VCE Chem Questions Thread

chemistry1111

hey
for this questions write an equation that shows hso4- acting as base in water. Would it be. Thank you

h2so4 + h20 = hso4- + h30+

Billzene

chemistry1111
You’re showing H2SO4 acting as an acid, not HSO4- acting as a base. Remember that bases grab H+ i.e. they neutralise (remove) H3O+ instead of making more H3O+

God

hamna_fa
Hi!

Edit: I'm completely wrong... Mybad! See Will

~~Presuming the standard solution is used to make the titrant/aliquot; here's my understanding!~~

~~- This would mean that the concentration would have been artificially decreased (as the titrant would be diluted).~~
~~- This would mean there would be an overestimation of aliquot added.~~

~~Meaning the concentration measurement would be greater than the real value.~~

Hope this helps!

Will

Is the volumetric flask not supposed to be rinsed with only deionsied water?
It says the "accuracy of the standard solution", so I'm assuming the volumetric flask is used to make the standard solution. If so, it should be washed with water regardless, as water is added to make these, and it is filled up to a certain point in the beaker.

The only thing that is washed with the solution which will go in it is the burette and the pipette, right?

Billzene

Will
This is correct. You're filling the volumetric flask with water anyways so it doesn't matter if there's some residual water left. The other glassware you wash with distilled water is the conical flask

Billzene

hamna_fa
It's OK since you're going to add more water to the Na2CO3 in the volumetric flask anyways

Christ

Hi, how does alcohol effect the tertiary structure of a protein?

Billzene

Christ It disrupts the H bonding in 2˚ and 3˚ structures of proteins with its hydroxyl group

Lord

Greetings,

For mass spectroscopy, do we need to know how to write the equation which produces the parent molecular ions and base peaks?
I saw it on a VCAA 2010 exam, but not sure if it's within the scope of the new study design.
And if so, could anyone provide an example of how you would write it?

Thanks,

Your Lord

Billzene

Lord I don't think you need to in the new SD. If you're curious, it's M + e- ---> M+ + 2e-. Some people choose to show it with a radical ie M+. but I don't

sasushi

Hey guys I have a question.

So I'm doing a gravimetric analysis task tmr where we have to look at the % of sulphate in fertilizer and compare it to the manufacturer's claim.

One of the steps in the experiment is to grind the fertilizer and then mix it with both HCl and distilled water. Then we boil and add barium chloride to form a precipitate.

I was just wondering what the role of the HCl was.

Billzene

sasushi
A lot of times in fertilisers they also have phosphate in there. Following the solubility rules, barium phosphate is also very insoluble in water, so when you add BaCl2 to the fertiliser which may contain phosphate some Ba2(PO4)3 precipitate may form and you might erroneously include it in the mass of BaSO4 precipitate, which overestimates the sulfate content of the fertiliser. Ba2(PO4)3 is soluble in HCl so adding HCl will prevent it from precipitating such that the final precipitate is exclusively BaSO4

sasushi

Billzene thank you soo muchh!!

Billzene

hamna_fa
You have volume and concentration of the Na2S solution so you want to convert that to mol and then you’d use molar ratios to calculate n(CdS) and hence m(CdS)

Cd(NO3)2 in excess = Na2S is limiting which means the amount of Na2S present (not Cd(NO3)2) is important to know if you want to calculate how much CdS precipitate is produced

God

Hi Billzene!

For VCE purposes; do we need to know how to number carbons in a cyclic molecule?

Eg. For determining if a monosaccharide is alpha or beta?

Thanks in advance 🙏

Billzene

God you need to recognise the structures of alpha/beta anomers of glucose, but you don’t need to know how to name cyclical compounds except maybe benzene

God

Billzene
legend, as always!

Chocolatepistachio

for this question For the boric acid isn’t it 0.89x v1 =1 x 0.15
Stock is C1
But the answer says 133.5g
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qKgLbhtaTwmzOsE-7TBQBFsv-k4HE-xV

Billzene

Chocolatepistachio no idea why it’s in g. Also it should’ve been 0.890 M x v1 = 0.089 M x 0.15 L

PizzaMaster

Hii everyone!
I am so confused...
The answer says 5-bromo-2-chloro-4-ethylhexane
but can't it also be
2-bromo-5-chloro-3-ethylhexane
then which one do you prefer?
Please help Thank you!!!

Ps. I am not sure how to attach the photo

God

PizzaMaster
Click the 'Add an image icon' down below (next to link / dot-points)

Go to and upload ur image to: https://imgur.com/upload

Copy the link from the address bar, and add it in the space provided!

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