OCR B Salters - F335 Exam - 15 June 2011

Forgive me for being dense, but isn't a fuse something that breaks a circuit if the current runs too high??? This question stumped me completely, I blagged it spectacularly though - the marker will probably find it quite amusing

On a brighter note though. I think the general consensus is that it was a challenging paper. So the grade boundaries should reflect this so we 'should' be okay.

Thats wrong i think sorry. :/

3SF2 + 02 ---> 2SF6 + SO2

No. I got +9979

Sorry matey but this is the third time I've sat F335, I did 6 months ago and last June. I actually think this paper has been easier, the questions seemed less impossible than normal, can't say I've done more revision this time than the last two either. Every exam season most people agree it was impossible, a couple of people think it was easy, and a few people say 'but everyone chillax cos they'll put the grade boundaries down'. It's interesting seeing everyone's reactions for the third time round, actually.

Wasnt the bond angle on the SF6 109 degrees?

Sorry matey but this is the third time I've sat F335, I did 6 months ago and last June. I actually think this paper has been easier, the questions seemed less impossible than normal, can't say I've done more revision this time than the last two either. Every exam season most people agree it was impossible, a couple of people think it was easy, and a few people say 'but everyone chillax cos they'll put the grade boundaries down'. It's interesting seeing everyone's reactions for the third time round, actually.

I dunno. I mean I did the past two past papers (for practice), and other than a few parts they seemed okay, I'd almost certainly argue that this paper has been harder.

This annoyed me slightly

Regardless of what my views are on the difficulty of that paper i disagree completely with what you've said because ofcourse grade boundaries do vary for each year/paper. Just because you thought it was the same/easier than the last 2 papers doesnt mean much really (just like my opinion doesnt mean much) as it is simply one single person's views. Generally, from my quite large year group and people on this thread the impression is that the paper was difficult in comparison to the previous papers - nobody is saying every single aspect of it was hard, there definitely were some "gift" questions (electrophile definition, colour, pH etc) but on the whole i think it is fair to say most people found it challenging. Youve got to be aware of the fact that you have taken this paper for a third time, ofcourse it will seem easier to you - it doesnt matter if you have done less revision or whatever, just the fact that you've been familiar with F335 for over a year is enough to make you more prepared/experienced/aware of this exam.

just saying. .

Me too, i initially got 10 thousand and something but it was obviously wrong when i looked at the Entropy values so i just did it in my head bloody calculators !!!

Still at least he gets marks for the sign!!! Girl in my class put -100000!

has anyone seen an F334 thread? if so can you please send me the link? thanks

I got

6SF2 + 2O2 ---> 4SF6 + 2 SO2

lmao....it is essentially the same thing, i just hope i dont drop a mark for not balancing empirically, i mean after all the 2 marks are usually for (1) species and (1) balancing.... it doesn't how its balanced though...just that its balanced...so i'm holding out for that one i spent like 10 mins counting every atom.

for yesterday!

This annoyed me slightly

Regardless of what my views are on the difficulty of that paper i disagree completely with what you've said because ofcourse grade boundaries do vary for each year/paper. Just because you thought it was the same/easier than the last 2 papers doesnt mean much really (just like my opinion doesnt mean much) as it is simply one single person's views. Generally, from my quite large year group and people on this thread the impression is that the paper was difficult in comparison to the previous papers - nobody is saying every single aspect of it was hard, there definitely were some "gift" questions (electrophile definition, colour, pH etc) but on the whole i think it is fair to say most people found it challenging. Youve got to be aware of the fact that you have taken this paper for a third time, ofcourse it will seem easier to you - it doesnt matter if you have done less revision or whatever, just the fact that you've been familiar with F335 for over a year is enough to make you more prepared/experienced/aware of this exam.

just saying. .