Errata List for Chemistry Matters for GCE ‘O’ Level Textbook (3rd Edition)

ISBN: 978-981-4988-05-6
3rd Edition 2023

Note: The following errata will be corrected in subsequent reprints of this book.

Chapter Page Original Change

No.
1 3 Change “but they may not be as
accurate” to “Table 1.2 shows the
smallest division of these
apparatus.”

Change table caption from

“Accuracy” of digital and analogue
stopwatches to “Smallest
Division” of digital and analogue
stopwatches.

Change table header from

“Accuracy” to “Smallest Division
of Apparatus”.

1 5 Change “Table 1.3 shows the

accuracies of some apparatus in
measuring liquids” to “Table 1.3
shows how some apparatus are
used in measuring liquids.”

Change table header from

“Accuracy” to “What It Measures”.

Delete “measures” from the table

rows.

3 53 Change “7 neutrons” in lithium to

“4 neutrons”.

Change “9 neutrons” in beryllium

to “5 neutrons”.

Change”13 neutrons” in sodium to

“12 neutrons”.

4 76 Delete repeated “or Covalent

Bonding”.

5 95 Change “is” low to “are” low.

Chapter Page Original Change
No.
6 96 Change atoms of “another
element(s)” to atoms of “one or
more other elements”.
5 99 Change “It had a mixure” to
“These meteorites contained
mixtures”.

6 109 Change formulae “is” to formulae

“are”.

6 111 Change “Groups 3 and 12” to

“Groups 3 and 11”.

Change “Note that while zinc and

silver are in the transition metal
block, they form only one
common ion each and so their
charges are fixed (Table 6.6)” to
“Note that while silver is in the
transition metal block, it forms
only one common ion and so its
charge is fixed (Table 6.6).”

Change table caption from “Zinc

and silver ions have fixed
valences” to “Silver ions have
fixed valences”.

Removed row for zinc.

7 135 Change “has” to “have”.

8 136 Change “will” to “with”.

8 148 Change “reacts and” to “reacts

with and”.

8 150 Change “The strength of an acid

is its degree of ionisation whereas
concentration” to “The strength of
an acid depends on its degree of
ionisation whereas its
concentration”.
Chapter Page Original Change
No.
8 159 Change “SO3–” to “SO32–”.

9 164 Change “hydrogen carbonate is”

to “hydrogencarbonate salts are”.

9 168 Placed sentence in parenthesis:

“must be in excess so that all the
acid is used up (otherwise, the
salt produced will be
contaminated with the acid); and”.
9 169 Change “A salt, such as zinc
sulfate,” to “Zinc sulfate”.

9 171 Change “A salt, such as copper(II)

nitrate,” to “Copper(II) nitrate”.

Change “A salt, such as

magnesium chloride,” to
“Magnesium chloride”.
10 195 Change “break down” to “breaks
down”.

12 215 Add a Helpful Note:

Solutions with manganese(II) ions
may appear pale pink if a more
concentrated solution is used.

13 234 Change Electron Movement in

Simple Cell to “Electrons move
spontaneously from the anode to
the cathode.”

Change Electron Movement in

Electrolytic Cell to “Electron flow
is driven by the battery, moving
from the anode to the cathode.”
Chapter Page Original Change
No.
13 235 Change the diagram to:

13 238 Change “a hydrogen fuel cell set-

up” to “a possible hydrogen fuel
cell set-up”.

Change aqueous “phosphoric

acid (H3PO4)” to aqueous
“potassium hydroxide (KOH)”.

Change “aqueous phosphoric

acid, H3PO4” in the diagram label
to “aqueous potassium hydroxide,
KOH”.

Change figure caption to “A

possible hydrogen fuel cell set-
up”.

14 244 Change font type for “Fl”

(flerovium) to serif “Fl”.

14 246 Remove explanation in brackets.

Change “Groups 3 to 12” to

“Groups 3 to 11”.

14 247 Remove curly bracket and

“transition metals” label.
Chapter Page Original Change
No.
15 258 Extend middle vertical arrow as
shown:

15 270 Change “metals oxide” to “metal

oxide”.

15 272 Change “Y > Z > X” to “X > Z > Y”

15 279 Change “characteristics is” to

“characteristics are”.

15 282 Remove first sentence.

Change boiling point

from “1247 ºC” to “2061 ºC”.

Change (c) to “Manganese

displaces zinc from aqueous zinc
sulfate to form a pale pink solution
that is almost colourless. The
metal ion in this solution has an
oxidation state of +2. Name the
pale pink solution.”
17 314 Change “vary” to “varies”.

18 325 Remove “boiling and”.

18 327 Change “increase” to “increases”.

19 341 Change “general molecular

formula” to “general formula”.
Chapter Page Original Change
No.
19 342 Add a Helpful Note:
“The structural formula of a
compound is sometimes referred
to as its condensed structural
formula.”
19 346 Change “general molecular
formula” to “general formula”.
19 350 Remove “crack” on the three
equations.

19 351 Remove “catalytic cracking” on

the equation.

20 363 Change to “Bottles of hand

sanitiser were placed in lifts, malls
and train stations to ensure that
everyone had access to them.”

Change to “Alcohol is able to

disrupt a virus’ outer coat and a
bacterium’s cell membrane,
destroying them.”
20 364 Change “general molecular
formula” to “general formula”.
20 369 Change “functional group” to
“functional groups”.

Change “general molecular

formula” to “general formula”.

20 371 Add a Link:

“Recall from Chapter 19:
An alkyl group is a side chain
formed by removing a hydrogen
atom from an alkane molecule.”

20 374 Bold the R groups.

Add label below diagram:

"RI", "RII" and "RIII" represent alkyl
groups.
Chapter Page Original Change
No.
Answer 432 Remove curly bracket and
Key “transition elements” label.

Answer 436 Shift the –CN group to align the

Key “C” below the bond.

Shift the –CH3 groups to align the

“C” below the bond.

Periodic Insid Change relative atomic mass of

Table e rhenium from “185” to “186”.
Back
Cove Change relative atomic mass of
r technetium from “99” to “–”.

Add “–” for the relative atomic

masses of polonium, astatine and
radon.