Leaving Cert Chemistry: Laboratory Skills & Techniques questions

Methods home for genuinely cross-cutting practical skills that are not specific to one topic: purification and separation techniques, qualitative ion-identification tests, data handling/graphing, and laboratory safety. (Topic-specific experiments are mapped to their topic strand above, following the Biology precedent; only generic techniques land here.) - Draws on techniques threaded through the syllabus: recrystallisation and melting-point determination (exp 7.1), paper/thin-layer chromatography (exp 7.7), steam distillation and solvent extraction (exp 7.6), tests for anions (exp 2.1) and gas/ion identification, reaction-rate and titration-curve graphing, and the syllabus's general requirement to appreciate experimental error, hazards and safe technique.

52 past Chemistry questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2025, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

Laboratory Skills & Techniques question pack

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2025 · 3 questions

Paper 1 · Q150 marks

volumetric analysis, redox titration, iron determination

Paper 1 · Q250 marks

organic chemistry

Paper 1 · Q350 marks

rates of reaction, catalysis

2024 · 3 questions

Paper 1 · Q150 marks

volumetric analysis, acid-base titration, ethanoic acid

Paper 1 · Q250 marks

oxidation of ethanal, soap preparation

Paper 1 · Q350 marks

rates of reaction, concentration, temperature

2022 · 1 question

Q250 marks

organic preparation, ethene

2020 · 2 questions

Q250 marks

organic synthesis, oxidation, yield calculation

Q350 marks

rates of reaction, effect of temperature, collision theory

2018 · 2 questions

Q250 marks

soap preparation

Q350 marks

heat of reaction, calorimetry, neutralisation

Show 3 earlier years (2015 to 2017)

2017 · 1 question

Q350 marks

rates of reaction, thiosulfate, concentration

2016 · 2 questions

Q250 marks

unsaturation test, organic identification, oxidation

Q350 marks

rates of reaction, catalysis, hydrogen peroxide

2015 · 1 question

Q250 marks

organic oxidation, oxidation number, yield calculation

Laboratory Skills & Techniques question pack

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2025 · 2 questions

Paper 1 · Q150 marks

soap-making, saponification

Paper 1 · Q350 marks

rates of reaction, collision theory

2024 · 6 questions

Paper 1 · Q150 marks

organic chemistry, ethyne preparation, hydrocarbons

Paper 1 · Q250 marks

volumetric analysis, acid-base titration, concentration calculation

Paper 1 · Q450 marks

short answer, ionic bonding, isotopes, carboxylic acids, diffusion, oxidation, aromatic compounds, x-ray crystallography

Paper 1 · Q750 marks

rates of reaction, catalysts, hydrogen peroxide, enzymes

Paper 1 · Q1150 marks

atomic theory, periodic table, gas laws, industrial chemistry, alloys

2023 · 2 questions

Q350 marks

water analysis, environmental chemistry

Q950 marks

rates of reaction, surface area

2022 · 1 question

Q1150 marks

water treatment, states of matter, industrial chemistry

2021 · 1 question

Q950 marks

rates of reaction

Show 6 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 4 questions

Q150 marks

organic chemistry, unsaturation, combustion test

Q250 marks

volumetric analysis, acid-base titration, concentration calculation

Q350 marks

rates of reaction, catalysts, hydrogen peroxide

Q450 marks

short answer, periodic table, flame tests, electrolysis

2019 · 3 questions

Q150 marks

ethyne preparation, unsaturation, bromine test

Q350 marks

dissolved solids, flame tests

Q750 marks

rates of reaction, surface area

2018 · 4 questions

Q150 marks

organic chemistry, ethene preparation, unsaturation

Q250 marks

volumetric analysis, acid-base titration, concentration calculation

Q350 marks

rates of reaction, catalysts, hydrogen peroxide

Q950 marks

oxidation and reduction, flame tests, reactivity

2017 · 5 questions

Q150 marks

unsaturation, combustion

Q250 marks

volumetric analysis, acid-base titration, concentration calculation

Q350 marks

heat of reaction, neutralisation, exothermic

Q750 marks

ionic bonding, flame tests

Q950 marks

rates of reaction, catalysts, enzymes

2016 · 5 questions

Q150 marks

hydrocarbons, ethene, ethyne

Q250 marks

volumetric analysis, acid-base titration, concentration calculation

Q350 marks

rates of reaction, catalysts, hydrogen peroxide

Q950 marks

water treatment, water hardness, cloze

Q1050 marks

acids and bases, ph, covalent bonding

2015 · 4 questions

Q150 marks

organic extraction

Q250 marks

volumetric analysis, acid-base titration, concentration calculation

Q350 marks

water analysis, flame tests, suspended and dissolved solids

Q950 marks

rates of reaction, factors affecting rate

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