Skip to content

Course home

Monitoring chemical reactions

Monitoring chemical reactions

EasyMediumHard
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556
Question 19

A student monitors the progress of the reaction between a solid Group 2 metal carbonate, XCO3\text{XCO}_3XCO3​, and excess hydrochloric acid by measuring the loss in mass of the reaction vessel over time:

XCO3(s)+2HCl(aq)→XCl2(aq)+H2O(l)+CO2(g) \text{XCO}_3(\text{s}) + 2\text{HCl}(\text{aq}) \rightarrow \text{XCl}_2(\text{aq}) + \text{H}_2\text{O}(\text{l}) + \text{CO}_2(\text{g}) XCO3​(s)+2HCl(aq)→XCl2​(aq)+H2​O(l)+CO2​(g)

The initial mass of the beaker containing the excess hydrochloric acid is 150.00 g. A 1.69 g sample of XCO3\text{XCO}_3XCO3​ is added to the beaker.

Once the reaction is complete and the mass recorded on the balance remains constant, the final mass of the beaker and its contents is 150.81 g.

What is the relative atomic mass (ArA_rAr​) of the metal X\text{X}X?

(Assume ArA_rAr​: C=12.0\text{C} = 12.0C=12.0, O=16.0\text{O} = 16.0O=16.0)

A

24.524.524.5

B

40.540.540.5

C

56.556.556.5

D

84.584.584.5

Markscheme

Monitoring chemical reactions Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Chemistry
  3. /Monitoring chemical reactions

91 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Chemistry Monitoring chemical reactions. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

Question bank