DP Chemistry (first assessment 2025)
Question 21N.2.HL.TZ0.c(iii)
Date | November 2021 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 2] | Reference code | 21N.2.HL.TZ0.c(iii) |
Level | HL | Paper | 2 | Time zone | TZ0 |
Command term | Calculate | Question number | c(iii) | Adapted from | N/A |
c(iii).
[Maximum mark: 2]
21N.2.HL.TZ0.c(iii)
Calculate the Gibbs free energy change (ΔG), in kJ mol−1, for this reaction at 25 °C. Use section 1 of the data booklet.
If you did not obtain an answer in c(i) or c(ii) use −87.6 kJ mol−1 and −150.5 J mol−1 K−1 respectively, but these are not the correct answers.
[2]
Markscheme
«ΔS =» –0.1702 «kJ mol–1 K–1»
OR
298 «K» ✔
«ΔG = –92.5 kJ mol–1 – (298 K × –0.1702 kJ mol–1 K–1) =» –41.8 «kJ mol–1» ✔
Award [2] for correct final answer.
If –87.6 and -150.5 are used then –42.8.

Syllabus sections
Reactivity 1. What drives chemical reactions? » Reactivity 1.4—Entropy and spontaneity (Additional higher level) » Reactivity 1.4.2—Change in Gibbs energy, ΔG, relates the energy that can be obtained from a chemical reaction to the change in enthalpy, ΔH, change in entropy, ΔS, and absolute temperature, T. Apply the equation ΔG⦵ = ΔH⦵ − TΔS⦵ to calculate unknown values of these terms.