IB Chemistry IA Example Courseworks

Past IB chemistry IA’s with marking rubrics and examiner comments

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This page contains links to several official IB chemistry IAs across several chemistry IA topics. They are all conducted by previous International baccalaureate students. The chemistry IA examples have been marked, following the IB chemistry IA criteria, by official IB chemistry IA examiners. The resulting IA examiner comments are also provided for each chemistry IA.

We suggest you use these International baccalaureate chemistry IAs to get IB chemistry IA ideas and explore possible chemistry IA topics for your own Internal Assessment

IB Chemistry Example IA's

Mark: 22/24

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Factors effecting the boiling and melting points in organic homologous series
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Mark: 19/24

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The effect of halogen atom substitution on bond angles in halogenated compounds
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Mark: 17/24

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Positive inductive effect of methyl groups in nine simple alcohols
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Mark: 19/24

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An investigation into the dependence of egg protein denaturation on temperature
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Mark: 18/24

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Impact of increased water acidity on coral reefs based on a study of the kinetics of CaCO3 and HCl
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Mark: 19/24

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

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Investigating the oxidative rancidity of polyunsaturated oils
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Mark: 12/24

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The enthalpy of combustion of alcohols
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Mark: 14/24

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

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Effect of cooking time on chlorophyll degradation
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Mark: 19/24

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Hydrolysis of PVA
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Mark: 20/24

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Ion absorption properties of sodium polyacrylate
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Mark: 21/24

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Catalysis of iodine clock reaction
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Mark: 21/24

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Lattice enthalpy
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Mark: 20/24

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Boiling points of binary mixtures
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Mark: 23/24

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

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Oxidation of luminol
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Mark: 22/24

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Reaction kinetics of hydrolysis of sucrose using polarimetry
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