2 Amount of substance

AQA Chemistry Exam-style mark scheme

Question
Answer Marks Guidance
number
1ai 1 Ignore >3 significant figures.
 100
1 Allow 35.0–35.4% or 35%.
 35.37% Allow 2 marks if correct %.

1 a ii Sell the HCl or sell the other product or sell the 1 Need a financial gain
acid
1bi Mr  189.9 1
1 Allow 0.86–0.87.
 0.869
Ignore units.

1 b ii 0.869 1 Accept same value as in (i)

1 b iii 0.869  79.9  69.4 1 Allow 68.7–70.
Accept answer to (ii)  79.9.
1 b iv 1 If > 100% lose this mark.
 100
Accept 90.6–92%.
 90.75%
2ai 0.0212 1 Need 3 significant figures.
Allow correct answer to 3 significant
figures, e.g., 2.12  10–2.
2 a ii 0.0106 1 Mark is for 2 a i divided by 2 leading
to correct answer ≥ 2 significant
figures.
2 a iii 2 Allow 100.1 as ‘string’.
Mr 
Need 3 significant figures or more.
Consequential on 2 a ii  100(.1)
2 a iv Neutralisation or acid / base reaction 1 Allow acid / alkali reaction.
2bi T  304K and P  100 000 Pa 1 Only T and P correctly converted.

1
0.139 mol
1 Allow 0.138–0.139.
2 b ii 0.0276 mol 1 Allow answer to 2 b i divided by 5
leading to a correct answer.
Allow 0.028.
2c 4.20 g Ca(NO3) 2 1 Mark is for dividing by the correct Mr
values.
Ca(NO3)2 H2O
M2 and M3 dependent on correct
M1.
If Ca(NO3)2.4H2O seen with working
1 then award 3 marks.
0.0256 0.102
Credit alternative method which
1 3.98 1 gives x  4.
x4

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 2 Amount of substance
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Question
Answer Marks Guidance
number
3ai 0.013 1
3 a ii 0.0065 1 Answer to i ÷ 2
3 a iii 1 Allow 0.548 ÷ answer to ii
 84.3
Allow 84.1 – 84.4

3b 84.3 − 60  24.3 1 1 mark for −60

Mg 1 If 147.6 used the answer is 87.6 (1)
And this is Sr (1)
3c Burette 1
4a 1 M1 and M2 are process marks.
Mol Pb   0.0393 mol
1
Allow mark for M1  or M1  2.67.
Mol HNO3   0.105 mol
Accept range 0.0520–0.0530.
No consequential marking for M3
Vol HNO3   0.0524 dm3 1 Answer to 3 significant figures
required.
4b 101 000 Pa and 638  10–6 m3 1
Can score M2 with incorrect
n conversion of p and V
If T incorrect lose M1 and M3.
 If answer correct then award
3 marks.
 0.026 mol Allow answers to 2 significant
figures or more.
1
26.02  1
1
If transcription error lose M3 only.
4ci 2Pb(NO3)2(s) → 2 PbO(s) 4NO2(g)  O2(g) 1 Allow multiples.
Allow fractions.
4 c ii Decomposition not complete / side reactions / 1 Ignore reversible / not heated
by-products / some (NO2) escapes / not all enough / slow.
reacts / impure Pb(NO3)2
4 c iii Hard to separate O2 gas from NO2 gas/ hard to 1 Allow ‘mixture of gases’.
separate the 2 gases Not ‘all products are gases’.
5ai Mr  132.1 1 132
0.0238 1 Allow 0.024.
5 a ii 0.0476 1 0.0474 – 0.0476
Allow a i  2
5 a iii 1.21 1
Allow a ii  .

Ignore units even if wrong.

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5b 1 Allow 16%.
1
 16.03%
5c 100% 1 Ignore all working.
5d 1 If rearranged incorrectly lose M1 and
PV  nRT OR n  M3.
M2 is gained for converting P and T
n into the correct units in any
1 expression.
 0.594 1 Allow 0.593.
5e Na2SO4  44.1%,
H2O  55.9% 1 If x is not an integer, e.g., x  10.02
 2 marks

0.310 3.11
1  10 1
1
x  10

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