F331 questions candidates found difficult to answer

June 2011 (resit students)

Bond energy calc
Detail of time of flight mass spectroscopy
Nuclear equations
Dot and cross diagrams
Moles calculations
Explaining bond angles
Advantages disadvantages of coal
Enthalpy change calc
Structure and bonding
Oxides of nitrogen and combustion
Heterogeneous catalysts and how they work
January 2011
Reforming equation
Mole calculation
Percentage by mass calculation
Hesss cycle
Gas volume calc
Electron configuration of ions
Emission
June 2010 (resit students)
Catalyst equations
Heterogeneous catalysts how they work
Enthalpy change calc
Time of flight mass spectroscopy plus graph
Explain shape
Carbonates plus acid
Thermal decomposition experiment
Mole calc
Electron configuration and group /period
Drawing isomers
Energy density calc
Bond energy and exothermic or endothermic
Alcohol and amount of oxygen for complete combustion
Disadvantages of alternative fuels
January 2010
Naming alkanes
Auto ignition and structure
Enthalpy combustion experiment

Hesss cycle calc

Properties of alpha beta gamma
Half-life application
Mass spectra of isotopes
Emission spectra
Aliphatic definition
Shape and bond angle
Zeolites structure plus function
Percentage by mass calc
Properties of ionic and covalent particles