S1.4 & R2.

1 Concentration and amount of chemical change

questions

1. Zinc metal reacts with copper(II) sulfate solution (see right) according to the following equation:
Zn(s) + CuSO4(aq) → ZnSO4(aq) + Cu(s)
Determine the maximum mass of copper that can be deposited when 1.20 g of zinc is added to
50.0 cm3 of 2.00 x 10 −1 mol dm-−3 copper(II) sulfate solution.

2. Calculate the mass of carbon dioxide produced when 150 cm3 of 1.00 mol dm-−3 hydrochloric acid,
HCl(aq), is added to 10.0 g of calcium carbonate, CaCO3.

3. A student prepared ethene by dehydrating ethanol.

C2H5OH(l) → C2H4(g) + H2O(l)
She started with 9.36 g of ethanol and made 2.12 g of ethene. Calculate the percentage yield she
obtained for this reaction.

4. In order to determine the percentage of calcium carbonate in the shell of a hen’s egg a student
dissolved 1.572 g of the dried egg shell in 50.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol dm−3 hydrochloric acid. After all the
shell had completely reacted with the acid, the resulting solution was diluted to 250 cm3 in a
volumetric flask. 25.00 cm3 samples of this diluted solution were titrated with 0.100 mol dm−3 sodium
hydroxide solution using phenolphthalein as the indicator. The average volume of the NaOH(aq)
solution required to reach the end point was 19.40 cm3.

i. Determine the concentration of the diluted hydrochloric acid solution.

ii. Determine the amount of hydrochloric acid that remained after the acid had reacted with the egg
shell.
iii. Determine the amount (in mol) of acid that reacted with the egg shell.
iv. Determine the amount (in mol) of calcium carbonate present in the 1.572 g of dried egg shell.
v. Determine the mass of calcium carbonate in the egg shell.
vi. What is the percentage of calcium carbonate in the egg shell?
vii. Other than the accuracy of the concentrations of the standard solutions used, state one other
assumption you have made in arriving at your answer.

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