IB Chemistry IA Example Courseworks

Past IA’s with Marking Rubrics and Examiner Comments

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Below are a collection of Internal Assessments, conducted by previous IB students. They have been marked by official IB examiners and the examiner comments are found below.

IB Chemistry Example IA's

1 - Factors effecting the boiling and melting points in organic homologous series
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Mark: 22/24

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2 - The effect of halogen atom substitution on bond angles in halogenated compounds
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Mark: 19/24

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3 - Positive inductive effect of methyl groups in nine simple alcohols
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Mark: 17/24

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4 - An investigation into the dependence of egg protein denaturation on temperature
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Mark: 19/24

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5 - Impact of increased water acidity on coral reefs based on a study of the kinetics of CaCO3 and HCl
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Mark: 18/24

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6 - A study of the saponification reaction of olive oil
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Mark: 19/24

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7 - Investigating the oxidative rancidity of polyunsaturated oils
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Mark: 19/24

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8 - The enthalpy of combustion of alcohols
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Mark: 12/24

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9 - Investigating lipids suitable for manufacturing soap for a school project
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Mark: 14/24

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10 - Effect of cooking time on chlorophyll degradation
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Mark: 14/24

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11 - Hydrolysis of PVA
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Mark: 19/24

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12 - Ion absorption properties of sodium polyacrylate
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Mark: 20/24

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13 - Catalysis of iodine clock reaction
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Mark: 21/24

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14 - Lattice enthalpy
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Mark: 21/24

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15 - Boiling points of binary mixtures
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Mark: 20/24

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16 - Effect of red wine tannin concentration on methylene blue oxidation
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Mark: 23/24

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17 - Oxidation of luminol
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Mark: 23/24

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18 - Reaction kinetics of hydrolysis of sucrose using polarimetry
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Mark: 22/24

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