AQA GCSE Combined Science Chemistry 8464
Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
Bonding, Structure, and the Properties of Matter
Chemical Analysis
Chemical Changes
Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Energy Changes
Organic Chemistry
Quantitative Chemistry
The Rate and Extent of Chemical Change
The Rate and Extent of Chemical Change
Measuring the mean rate of a reaction
- 3 things to know
- Chemistry Paper 2
Overview
Following the quantity of reactant used or product formed over time, using a balance for a gas-producing reaction, the mean rate equations, worked calculations, and the units g/s and cm³/s.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
Explain why a single measurement of the mass of product made is not enough to give the rate of a reaction.
Describe how a balance can be used to follow the rate of a reaction that gives off a gas.
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
Name the two kinds of measurement that can be followed over time to find the rate of a chemical reaction.
Model answer
The quantity of a reactant used up, or the quantity of a product formed.
- 2
Explain why a single measurement of the mass of product made is not enough to give the rate of a reaction.
Model answer
Rate compares how much is made or used with how long it took, so the time taken must be measured as well.
- 3
Describe how a balance can be used to follow the rate of a reaction that gives off a gas.
Model answer
The reaction vessel is stood on a balance and the mass is recorded at regular times; the mass falls as the gas escapes.
- 4
State the equation for the mean rate of a reaction written in terms of the reactant.
Model answer
Mean rate of reaction = quantity of reactant used ÷ time taken.
- 5
A reaction uses up 2.4 g of magnesium in 60 s. Calculate the mean rate of reaction.
Model answer
2.4 g ÷ 60 s = 0.04 g/s.
- 6
A reaction uses 6.0 g of a reactant at a mean rate of 0.25 g/s. Calculate the time taken.
Model answer
6.0 g ÷ 0.25 g/s = 24 s.
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