Edrrovale college

GCE Ordinary Level

Chemistry 0620
Form 3 Assignment Due date: 03/11/2017
F3 Rev Ex: Redox

1. Aqueous hydrogen peroxide is used to sterilise contact lenses. At room

temperature aqueous hydrogen peroxide decomposes very slowly to form
water and oxygen. The decomposition can be represented by the equation
below.

2H2O2 2H2O + O2

(a) Calculate the enthalpy change of reaction

[2]
(b) In terms of the energy changes that take place during bond breaking and
bond making explain whether the reaction is endothermic or exothermic.
[2]
(c) Draw the energy profile diagram for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide.
Label on the diagram the activation energy and the enthalpy change.
[3]

(d) Manganese (IV) oxide catalyses the decomposition of aqueous hydrogen

peroxide. In an experiment 50.0 cm3 of aqueous hydrogen peroxide was mixed
with 0.50 g of manganese (IV) oxide. The total volume of oxygen formed was
measured every 10 seconds.
The results of the experiment are shown in the graph.
 (i) After how many seconds did the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
finish?
(ii) How many moles of oxygen were produced at the end of the
decomposition? [At room temperature and pressure one mole of oxygen
occupies 24000 cm3.]
(iii) Use your answer to (ii) to calculate the concentration, in mol/dm3, of the
50.0 cm3 of aqueous hydrogen peroxide used in the experiment.
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2. Iron (II) sulphate is easily oxidised to Iron (III) sulphate in the presence of
hydrogen ions. A sample of Iron (II) sulphate was dissolved in water and
reacted with potassium dichromate (VI), K2Cr2O7.

K2Cr2O7 + 6FeSO4 + 7H2SO4 Cr2(SO4)3 + 3Fe2(SO4)3 + 7H2O

+ K2SO4

(a) A 0.9g sample of Iron (II) Sulphate was dissolved in 25.00cm3 of

sulphuric acid and then titrated with 0.04 M K2Cr2O7(aq) solution. 19.00
cm3 of K2Cr2O7 solution was required to completely react with the iron
(II) sulphate solution

(i) Calculate the number of moles of potassium dichromate (VI) used.

(ii) Calculate the mass of Iron (II) sulphate in the sample analysed.
(iii) Calculate the percentage purity of the sample.
(iv) State the reducing and the oxidising agent.
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(b) Calculate the oxidation states of the following elements:

(i) Pb in PbO2
(ii) S in Na2S2O3
(iii) V in VO2+
(iv) Cl in Cl2O7
(v) I in IO3‒ [5]

(c) In each of the reactions below show which atom of an element in the
compound is being oxidised and reduced, and state the reducing and
oxidising agent.

(i) Zn + PbO ZnO + Pb

(ii) PbS + 4H2O2 PbSO4 + 4H2O
(iii) 2S2O32‒ + I2 2S4O62‒ + 2I‒
(iv) 3CuO + 2NH3 3Cu + 3H2O + N2
(v) MnO4 ‒
+ 5Fe2+ + 8H +
Mn 2+
+ 5Fe3+ + 4H2O

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Bond Bond Energy KJ/mol

O=O 496
O H 460
O O 150

[TOTAL : 28]