DP Chemistry (last assessment 2024)

Question 22N.2.hl.TZ0.3b

Date	November 2022	Marks available	[Maximum mark: 1]	Reference code	22N.2.hl.TZ0.3b
Level	hl	Paper	2	Time zone	TZ0
Command term	Show	Question number	b	Adapted from	N/A

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22N.2.hl.TZ0.3b

Consider the following reaction:

Cu²⁺ (aq) + Fe (s) → Fe²⁺(aq) + Cu (s)

(b)

The mass spectrum for copper is shown:

^{Source: WebElements, n.d. Copper: isotope data [online] Available at:}
^{https://www.webelements.com/copper/isotopes.html [Accessed 6 October 2021].}

Show how a relative atomic mass of copper of 63.62 can be obtained from this mass spectrum.

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Markscheme

$\frac{(63 \times 69) + (65 \times 31)}{100}$

$65 x + (1 - x) 63 = 63.62$ AND $x = 0.31 / 31$ «%» AND $1 - x = 0.69 / 69$ «%» ✔

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Almost every student managed to illustrate how isotopic abundances, from the given mass spectrum, could be used to calculate the relative atomic mass of the element.

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Core » Topic 2: Atomic structure » 2.1 The nuclear atom

Core » Topic 2: Atomic structure

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