ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

CHEMISTRY 5071/4
PAPER 4 Alternative to Practical

OCTOBER 2004 SESSION 1 hour

1. The diagram shows part of the apparatus used to determine the
melting point of a pure solid.

(a) (i) Draw one missing piece of apparatus on the diagram. [1]

(ii) State the function of this apparatus.

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(b) Outline how the melting point is determined.

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(c) What would be the difference in the results if an impure solid
was used?

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[Total : 7]
2. The diagram shows the apparatus used to separate ammonium
chloride from sodium chloride.

(a) (i) Name the separation technique used in the experiment.

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(ii) Name substance X.

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(iii) What is the purpose of the cold water?

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[Total : 3]

3. A student carried out an experiment to determine the percentage

composition by mass of magnesium oxide.

The following results were obtained

Mass of empty crucible + lid = 8.52g

Mass of crucible + lid + magnesium = 8.88g
Mass of crucible + lid + magnesium oxide = 9.12g

(a) From the results calculate

(i) mass of magnesium used,

 [1]

(ii) mass of magnesium oxide formed,

[1]

(iii) mass of oxygen in magnesium oxide,

[1]

(iv) the percentage by mass of oxygen in magnesium oxide.

[1]

(b) Explain the property of magnesium that the student exploited in

this experiment.

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 (c) Suggest two precautions that should be observed to get accurate
results.

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[total: 8]

4. The scheme below shows some reactions of dilute sulphuric acid with
magnesium ribbon, copper (II) oxide and sodium carbonate.

(a) Give the formula of salt x and gas C.

salt X ________________________________________

gas C ________________________________________ [2]

(b) Describe a test to identify gas A.

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 (c) State the reagents you would use to identify the cat ion and
anion present in solution B.

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(d) Write a balanced equation for the reaction between the acid and
sodium carbonate.

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[total : 8]
5. The following table shows some tests, observations and conclusions
made on solution s. complete the table.

Test No. Tests Observations Conclusion

1 CI- present
2 Aqueous sodium White ppt soluble
hydroxide was in excess
added until in
excess
3 Aqueous Zn2+ present
ammonia was
added until in
excess
[7]

6. A student carried out an experiment to determine the concentration of

a dibasic acid by a titration method using the following solutions.

solution P, dibasic acid

solution P, dibasic acid

solution r, 1 moldm-3 sodium hydroxide

25 cm3 of solution R was placed in a conical flask and titrated with

solution P from the burette using a suitable indicator
 The table shows the results obtained.

Titration No. 1 2 3
Final burette 22.9 43.6
reading / cm3
Initial burette 7.3 0.0
reading / cm3
Volume of P 22.3 22.5
used / cm3
Best titration
results (√)

(a) (i) Complete the table. [3]

(ii) Tick (√) the best titration results. [1]

(b) Summary

25 cm3 of R required ……………. cm3 of P. [1]

(c) Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 25 cm3

of solution R.

[1]

(d) Given that 1 mole of P reacts with 2 moles of R, calculate the

number of moles of P that reacted with moles of R in (c).

[1]

(e) Calculate the concentration of the dibasic acid P in moldm-3.

 [1]

(f) (i) Suggest a suitable indicator for this titration.

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(ii) What is the colour of the indicator at the end point?

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[Total : 10]
7. The diagram shows apparatus used to find the enthalpy change of
combustion of ethanol.

(a) Name apparatus Y.

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(b) What is the purpose of the draught shield?

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(c) The tables show the readings obtained.

 Temperature Table

Final temperature of water / oC 37.0

Initial temperature of water / oC 25.0
Temperature rise

Weighing Table

Mass of ethanol + burner before 66.87

heating / g
Mass of ethanol + burner after 66.41
heating / g
Mass of ethanol burnt / g
[2]
(i) Complete the tables.

(ii) Calculate the mass of water that was heated.

[Density of water = 1g / cm3]

[1]

(iii) The heat gained can be expressed as below.

Heat gained = 4.2 Jg-1oC-1 x mass x temperature rise

Calculate the amount of heat gained by water.

[2]

(iv) Calculate the number of moles of ethanol burnt in this

experiment. (Ar : C = 12; H = 1; O = 16)
 [2]

(v) Use your answers to (c) (iii) and (c) (iv) to calculate the
amount of heat produced by burning 1 mol of ethanol.

[2]
[Total : 11]

8. The diagram shows the apparatus used to investigate the speed of

reaction between zinc powder and 0.15 moldm-3 hydrochloric acid.

The following results were obtained.

Volume of 11 20 32 38 42 44.8 45 45
hydrogen
produced / cm3
Time / s 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120

(a) On the grid plot a graph of

 (i) volume of hydrogen produced against time. [3]

(ii) Use your graph to find the volume of hydrogen gas

produced after 50 seconds.

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(b) On the same axes sketch the graph that would be obtained if
zinc granules were used. [2]
[Total : 6]