A Level Chemistry 2017 Paper 1 Question 13 Solution - Exclusive

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2017 A Level H2 Chemistry Paper 1 Question 13 Question

The topic tested in this question is on Chemical Equilibria and Mole Concept.

We first start with the Kc expression given in the question.

Since water is pure, the concentration of H3O+ and OH- are the same, so we can combine these terms together and end up with the following expression:

2017 A Level H2 Chemistry Paper 1 Question 13 Kc expression

Next we rearrange the expression to reference it with respect to concentration of H3O+.

2017 A Level H2 Chemistry Paper 1 Question 13 concentation of H3O expression

Concentration of H3O+ is just the number of moles of H3O+ in 1 dm3 of solution, and concentration of H2O is the number of moles of H2O in 1 dm3 of solution.

So we can write the number of H3O+ ions in terms of number of H2O molecules and Kc expression.

2017 A Level H2 Chemistry Paper 1 Question 13 Number of H3O ions expression

Finally we can express number of water molecules using density (0.997 g cm-3), volume (1000 cm3), molar mass (18) and Avogadro constant (L) and get the final expression.

2017 A Level H2 Chemistry Paper 1 Question 13 Number of H3O ions working

We can then compare our working with the options given in the question and conclude that the answer to this question is D.

2017 A Level H2 Chemistry Paper 1 Question 13 compare option for answer

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Topic: Chemical Equilibria, Physical Chemistry, A Level Chemistry, Singapore

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