A student investigates the temperature change during a neutralisation reaction between dilute sulfuric acid and potassium hydroxide solution.
Explain why a polystyrene cup is a better container to use for this reaction than a glass beaker.
94 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Chemistry 8.2 Heat energy changes in chemical reactions, covering 8.2.1 Exothermic and endothermic changes, 8.2.2 Bond breaking, bond making and overall energy change, 8.2.3 Calculating energy change from bond energies, and 8.2.4 Activation energy and reaction profiles. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.