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

Lignite, a type of coal, contains about 0.40 % sulfur by mass.

Write an equation that shows how sulfur dioxide can produce acid rain.

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SO2 (g) + H2O (l) → H2SO3 (aq)

OR

SO2 (g) + ½O2 (g) → SO3 (g)  AND  SO3 (g) + H2O (l) → H2SO4 (aq)

OR

SO2 (g) + ½O2 (g) + H2O (l) → H2SO4 (aq) ✔

 

Accept ionized forms of acids.

Examiners report

This proved quite challenging with about half the candidates producing many imaginative, but incorrect and often unbalanced equations, for SO2 producing acid rain.

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