[lisa_jeffers]

I didn't see that you had to put 3 isomers for butene lols! so lost 2 marks there! and my gas syringe picture was weird! what does a gas syringe even look like ahahah! :P , so 2 marks there and 1 mark on that barium question! !!!
But there were a lot of the big questions I didn't mind with the mechanisms etc!

[VSEPR]

(Original post by welshfrankie)
I thought it was quite a nice paper! The three straight-chain isomers on butene was confusing. I could only work out two. Surely cyclo-butane doesn't count as a straight-chain isomer?

You had the E and Z isomers of but-2-ene - it took me some time but it was worth it for an easy mark!

I realised I'd made some stupid mistakes as soon as I left - probably need to have a good rest before physics on Friday!

[Lost4468]

Why are group 7 elements good oxidisers?

[imconfused]

(Original post by Lost4468)
Why are group 7 elements good oxidisers?

i put down somethin stupid about oxidising stuff gaining electrons... and stuff....

i did really bad i got propogation thing wron, gas syringe awful, that 5 mark question down the drain, handful of 1/2 mark question not answered... plus i writ tetrahedra instead of trigonal planor for the bf3!!! (very stupiddd mistake)
few questions had no idea what it even meant and i writ that the colour for ba was red instead of green!!! (or was that beryliuym)... seee i failed
and i didnt do the empirical formula for 1 question (ran out of time...)
dont have anyyyy idea how i did for the structure questions...
plus also failed the bonding questions.... (the one which asked for description/ explanation based on was it bf3 and nh3 joined??? & the one asked to label the alcohol with bonds and stuff???)
by the way is diamond strong covalent???


PLus when would we have the 'unoficial' markschme

[imconfused]

by the way how many marks was the gas syringe??? and did we have to lael it or just draw it???
cozzz i beiieve i drew it okay with the syringe (Not lookin like a syringe) downwards instead of horizontal...

[mezlande]

(Original post by imconfused)
by the way is diamond strong covalent???

Yeah diamond is a giant covalent structure (uber strong bonds).

That really was a long paper... Messed up on the Barium question and the third isomer and put trigonal (not the full trigonal planar)... Crap. I really needed a good mark in this one, but chemistry mark schemes puzzle me so much, especially WJEC ones, they never make any sense!
Good luck with results everyone!

[Snuffleupagus]

(Original post by mezlande)
Yeah diamond is a giant covalent structure (uber strong bonds).
Good luck with results everyone!

I read that as "Good luck with the resits everyone" - it made me laugh!

[rsp]

(Original post by Lost4468)
Why are group 7 elements good oxidisers?

I said something on the lines of because they only need to gain one electron to. Have a full outer shell

[rsp]

(Original post by lisa_jeffers)
I didn't see that you had to put 3 isomers for butene lols! so lost 2 marks there! and my gas syringe picture was weird! what does a gas syringe even look like ahahah! :P , so 2 marks there and 1 mark on that barium question! !!!
But there were a lot of the big questions I didn't mind with the mechanisms etc!

Did u draw the actual mechanism or just awnser the bullet point?

[rsp]

(Original post by imconfused)
i put down somethin stupid about oxidising stuff gaining electrons... and stuff....

i did really bad i got propogation thing wron, gas syringe awful, that 5 mark question down the drain, handful of 1/2 mark question not answered... plus i writ tetrahedra instead of trigonal planor for the bf3!!! (very stupiddd mistake)
few questions had no idea what it even meant and i writ that the colour for ba was red instead of green!!! (or was that beryliuym)... seee i failed
and i didnt do the empirical formula for 1 question (ran out of time...)
dont have anyyyy idea how i did for the structure questions...
plus also failed the bonding questions.... (the one which asked for description/ explanation based on was it bf3 and nh3 joined??? & the one asked to label the alcohol with bonds and stuff???)
by the way is diamond strong covalent???


PLus when would we have the 'unoficial' markschme

What do u mean where do u get the unofficial mark scheme , never heared of it before


Sorry don't know how to quote more than once in one post

[harrietparrot]

I thought it was okay but I suspect that the grade boundaries will be higher this year- the average mark in past years has been 40 so I reckon that's why (to me) the format seemed different/perhaps a little easier.

Kind of annoyed that I spent so long learning reaction mechanisms and didn't have to draw any!

[lisa_jeffers]

(Original post by rsp)
Did u draw the actual mechanism or just awnser the bullet point?

No I didn't draw them you only had to answer the bullet points! bit gutted you didn't have to draw them but still they were nice
Also ****ed up on the WHOLE page with barium and calcium! grim :/

[Snuffleupagus]

Does anyone here have access to an exam paper? If so, would you be able to upload it, or send a scanned copy to me?

I'm a mature, private candidate, so don't have access to the paper through teachers, but I'd like to just check whether my memory of the paper is worse than the paper itself!

[imconfused]

(Original post by rsp)
What do u mean where do u get the unofficial mark scheme , never heared of it before


Sorry don't know how to quote more than once in one post

i mean when like for bio some remember all the questions and come up with mark scheme...

[rsp]

(Original post by Snuffleupagus)
Does anyone here have access to an exam paper? If so, would you be able to upload it, or send a scanned copy to me?

I'm a mature, private candidate, so don't have access to the paper through teachers, but I'd like to just check whether my memory of the paper is worse than the paper itself!

sorry I have a copy of the english paper so i can awnser any questons but i dont have a scanner.

why are group 7 described as p block elements?
can not believe it just realise i skipped a question accidently (dont ask me how) the one asking which halogen is the strongest oxidising agent and i know the awnser grrrr

[Snuffleupagus]

(Original post by rsp)
sorry I have a copy of the english paper so i can awnser any questons but i dont have a scanner.

why are group 7 described as p block elements?

Weirdly, I can't seem to remember much about the paper, so I can't really think of any specific questions to ask! Thank you, though

I wrote that group 7 elements are p block elements because their outer electrons are in p-orbitals.

[Aysena]

(Original post by Snuffleupagus)
Weirdly, I can't seem to remember much about the paper, so I can't really think of any specific questions to ask! Thank you, though

I wrote that group 7 elements are p block elements because their outer electrons are in p-orbitals.

Yes! i wrote that too It was a good paper tbh, I messed up ch1 so hopefully if I do well in ch2, my grade would be higher!!

[shadow223]

(Original post by welshfrankie)
I thought it was quite a nice paper! The three straight-chain isomers on butene was confusing. I could only work out two. Surely cyclo-butane doesn't count as a straight-chain isomer?

you thought it was nice!!!?? wow lucky you. I was hopeless on the questions, left about half blank.

One thing i find a bit irritating about the empirical formula questions, they almost never leave enough space there.

[shadow223]

(Original post by mezlande)
chemistry mark schemes puzzle me so much, especially WJEC ones, they never make any sense!

I agree. I got my paper back after and went through my marks with miss. They actually missed two marks on mine probably wouldn't have made much difference though.

[Future_Dr]

(Original post by shadow223)
I agree. I got my paper back after and went through my marks with miss. They actually missed two marks on mine probably wouldn't have made much difference though.

Still every mark counts.. I have had loads off these situation where I was one UMS of an A or marks even... like Biology, and Physics...

So they better not be lazy this time.