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    Paper 3 Section A Experimental work (5) with worked

    answers
    Hydrogen peroxide decomposes according to the equation:

    2H2O2(aq) → O2(g) + 2H2O(l)

    The catalytic effect of adding solid manganese dioxide powder to an aqueous solution of hydrogen
    peroxide was studied using the set-up shown below.

    In three separate experiments the volume of oxygen evolved was measured over time when no
    manganese dioxide was added, when 0.100 g of manganese dioxide was added and when 1.00 g of
    manganese dioxide was added to the same volume of hydrogen peroxide solution. The temperature was
    kept constant throughout.

    (a) In order to add the manganese dioxide the bung had to be taken out of the conical flask and replaced
    quickly. This altered the pressure in the apparatus and affected the initial reading on the syringe.
    Suggest a simple modification to the apparatus which would allow the manganese dioxide to be
    added to the hydrogen peroxide solution without the bung having to be removed. [1]

    Place the manganese dioxide powder in a small tube standing vertically inside the flask which can be
    knocked over to start the reaction. [1]

    (b) Manganese dioxide is a black powder and hydrogen peroxide solution is a colourless liquid. Describe
    what will be observed inside the flask, before, during and after the reaction involving manganese
    dioxide has taken place. [2]

    Initially there will be a colourless liquid. When the MnO2 is added the black solid will be dispersed
    throughout the liquid and the liquid will effervesce as gas is evolved. [1]
    The effervescence will decrease as the reaction proceeds and when the reaction is complete the MnO2
    will settle as a black precipitate on the bottom of the flask leaving the clear solution above. [1]

    © Dr. Geoffrey Neuss, InThinking


    https://www.thinkib.net/chemistry 1
    (c) The quantitative results obtained are shown graphically below.

    (c) Determine the rate of reaction after one minute when 1.00 g of manganese dioxide had been used as
    a catalyst. [1]

    From the gradient (added to the graph above) the rate of reaction after one minute = 36 ÷ 1.0 = 36 cm3
    min−1. [1]

    (d) Suggest why the rate of the reaction does not increase by a factor of ten when the mass of catalyst
    added is increased tenfold from 0.100 g to 1.00 g. [1]

    Although the mass increases tenfold the surface area does not and the hydrogen peroxide only reacts
    on the surface of the heterogeneous catalyst. [1]

    (e) Assuming that the total volume of oxygen evolved by the time the reaction has gone to completion is
    100 cm3 (measured at STP), calculate the amount (in mol) of hydrogen peroxide present initially. [1]

    1 mol of gas at STP occupies 22700 cm3 (from data booklet or use PV = nRT)
    Amount of oxygen evolved at STP = 100 ÷ 22700 = 4.41 x 10−3 mol
    Two mol of H2O2 are required to produce 1 mol of O2
    Amount of H2O2 present initially = 2 x (4.41 x 10−3) = 8.82 x 10−3 mol [1]

    © Dr. Geoffrey Neuss, InThinking


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