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danz90 said:
I reckon that's probably one of the easiest Chem papers in many years...
Yea prolly, but i didnt kill it rofl. 1 day revision we'll see how i go.
 

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It was so much harder than I was expecting!

I'd never seen so many calculation questions in my life!

I was so cut that there were no batteries or esterification questions!

>=[
 

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Friggin awesome exam. The calculations were a bit iffy, and the Industrial Chemistry option was a bit of a bitch. But overall, pretty good. Sayoonara Board of Studies!
 

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Shadose said:
All the calculations I found quiet hard. I guess I didn't practice them recently for a long time, lol. Found so much mistakes in the calculations.

For the AAS for zinc, I was like wtf.
These are some calculation answers that I got, that I can remember. Can someone compare/clarfiy?

The average mass of zinc in tablets - 0.16mg

Titration question, [HCl] = 1.057 mol/L

The identitfy of gas = H2(g)

Highest energy released by: Hydrogen gas fuel

Amount of energy released by 80L petrol = 2.6 x 106 kJ , or something like 2,640,000 kJ.

Litres of Hydrogen Gas required: something like 269,xxx L ?
 

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The average mass of zinc in tablets - 0.16mg -- I agree

Titration question, [HCl] = 1.057 mol/L -- Got something like 0.9M

The identitfy of gas = H2(g) -- I agree

Highest energy released by: Hydrogen gas fuel -- I agree

Amount of energy released by 80L petrol = 2.6 x 106 kJ , or something like 2,640,000 kJ. -- I agree

Litres of Hydrogen Gas required: something like 269,xxx L ? -- No idea

Voltage of galvanic cell -- 1.60V
 
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danz90 said:
These are some calculation answers that I got, that I can remember. Can someone compare/clarfiy?

The average mass of zinc in tablets - 0.16mg

Titration question, [HCl] = 1.057 mol/L

The identitfy of gas = H2(g)

Highest energy released by: Hydrogen gas fuel

Amount of energy released by 80L petrol = 2.6 x 106 kJ , or something like 2,640,000 kJ.

Litres of Hydrogen Gas required: something like 269,xxx L ?
Uh yea i think recall i got somethin like that. :eek: whatta fluke
 

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JamesTockuss said:
The cathode was the chlorine gas turning into chlorine anions.
r u sure?
coz thats wat i did
except a teacher sed it was water? :S
 

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danz90 said:
These are some calculation answers that I got, that I can remember. Can someone compare/clarfiy?

The average mass of zinc in tablets - 0.16mg

Titration question, [HCl] = 1.057 mol/L

The identitfy of gas = H2(g)

Highest energy released by: Hydrogen gas fuel

Amount of energy released by 80L petrol = 2.6 x 106 kJ , or something like 2,640,000 kJ.

Litres of Hydrogen Gas required: something like 269,xxx L ?
That looks like a source of relief. I confirm the zinc ironically, because thats what I got ... but I wrote it in small letters or crossed it out. The gases are right, they are hydrogen, I don't remember the other values, but they look like mine.
 

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Yamiyo said:
Voltage of galvanic cell -- 1.60V
Awesome, got this too :D

And the equation was :

Ni(s) + 2Cl-(aq) ----> Ni2+(aq) + Cl2(g)

?
 

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For people doing industrial, did you determine that the system was NOT at equilibrium?
 

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cookiemonsterz said:
ooh that was the only question i wasn't sure about. I used the Cl2 gas porential, times it buy 2 and added it to the +ve nickel one. That meant i got a voltage of about 2.9X volts, dont quite remember. What did evry 1 else get?
i puttttt
Ni + Cl2(g) --> 2Cl- + Ni2+

which is the wrong way round now that i look at it....
i got voltage of 2.96V too :)
 

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The average mass of zinc in tablets - 0.16mg - Agree With

Titration question, [HCl] = 1.057 mol/L - I got like 0.02

The identitfy of gas = H2(g) -yep

Highest energy released by: Hydrogen gas fuel -yep yep

Amount of energy released by 80L petrol = 2.6 x 106 kJ , or something like 2,640,000 kJ. I'm pretty sure i got something around this number

Litres of Hydrogen Gas required: something like 269,xxx L ? -think i got this
 

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UncoKane said:
It was so much harder than I was expecting!

I'd never seen so many calculation questions in my life!

I was so cut that there were no batteries or esterification questions!

>=[
Werent you supposed to include esterifacation in the ethanol q?
 

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danz90 said:
Awesome, got this too :D

And the equation was :

Ni(s) + 2Cl-(aq) ----> Ni2+(aq) + Cl2(g)

?
Uh no.
Ni(s) + Cl2(g) ----> Ni2+(aq) + 2Cl-(aq)


The previous one has two oxidations, which is impossible
 

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r0kstar said:
r u sure?
coz thats wat i did
except a teacher sed it was water? :S
Yep.

Clorine ion is on the negative terminal, that is Anode, where it loses an electron to become a gas.

edit.
wait...that was for industrial option...sorry, it was for electrolysis ^^"
 

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squeenie said:
It was an alright paper. Not too easy, but not as hard as some of the past papers I've done.

Did anyone else get hydrogen gas for question 20?
yup :) is it right?
 

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danz90 said:
For people doing industrial, did you determine that the system was NOT at equilibrium?
yea thats what i said : /
 

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yeh i got the exact same results. What a relief.
What did everyone get for the 4th mc question? Was it water or nitrogen that is most abundant in the atmosphere at the ground state?
 

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