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Date May 2018 Marks available 1 Reference code 18M.2.sl.TZ2.4
Level SL Paper 2 Time zone TZ2
Command term Outline Question number 4 Adapted from N/A

Question

Enthalpy changes depend on the number and type of bonds broken and formed.

The table lists the standard enthalpies of formation, ΔHΘf, for some of the species in the reaction above.

M18/4/CHEMI/SP2/ENG/TZ2/04.b

Hydrogen gas can be formed industrially by the reaction of natural gas with steam.

                                          CH4(g) + H2O(g) → 3H2(g) + CO(g)

Determine the enthalpy change, ΔH, for the reaction, in kJ, using section 11 of the data booklet.

Bond enthalpy for C≡O: 1077 kJ mol−1

[3]
a.

Outline why no value is listed for H2(g).

[1]
b.i.

Determine the value of ΔHΘ, in kJ, for the reaction using the values in the table.

[1]
b.ii.

Outline why the value of enthalpy of reaction calculated from bond enthalpies is less accurate.

[1]
b.iii.

Markscheme

bonds broken: 4(C–H) + 2(H–O)/4(414) + 2(463)/2582 «kJ»

bonds made: 3(H–H) + C≡O/3(436) + 1077/2385 «kJ»

ΔH «= ΣBE(bonds broken) – ΣBE(bonds made) = 2582 – 2385» = «+» 197 «kJ»

 

Award [3] for correct final answer.

Award [2 max] for –197 «kJ».

[3 marks]

a.

ΔHΘf for any element = 0 «by definition»

OR

no energy required to form an element «in its stable form» from itself

[1 mark]

b.i.

ΔHΘ « = ΔHΘf(products) – ΔHΘf(reactants) = –111 + 0 – [–74.0 + (–242)]»

«+» 205 «kJ»

[1 mark]

b.ii.

«bond enthalpies» averaged values «over similar compounds»

OR

«bond enthalpies» are not specific to these compounds

[1 mark]

b.iii.

Examiners report

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b.i.
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b.ii.
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b.iii.

Syllabus sections

Core » Topic 5: Energetics/thermochemistry » 5.3 Bond enthalpies
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