Leaving Cert Chemistry 2021

The 2021 Leaving Cert Chemistry exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Exam Paper Marking Scheme

What's in the 2021 Higher Level paper?

Q1 volumetric analysis, titration, stoichiometry · 50 marks
Q2 organic chemistry, soap, hydrolysis · 50 marks
Q3 flame tests, oxidising agents, displacement reactions · 50 marks
Q4 atomic structure, bonding, short answer · 50 marks
Q5 periodic table, ionisation energy, atomic radius · 50 marks
Q6 fuels, fractional distillation, thermochemistry · 50 marks
Q7 acids and bases, acid dissociation constant, equilibrium · 50 marks
Q8 organic chemistry, alcohols, functional groups · 50 marks
Q9 chemical equilibrium, haber process, le chatelier's principle · 50 marks
Q10 molecular shapes, reaction rates, stoichiometry · 50 marks
Q11 organic chemistry, environmental chemistry, atomic theory · 50 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam Paper Marking Scheme

What's in the 2021 Ordinary Level paper?

Q1 organic chemistry, ethyne, unsaturation · 50 marks
Q2 titration, neutralisation, stoichiometry · 50 marks
Q3 thermochemistry, neutralisation, heat of reaction · 50 marks
Q4 general chemistry, atomic structure, environmental chemistry · 50 marks
Q5 chemical bonding, electronegativity, electron configuration · 50 marks
Q6 fuels, fractional distillation, hydrocarbons · 50 marks
Q7 water treatment, acids and bases, hard water · 50 marks
Q8 organic chemistry, alkenes, addition reactions · 50 marks
Q9 rates of reaction, gas collection, graph interpretation · 50 marks
Q10 atomic theory, electrolysis, stoichiometry · 50 marks
Q11 periodic table, equilibrium, industrial chemistry · 50 marks

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