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1. Tablets of calcium carbonate were added to dilute hydrochloric acid (solution A) in the
apparatus shown in the diagram.

The balance reading was noted as soon as the tablets were added and then again after two
minutes.
The experiment was repeated changing only the concentration of the hydrochloric acid
(solution B). The results obtained are shown below.

Acid solution balance reading / g

initial After 2 minutes

A 120.7 116.2

B 104.9 98.8

(a) Why do the balance readings decrease over the two minutes.
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(b) What is the purpose of the cotton wool plug?

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(c) Giving reasons for your answers, explain which solution, A or B,
(i) gives the fastest speed of reaction.
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(ii) has the higher concentration

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(d) using the ideas of collisions between particles, explain why powdered calcium carbonate
would react faster than lumps of calcium carbonate in this experiment.
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2.
(a) Dibebe and Kaxene wanted to measure the rate of reaction between 0.2g zinc granules
and excess dilute hydrochloric acid. They set up the experiment as shown below.

Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction taking place in the flask.

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 (b) Every minute, they read the total volume of gas shown on the syringe scale at r.t.p.
They recorded the results in table 1, but one of their readings is incorrect.

Time
(min) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

Volume
of gas 0 15 24 32 33 39 40 40
(cm3)

Using the results, draw a graph to show the total volume of gas varied with time and
label it A. (With time on the X – axis and volume in the Y – axis) (4)

(c)
(i) What conclusion can you make about the graph you have drawn?

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(ii) From the graph write down the time taken to produce 30 cm3 of gas
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(iii) Why did the volume remain constant between the 12th and the 14th minute?

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(d)
(i) Calculate the number of moles of hydrogen gas you expect to get.

moles…………….(2)

(ii) Calculate the percentage yield of the experiment.

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(iii) On the same grid, sketch the graph you would expect to get when 0.2g of zinc
powder (crushed granules) is reacted with excess hydrochloric acid of the same
concentration (under the same yield) and label it B.
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