
Original post by Kantth
I can understand how you worked it out. I used another method by working out the number of moles using moles=mass/mr of baso4 then i wrote the equation bacl2+h2so4=baso4+2hcl and everything is a 1:1 ratio so the same moles of bacl2 were used. I worked out the mass of bacl2 from this using the mass=mr x moles. Then i took this away from the mass of both bacl2 and mgcl2 to work out how much mgcl2 there was. My answer was also 35.5% 👍🏿👍🏿


I got 35.5% too. Got a bit nervous when some people said 29.5%, but i think that method was correct.

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Looking at some of the answers on page one, some of the content you do at AS level is similar to highers we do in Scotland. I sat my higher chemistry exam last week.


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Original post by Kantth
I can understand how you worked it out. I used another method by working out the number of moles using moles=mass/mr of baso4 then i wrote the equation bacl2+h2so4=baso4+2hcl and everything is a 1:1 ratio so the same moles of bacl2 were used. I worked out the mass of bacl2 from this using the mass=mr x moles. Then i took this away from the mass of both bacl2 and mgcl2 to work out how much mgcl2 there was. My answer was also 35.5% 👍🏿👍🏿


First person I have seen to get the same answer as me! Didn't ask anyone after the exam though, to be fair.
Reply 117
Original post by vignesh1234567
Guys for the gas mc question, was the total amount of gas 30cm3? You start with 30 of A (can't remember), 20 of B and 0 of product. The mole ratios were 1:1:1, so 20 of the product forms but as 10 of A is in excess it remains so 20+10=30??


did the question ask for the volume of product? i thought it asked for the volume at the end of the reaction, and because it wasn't an equilibrium reaction i just added them together and said it was 50 :/
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Original post by haes
did the question ask for the volume of product? i thought it asked for the volume at the end of the reaction, and because it wasn't an equilibrium reaction i just added them together and said it was 50 :/


It asked for the volume at the end of the reaction. I thought as 20 of A reacts with 20 of B to form 20cm3 of product, at the end of the reaction there is 20cm3 of product + the excess 10cm3 of A.

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