Cambridge Ordinary Level

Cambridge International Examinations
Cambridge Ordinary Level

* 8 9 6 7 1 8 3 0 0 8 *
CHEMISTRY 5070/41
Paper 4 Alternative to Practical May/June 2015
1 hour
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1 (a) (i) Describe the appearance of zinc.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) Zinc oxide can be made from zinc by heating in air.
Construct the equation for this reaction.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(iii) Which compound may be used to convert zinc oxide into zinc nitrate?
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(b) When zinc nitrate is heated in a fume cupboard the following reaction takes place.
2Zn(NO3)2(s) 2ZnO(s) + 4NO2(g) + O2(g)
(i) Suggest why the heating is done in a fume cupboard.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) Calculate the number of moles of zinc nitrate in 3.78 g of zinc nitrate.
[Ar: Zn, 65; N, 14; O, 16]
................................................. moles [1]
(iii) Using the equation for the reaction and your answer to (b)(ii) calculate the volume of
each gas produced when 3.78 g of zinc nitrate is heated.
[1 mole of a gas occupies a volume of 24 000 cm3 at room temperature and pressure.]
volume of NO2 ......................................... cm3
volume of O2 .............................................cm3 [2]
[Total: 7]
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2 (a) The general formula of a carboxylic acid is
CnH2n+1COOH
G is a carboxylic acid and has a relative formula mass of 88.
Deduce the value of n in the formula and hence name compound G.
n = .......................................... name of G .................................................................... [3]
(b) When magnesium reacts with G, a gas is formed.
Name the gas and give a test and observation to identify this gas.
name ...........................................
test and observation .................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[2]
(c) Ethyl ethanoate has the same molecular formula as G.
(i) To which homologous series does ethyl ethanoate belong?
........................................... [1]
(ii) Give the structure of ethyl ethanoate.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(iii) Name the two compounds which, under suitable conditions, react to form ethyl ethanoate.
.......................................................................................................................................[2]
(iv) Compound H belongs to the same homologous series as ethyl ethanoate.

H has the same molecular formula as ethyl ethanoate.
Suggest the name and the structure of H.
name ........................................................
structure ........................................................ [2]
[Total: 11]
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In questions 3 to 7 inclusive, place a tick (✓) in the box against the correct answer.
3 With which piece of apparatus should a safety bulb be used?
(a) beaker
(b) burette
(c) measuring cylinder
(d) pipette
[Total: 1]
4 Concentrated aqueous sodium chloride is electrolysed using carbon electrodes.
Which of the following is correct?
product at the positive product at the negative

electrode electrode
(a) oxygen sodium
(b) chlorine hydrogen
(c) oxygen hydrogen
(d) chlorine sodium
[Total: 1]
5 Metal A displaces metal B from a solution of its ions. Metal B displaces metal C from a solution of
its ions.
What could A, B and C be?
A B C
(a) iron silver magnesium
(b) magnesium iron silver
(c) magnesium silver iron
(d) silver iron magnesium
[Total: 1]
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6 A student adds solid zinc powder to a beaker containing aqueous copper(II) sulfate.
Which of the following observations are correct?
1 The colour of the solution fades.
2 A red-brown deposit is formed at the base of the beaker.
3 Bubbles of a gas are rapidly evolved.
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
[Total: 1]
7 A student is asked to make 250 cm3 of 0.20 mol / dm3 sodium hydroxide.
[Ar: Na, 23; O, 16; H, 1]
What is the mass of sodium hydroxide required?
(a) 1.0 g
(b) 2.0 g
(c) 4.0 g
(d) 8.0 g
[Total: 1]

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8 Ammonium sulfate is a nitrogenous fertiliser.

Nitrogen in the fertiliser promotes the growth of plants.
A student is given an aqueous solution of ammonium sulfate, R, and is asked to determine its
concentration.
Using a pipette, 25.0 cm3 of R is placed in a beaker and 50.0 cm3 of 2.00 mol / dm3 sodium
hydroxide, an excess, is added.
The following reaction takes place.
(NH4)2SO4 + 2NaOH Na2SO4 + 2H2O + 2NH3
The mixture is heated until all the ammonia has evolved.
(a) How can the student confirm that all the ammonia has evolved?
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(b) After cooling, the remaining mixture is transferred to a volumetric flask and made up to
250 cm3 with distilled water. This is solution T.
25.0 cm3 of T is transferred to a conical flask and a few drops of phenolphthalein indicator are
added.
A burette is filled with 0.100 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid.
0.100 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid is added to T until the end-point is reached.
Phenolphthalein is colourless in acid solution and pink in alkaline solution.
What is the colour of the solution in the conical flask
• before hydrochloric acid is added, ..........................................
• at the end-point? .......................................... [1]

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(c) The student does three titrations. The diagrams show parts of the burette with the liquid levels
at the beginning and end of each titration.
first titration second titration third titration
7 27
39
29
19
9
8 28
40
30
10 20
9 29
41
31
21
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Use the diagrams to complete the following table.
titration number 1 2 3
final burette reading / cm3
initial burette reading / cm3
volume of hydrochloric
acid / cm3
best titration results (✓)
Summary
Tick (✓) the best titration results.
Using these results, the average volume of hydrochloric acid is
................................................... cm3. [4]
(d) Calculate the number of moles of hydrochloric acid in the average volume of 0.100 mol / dm3
hydrochloric acid in (c).
................................................. moles [1]
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(e) (i) Using the equation
HCl + NaOH NaCl + H2O
deduce the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 25.0 cm3 of T.
................................................. moles [1]
(ii) Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 250 cm3 of T.
................................................. moles [1]
(f) Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 50 cm3 of 2.00 mol / dm3 sodium
hydroxide.
................................................. moles [1]
(g) By subtracting your answer to (e)(ii) from your answer to (f) calculate the number of moles of
sodium hydroxide which reacts with 25.0 cm3 of R.
................................................. moles [1]
(h) When 1 mole of sodium hydroxide reacts with ammonium sulfate, 17 g of ammonia are
produced.
Calculate
(i) the mass of ammonia produced from the original 25.0 cm3 sample of R,
.........................................................g [1]
(ii) the mass of ammonia produced from 1 dm3 of R.
.........................................................g [1]
(i) The formula of ammonium sulfate is (NH4)2SO4.
Using your answer to (h)(ii) calculate the concentration of ammonium sulfate in R.

[Ar: N, 14; H, 1]
.............................................mol / dm3 [2]
[Total: 15]

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9 The following table shows the tests a student does on compound M and the conclusions made
from observations.
Complete the table by giving the observations in tests (a), (b) and (c) and suggest both the test
and observation that lead to the conclusion in test (d).
test observation conclusion

(a) M is dissolved M probably does not
in water and the contain a transition metal
solution divided into ion.
three parts for tests
(b), (c) and (d).
(b) (i) To the first part, M may contain

aqueous sodium Al 3+, Ca2+ or Zn2+ ions.
hydroxide is
added until a
change is seen.
(ii) An excess of M may contain Al 3+ or

aqueous sodium Zn2+ ions.
hydroxide is
added to the
mixture from (i).
(c) (i) To the second

part, aqueous
ammonia is added
until a change is
seen.
(ii) An excess of The presence of Al 3+

aqueous ammonia ions in M is confirmed.
is added to the
mixture from (i).
(d) M contains NO3– ions.
[Total: 9]
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10 A student investigates the solubility of two salts, ammonium chloride and potassium nitrate.
He uses the apparatus shown.
thermometer
solution
crystals of
the salt
heat
10 g of water is placed in a boiling tube and 7.0 g of ammonium chloride is added.
The tube and contents are heated until all the solid dissolves.
The tube is allowed to cool.
Solid ammonium chloride first appears at 80 °C.
The temperature is noted in the table in (a).

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(a) The experiment is repeated using 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 g of ammonium chloride.
The diagrams below show part of the thermometer stem, giving the temperature at which the
solid first appears in each test.
50 50 80 90
40 40 70 80
30 30 60 70
20 20 50 60
10 10 40 50
0 0 30 40
3.0 g 4.0 g 5.0 g 6.0 g

ammonium ammonium ammonium ammonium
chloride chloride chloride chloride
Use the thermometer readings to complete the following table.
mass of ammonium chloride 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0

in 10 g of water / g
temperature at which 80
ammonium chloride first
appears / °C
[2]
(b) The experiment is repeated using different masses of potassium nitrate, the results for which
are shown in the following table.
mass of potassium nitrate in 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0

10 g of water / g
temperature at which 4 18 29 37 45 50
potassium nitrate first
appears / °C
What problem might the student experience in completing the experiment using 2.0 g of
potassium nitrate? Suggest how this problem may be overcome.
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(c) Plot the results for both ammonium chloride and potassium nitrate on the grid.
Draw a smooth curve through the points for ammonium chloride and label it ammonium
chloride.
Draw a smooth curve through the points for potassium nitrate and label it potassium nitrate.
Extend both curves so that each curve crosses the y–axis.
8.0
7.0
6.0
mass of salt in 10 g of water / g
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
temperature at which solid appears / °C
[3]

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(d) Use your graphs to answer the following questions.

What is the mass of each compound that dissolves in 10 g of water at 0 °C?
(i) ammonium chloride
........................................................ g [1]
(ii) potassium nitrate
........................................................ g [1]
(e) The solubility of a compound is defined as the maximum mass of compound that will dissolve
in 100 g of water at a given temperature.
(i) At what temperature is the solubility of each compound the same?
.......................................................°C [1]
(ii) Calculate the solubility of both ammonium chloride and potassium nitrate at the
temperature you have given in (e)(i).
.................................g / 100 g of water [1]
(f) The student is given two boiling tubes, one containing 5.0 g of ammonium chloride in 10 g of
water, the other containing 5.0 g of potassium nitrate in 10 g of water.
Both are stirred and heated to a temperature of 45 °C.
Describe the appearance of the contents of each boiling tube at 45 °C.
ammonium chloride
...................................................................................................................................................
potassium nitrate
...................................................................................................................................................
[2]
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Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
Cambridge O Level – May/June 2015 5070 41
1 (a) (i) Silver / grey solid (1) [1]
(ii) 2Zn + O2 = 2ZnO (1) [1]
(iii) Nitric acid / HNO3 (1) [1]
(b) (i) Toxic / poisonous gas evolved (1) [1]
(ii) 3.78 / 189 = 0.02 (1) [1]
(iii) 0.02 × 24000 × 2 = 960 cm3 (1)

0.02 × 24000 × 0.5 = 240 cm3 (1) [2]
[Total: 7]
2 (a) 88 – 45 = 43 (1)
n = 3 (1)
butanoic acid / butyric acid (1) [3]
(b) hydrogen (1)

pops in flame / burning splint pops / lighted splint pops (1) [2]
(c) (i) esters (1) [1]
(ii) CH3COOC2H5 / CH3CO2C2H5 (1) [1]
(iii) ethanol (1) ethanoic acid (1) [2]
(iv) C2H5COOCH3(1) / methyl propanoate (1)
OR HCOOC3H7(1) / propyl methanoate (1) [2]
[Total: 11]
3 (d) [Total: 1]
4 (b) [Total: 1]
5 (b) [Total: 1]
6 (b) [Total: 1]
7 (b) [Total: 1]
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8 (a) Gas no longer turns litmus blue (1) [1]
(b) Pink to colourless (1) [1]
(c) 29.5 28.8 39.9 1 mark for each correct row or column
8.9 7.9 19.5 to the benefit of the candidate (3)
20.6 20.9 20.4
Mean value 20.5 cm3 (1) [4]
(d) 0.00205 moles (1) [1]
(e) (i) 0.00205 (1) [1]
(ii) 0.0205 (1) [1]
(f) 0.1 (1) [1]
(g) 0.0795 (1) [1]
(h) (i) 1.352 g (1) [1]
(ii) 54.06 g (1) [1]
(i) One mole of (NH4)2SO4 produces 34 g / 2 moles of ammonia (1)

Concentration = 54.06 / 34 = 1.59 mol / dm3 (1) [2]
[Total: 15]
9 (a) colourless solution (1)
(b) (i) white ppt (1)
(ii) soluble in excess (1)
(c) (i) white ppt (1)
(ii) insoluble in excess (1)
(d) M1 (aq) NaOH / sodium hydroxide/ (1)

M2 Al / aluminium (foil) / Devarda’s alloy (1)
M3 warm / heat / boil (1)
M4 ammonia / NH3 OR gas turns litmus blue (1)

ALLOW
Brown ring test: conc. (1) sulfuric acid / H2SO4 (1) iron(II) sulfate / FeSO4 (1) brown ring (1)
[Total: 9]
10 (a) 10, 36, 54, 68

All correct for two marks; three correct for one mark [2]
(b) Temperature at which solid appears is below room temperature (1)

Cooling the tube by some method e.g. ice (1) [2]
(c) all points plotted correctly (1)

two smooth curves through the points (1 mark for each) [3]
(d) (i) NH4Cl – 2.8 (1) [1]
(ii) KNO3 – 1.7 (1) [1]
(e) (i) 23 (1) [1]
(ii) 3.4 g / 10g = 34 g / 100 g water (1) [1]
(f) NH4Cl – solution + undissolved solid (1)

KNO3 – solution (no solid) (1) [2]
[Total: 13]

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CHEMISTRY 5070/42
1 hour

DC (LK/AR) 89254/3
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1 (a) A student heats a small piece of magnesium ribbon in a crucible for several minutes. Some
magnesium oxide is produced.
(i) Describe the appearance of the magnesium before heating.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) Construct the equation for this reaction.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(b) When magnesium is added to dilute sulfuric acid a gas is produced.
Name the gas and give a test and observation to identify this gas.
name .................................................
test and observation
...............................................................................................................................................[2]
(c) (i) Describe what is seen when magnesium oxide is added to excess dilute sulfuric acid.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) Construct the equation for this reaction.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
[Total: 6]
2 A student uses the apparatus shown to find the energy released by the combustion of each of
three alcohols, X, Y and Z.
In each experiment 0.1 mol of alcohol is burnt and the initial temperature of the water is 20 °C.
thermometer
250 cm3 water
alcohol
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(a) (i) The diagrams show parts of the thermometer stem giving the temperature of the water
after 0.1 mol of each alcohol is burnt.
°C °C °C
45 45 45
40 40 40
35 35 35
30 30 30
25 25 25
20 20 20
alcohol X alcohol Y alcohol Z
Use the thermometer readings to complete the following table and calculate the rise in
temperature in each experiment.
alcohol X alcohol Y alcohol Z

final temperature / °C
initial temperature / °C 20 20 20
rise in temperature / °C
[2]
(ii) Deduce from these results what type of reaction is taking place.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]

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(b) When analysed, alcohol Y is found to contain 60.0% carbon, 13.3% hydrogen and 26.7%
oxygen by mass. Its relative formula mass is 60.
[Ar: C, 12; H, 1; O, 16]
(i) Calculate the empirical formula and hence the molecular formula of Y.
empirical formula ...................................................
molecular formula ................................................... [2]
(ii) Using your answers to (a)(i) and (b)(i) suggest the formula for X and the formula for Z,
giving reasons for your choices.
X ................................
Z ................................
reasons ..............................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................[3]
(c) The student oxidises alcohol Y to make a carboxylic acid.
(i) Name and give the structure of this acid.
name .......................................................................
structure .................................................................. [1]
(ii) Suggest both the name of an oxidising agent that can be used and the colour change of
the mixture that is seen during the reaction.
oxidising agent ..................................................................................................................
The colour changes from ............................................ to ........................................... . [2]
(d) Give the name and structure of the ester which may be prepared by reacting alcohol Y with
the acid produced in (c)(i).
name ........................................................................
structure ................................................................... [2]
[Total: 13]
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3 Which apparatus should a student use to measure 25.0 cm3 of a liquid?
(a) beaker
(b) conical flask
(c) measuring cylinder
(d) pipette
[Total: 1]
4 Water containing a little dilute sulfuric acid is electrolysed using carbon electrodes.
If 20 cm3 of oxygen is produced at the positive electrode, what volume of hydrogen is produced at
the negative electrode?
(a) 10 cm3
(b) 20 cm3
(c) 30 cm3
(d) 40 cm3
[Total: 1]

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5 Four tubes are arranged as in the diagrams. Each tube contains a piece of metal immersed in an
aqueous solution of ions of one of the other two metals.
copper magnesium magnesium zinc
Mg2+(aq) Cu2+(aq) Zn2+(aq) Cu2+(aq)

ions ions ions ions
In a total of how many tubes is a coating formed on the piece of metal?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
[Total: 1]
6 A small piece of sodium is placed on the surface of water. The sodium reacts and a solution is
produced.
Which of the following is not correct?
(a) The piece of sodium moves around the surface.
(b) A gas is evolved which relights a glowing splint.
(c) The resulting solution turns litmus blue.
(d) The temperature of the water increases.
[Total: 1]
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7 Calcium hydroxide reacts with hydrochloric acid according to the equation shown.
Ca(OH)2 + 2HCl CaCl2 + 2H2O
Which of the following solutions of hydrochloric acid will produce 1.11g of calcium chloride when
reacted with excess calcium hydroxide?
[Mr: CaCl2, 111]
(a) 25 cm3 of 0.200 mol / dm3 of hydrochloric acid
(b) 50 cm3 of 0.400 mol / dm3 of hydrochloric acid
(c) 75 cm3 of 0.050 mol / dm3 of hydrochloric acid
(d) 100 cm3 of 0.100 mol / dm3 of hydrochloric acid
[Total: 1]

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8 ‘Lawn sand’ is sand mixed with iron(II) sulfate and ammonium sulfate. It is used to promote the
growth of grass.
A student determines the percentage by mass of iron in a sample of lawn sand, L, using
0.0200 mol / dm3 aqueous potassium manganate(VII), solution P.
(a) A sample of L is added to a previously weighed beaker which is then reweighed.
mass of beaker + L = 38.04 g

mass of beaker = 21.93 g
Calculate the mass of L used in the experiment.
............................... g [1]
(b) 100 cm3 of dilute sulfuric acid is added to the beaker containing L and stirred well.
Sand is insoluble.
The sand is removed from the mixture. How could this be done?
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
The remaining solution is transferred to a volumetric flask and made up to 250 cm3 with distilled
water. This is solution M.
25.0 cm3 of M is transferred into a conical flask.
Solution P is put into a burette and run into the conical flask containing M until P is just in excess.
(c) What is the colour of the solution in the conical flask
• before P is added, ................................................
• when P is just in excess? ..................................... [1]
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(d) The student does three titrations. The diagrams show parts of the burette with the liquid levels
first titration second titration third titration
31
39 21
7 13 46
32
40 22
8 14 47
33
41 23
15
Use the diagrams to complete the table.
volume of P used / cm3
Summary
Using these results, the average volume of P used is
................................................... cm3. [4]
(e) P is 0.0200 mol / dm3 aqueous potassium manganate(VII).
Calculate the number of moles of potassium manganate(VII) in the average volume of

P in (d).
................................................. moles [1]

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(f) One mole of potassium manganate(VII) reacts with five moles of Fe2+.
Calculate the number of moles of Fe2+ in 25.0 cm3 of M.
................................................. moles [1]
(g) Calculate
(i) the number of moles of Fe2+ in 250 cm3 of M,
................................................. moles [1]
(ii) the mass of iron in 250 cm3 of M.

[Ar: Fe, 56]
.........................................................g [1]
(h) Using your answers to (a) and (g)(ii), calculate the percentage by mass of iron in L.
........................................................% [1]
(i) Lawn sand also contains ammonium sulfate, (NH4)2SO4 , which is a nitrogenous fertiliser.
(i) Calculate the percentage by mass of nitrogen in ammonium sulfate.

[Ar: N, 14; H, 1; S, 32; O, 16]
........................................................% [2]
(ii) Name another compound which can be used as a nitrogenous fertiliser.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
[Total: 15]
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9 The table shows the tests a student does on compound V.
Complete the table by stating the conclusion in test (a), the observations in tests (b) and (c) and
suggest both the test and observation that lead to the conclusion in test (d).

(a) V is dissolved A colourless solution is
in water and the obtained.
solution divided into
(b), (c) and (d).
(b) (i) To the first part, V may contain

aqueous sodium Al 3+, Ca2+ or Zn2+ ions.
hydroxide is
added until a
change is seen.
(ii) An excess of V may contain

aqueous sodium Al 3+ or Zn2+ ions.
hydroxide is
added to the
mixture from (i).
(c) (i) To the second

part, aqueous
ammonia is added
until a change is
seen.
(ii) An excess of The presence of Zn2+

aqueous ammonia ions in V is confirmed.
is added to the
mixture from (i).
(d) V contains NO3– ions.
[Total: 8]

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10 A student uses the apparatus shown to investigate the reaction between marble (CaCO3) and
hydrochloric acid.
10.0 g of marble lumps (an excess) are added to 30.0 cm3 of 1.20 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid
contained in a flask.
The mass of the flask and contents is recorded every 30 seconds. This is experiment 1.
The experiment is repeated using the same mass of marble but finely powdered instead of lumps.
The volume and concentration of the hydrochloric acid used is unchanged. This is experiment 2.
cotton wool plug
1.20 mol / dm3

marble hydrochloric acid
87.50
balance
(a) The results of the two experiments are recorded in the table.
Complete the table by calculating the total change in mass at each time for both experiments.
time / s experiment 1 (lumps) experiment 2 (powder)

mass of total mass of total
flask and change in flask and change in
contents / g mass / g contents / g mass / g
0 87.50 0.00 87.50 0.00
30 87.22 0.28 87.02 0.48
60 87.02 0.48 86.83 0.67
90 86.87 86.74
120 86.77 86.69
150 86.69 86.69
180 86.69 86.69
[2]
(b) Construct the equation for the reaction between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
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(c) Suggest why the mass of the flask and contents decreases as the reaction progresses.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(d) Plot the points for each experiment on the grid.

Draw a smooth curve through each set of points.
Label the curves ‘experiment 1’ and ‘experiment 2’.
1.20
1.00
0.80
total change in mass / g
0.60
0.40
0.20
0.00
0 30 60 90 120 150 180
time / s
[3]
(e) Using your graph,
(i) what is the total change in mass in experiment 1 after 75 seconds,
........................................................ g [1]
(ii) what is the mass of the flask and contents in experiment 2 after 45 seconds?
........................................................ g [1]

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(f) State and explain how the use of powdered marble rather than marble lumps in experiment 2
affects the rate of the reaction.
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[2]
(g) Using your equation in (b), calculate the mass of marble that remains after reaction with
30 cm3 of 1.20 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid.
[Ar: Ca, 40; C, 12; O, 16]
........................................................ g [2]
[Total:13]
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1 (a) (i) silver / silvery / grey (1) [1]
(ii) 2 Mg + O2 → 2 MgO (1) [1]
(b) hydrogen / H2 (1)

pops in flame / burning splint pops / lighted splint pops (1) [2]
(c) (i) MgO / magnesium oxide / solid / it disappears / dissolves

or a colourless solution / colourless liquid (is formed) (1) [1]
(ii) MgO + H2SO4 → MgSO4 + H2O (1) [1]
[Total: 6]
2 (a) (i) 32 38 44 all correct (1)

(20) (20) (20)
12 18 24 all correct (1) [2]
(ii) exothermic (1) [1]
(b) (i) (60 / 12 = 5 13.3 / 1 = 13.3 26.7 / 16 = 1.67)

3 : 8 : 1
Empirical Formula = C3H8O (1) Reject C3H7OH
Molecular formula = C3H8O (1) [2]
(ii) X = C2H5OH or CH3OH (1) Z = C4H9OH or C5H11OH (1)
Reasons: e.g. the more carbon atoms in the molecule /

the more carbon-carbon bonds / bigger Mr (reject Ar) / larger molecules
the more the temperature (rise) / more heat given out or reverse argument / more
exothermic (1) [3]
(c) (i) propanoic (acid) /propionic (acid)

C2H5COOH / CH3CH2COOH / C2H5CO2H / CH3CH2CO2H
(both name and structure required) (1) [1]
(ii) (acidified) potassium manganate(VII) or KMnO4 or potassium

permanganate (1)
purple / pink to colourless / decolourised (1)
OR
(acidified) potassium dichromate or K2Cr2O7 (1)
orange to green (1)
(in both cases, award of second mark is conditional on first mark being obtained)
[2]

(d) propyl propanoate (1)
C2H5COOC3H7/ C2H5COOC2H5 CH3/ C2H5COOCH2CH2CH3

CH3CH2COOC3H7/CH3CH2COOC3H7/
C2H5COO C2H5CH3 (1) [2]
[Total: 13]
3 (d) (1) [Total: 1]
4 (d) (1) [Total: 1]
5 (c) (1) [Total: 1]
6 (b) (1) [Total: 1]
7 (b) (1) [Total: 1]
8 (a) 16.11 g (1) [1]
(b) filtration / decant(ation) / centrifugation (1) [1]
(c) colourless / green to purple / pink (1) [1]
(d) 32.3 39.4 47(.0) 1 mark for each correct row or column
25.4 25.8 25.2
Mean value = 25.3 (1) cm3 [4]
(e) 0.000506 (1) OR ecf titre × 0.0200 / 1000 [1]
(f) 0.00253 (1) OR ecf (e) × 5 [1]
(g) (i) 0.0253 (1) OR ecf (f) × 10 [1]
(ii) 1.42 (1) g OR ecf (g)(i) × 56 [1]
(h) 8.79 (1) OR ecf (g)(ii) / (a) × 100 [1]

(i) (i) (NH4)2SO4 : 28 / 132 × 100 (1) = 21.2% (1) [2]
(ii) ammonium nitrate / urea / ammonia / ammonium phosphate / potassium nitrate etc. (1) [1]
[Total: 15]
9 (a) transition metal / element (ion or compound) absent (1) [1]
(ii) soluble (in excess) / dissolves / (colourless)solution (1) [2]
(c) (i) white ppt AND (ii) soluble (in excess) / dissolves / (colourless) solution (1) [1]
(d) M1 (aq) NaOH / sodium hydroxide / (1)

M2 Al / aluminium (foil) / Devarda’s alloy (1)
M3 warm / heat / boil (1) may appear in observations
M4 ammonia / NH3 OR gas turns litmus blue (1)
ALLOW
Brown ring test: conc. (1) sulfuric acid / H2SO4 (1) iron(II) sulfate / FeSO4 (1) brown ring (1) [4]
[Total: 8]
10 (a) 0.63, 0.73, 0.81, 0.81 (1) [2]

0.76, 0.81, 0.81, 0.81 (1)
(b) CaCO3 + 2HCl → CaCl2 + H2O + CO2 (1) [1]
(c) carbon dioxide / gas (evolved which)

escapes (from the apparatus) / leaves (the apparatus) / is lost (from the apparatus) /
removed (from the apparatus) / is released into the air / is liberated to the outside (1) [1]
(d) all points plotted correctly (1)
two smooth curves through the points (within one small square)
one mark for each curve (2) [3]
(e) (i) 0.56 (1) g [1]
(ii) 87.50 – 0.60 (value from candidates graph to ± half a small square) = 86.9(0) (1) g [1]
(f) increase rate / increase speed / faster (1)

increased surface area / increased area of contact / more contact
between marble and acid (1) [2]

(g) Answers must be consequential on equation in (b) (unless equation is given as part of
answer)
For a 1:2 mole ratio

0.036 / 2 = 0.018 mol CaCO3
0.018 × 100 = 1.8 (g) (1)
10 – 1.8 = 8.2 (g) CaCO3 (1)
E.c.f for a 1:1 mole ratio

0.036 × 100 = 3.6 (g) (1)
10 – 3.6 = 6.4 (g) (1) [2]
[Total: 13]

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CHEMISTRY 5070/41
Paper 4 Alternative to Practical October/November 2015
1 hour

This document consists of 15 printed pages and 1 blank page.
DC (LK/CGW) 89575/4
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1 Propene is an alkene. It can be made from an alcohol containing three carbon atoms, C3H7OH,
using the apparatus shown.
aluminium oxide
propene
mineral wool heat

soaked in an
alcohol
water
The equation for the reaction is
C3H7OH C3H6 + H2O
(a) (i) Name the alcohol containing three carbon atoms that is used to make propene.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) Suggest why aluminium oxide is used in this reaction.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(iii) Draw the structure of propene showing all atoms and bonds.
[1]
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(b) Describe the test that is used to show that propene is unsaturated.
test .............................................................................................................................................
observation ................................................................................................................................
[2]
(c) When propene undergoes complete combustion in air, the products are water and a colourless
gas.
(i) Name the colourless gas. Give a test and observation to identify this gas.
name of gas .......................................................................................................................
test and observation ...........................................................................................................

[2]
(ii) Construct an equation for the complete combustion of propene.
.......................................................................................................................................[2]
[Total: 9]
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2 A student uses the apparatus shown to electrolyse concentrated aqueous sodium chloride.
carbon
electrodes
concentrated
aqueous
sodium
chloride
battery
(a) Name the gas given off at the negative electrode. Give a test and observation to identify
this gas.
name of gas ...............................................................................................................................
test and observation ..................................................................................................................

[2]
(b) (i) Name the product at the positive electrode.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) Construct the ionic equation for the reaction taking place at the positive electrode.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(c) (i) The concentrated aqueous sodium chloride is replaced in the apparatus with dilute
sulfuric acid. Name the gas given off at the positive electrode. Give a test and observation
to identify this gas.
name of gas ......................................................................................................................
test and observation ..........................................................................................................

[2]
(ii) Construct the ionic equation for the reaction taking place at the positive electrode.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
[Total: 7]
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3 The order of reactivity of four metals W, X, Y and Z is shown.
most reactive W
least reactive Z
The metals are placed in test-tubes containing aqueous ionic solutions.
tube I tube II tube III tube IV
W Y Y Z
Y2+ X2+ Z2+ W2+
Predict in which of the tubes a reaction will occur.
(a) I only
(b) I and III only
(c) II and IV only
(d) IV only
[Total: 1]

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4 Compound Q contains 40.00% carbon, 6.67% hydrogen and 53.33% oxygen by mass.
What is the empirical formula of Q?

[Ar: C, 12; H, 1; O, 16]
(a) CHO
(b) CH2O
(c) CH2O2
(d) C4H2O
[Total: 1]
5 A precipitate will not form by mixing aqueous solutions of
(a) barium chloride and silver nitrate.
(b) barium nitrate and sulfuric acid.
(c) sodium hydroxide and calcium nitrate.
(d) sodium hydroxide and sulfuric acid.
[Total:1]
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6 A student determines the percentage by mass of water in oxalic acid crystals by titration.
(a) A sample of oxalic acid crystals is added to a previously weighed container, which is then
reweighed.
mass of container + oxalic acid crystals = 11.32 g
mass of container = 7.89 g
Calculate the mass of oxalic acid crystals used in the experiment.
.........................................................g [1]
(b) The sample of oxalic acid crystals is dissolved in distilled water and the solution made up to
500 cm3. This is solution H.
Name the apparatus in which solution H should be made up to 500 cm3.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(c) A 25.0 cm3 portion of H is transferred into a conical flask.
(i) Name the apparatus used to transfer 25.0 cm3 of H into the conical flask.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) H is a colourless solution.
G is 0.0200 mol / dm3 potassium manganate(VII).
G is put into a burette and run into the conical flask containing H.
What is the colour of the solution in the conical flask when G is just in excess?
.......................................................................................................................................[1]

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(d) The student does three titrations. The diagrams below show parts of the burette with the liquid
levels at the beginning and end of each titration.
titration 1 titration 2 titration 3
0 26 9 37 15 41
1 27 10 38 16 42
2 28 11 39 17 43
final burette
reading / cm3
initial burette
reading / cm3
volume of G / cm3
best titration
results (✓)
Summary
Using these results, the average volume of G is
................................................... cm3. [4]
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(e) G is 0.0200 mol / dm3 potassium manganate(VII). Calculate the number of moles of potassium
manganate(VII) in the average volume of G used in (d).
................................................ moles [1]
(f) Two moles of potassium manganate(VII) react with five moles of oxalic acid crystals.
Deduce the number of moles of oxalic acid crystals in 25.0 cm3 of H.
................................................ moles [1]
(g) Deduce the number of moles of oxalic acid crystals in 500 cm3 of H.
................................................. moles [1]
(h) Use your answers to (a) and (g) to calculate the relative formula mass of oxalic acid crystals.
............................................................[1]
(i) Oxalic acid crystals contain water and oxalic acid, H2C2O4. Use your answer to (h) to calculate
the percentage by mass of water in oxalic acid crystals.
[Ar: H, 1; C, 12; O, 16]
....................................................... % [2]
[Total: 14]

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7 The following table shows the tests a student does on compound Z. Complete the table by adding
the conclusion for test (a), the observations for tests (b) and (c) and both the test and observation
which lead to the conclusion for test (d).
test observations conclusions

(a) Z is dissolved in water A coloured solution is
and the solution divided formed.
into three parts for tests
(b), (c) and (d).
(b) (i) To the first part, Z contains Cu2+ ions.

aqueous sodium
hydroxide is added
until a change is
seen.
(ii) An excess of
aqueous sodium
hydroxide is added to
the mixture from (i).
(c) (i) To the second part, The presence of Cu2+ ions is

aqueous ammonia is confirmed.
added until a change
is seen.
(ii) An excess of
aqueous ammonia is
added to the mixture
from (i).
(d) Z contains Cl – ions.
[8]
(e) Conclusion: The formula of compound Z is ............................................ [1]
[Total: 9]
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Question 8 begins on page 12.

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8 A student does an experiment to investigate the reaction between dilute sulfuric acid and aqueous
sodium hydroxide.
The student transfers 50.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol / dm3 aqueous sodium hydroxide to a beaker which is
allowed to stand for a few minutes. The temperature of the solution is recorded. 5.0 cm3 portions
of sulfuric acid are added to the solution from a burette and the temperature of the solution is
recorded after each addition.
Results
volume of sulfuric acid added / cm3 temperature / °C

0.0 24.2
5.0 25.7
10.0 27.1
15.0 28.6
20.0 30.0
25.0 31.5
30.0 31.2
35.0 30.4
40.0 29.6
45.0 28.8
50.0 28.0
(a) Why was the aqueous sodium hydroxide allowed to stand for a few minutes before adding the
first portion of sulfuric acid?
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(b) What type of reaction does the temperature rise suggest?
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(c) Why does the temperature begin to decrease after 25.0 cm3 of the sulfuric acid has
been added?
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
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(d) On the grid plot a graph of temperature against volume of sulfuric acid added. Draw two
straight lines through the points on your graph and extend the lines until they intersect.
34.0
32.0
30.0
temperature / °C 28.0
26.0
24.0
22.0
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0
volume of sulfuric acid added / cm3
[3]
(e) Using your graph,
(i) what is the volume of sulfuric acid required to react with all the aqueous
sodium hydroxide,
.................................................... cm3 [1]
(ii) what is the temperature of the mixture when this volume of sulfuric acid is added?
.......................................................°C [1]

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(f) (i) Construct the equation for the reaction between sulfuric acid and aqueous
sodium hydroxide.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) The student used 50.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol / dm3 aqueous sodium hydroxide.
Using your equation in (f)(i) and your answer from (e)(i) calculate the concentration of
the sulfuric acid used.
............................................ mol / dm3 [2]
(g) (i) The maximum temperature change can be calculated from your answer to (e)(ii) and the
initial temperature of the aqueous sodium hydroxide. Calculate this temperature change.
.......................................................°C [1]
(ii) Calculate the total volume of liquid in the beaker when the maximum temperature is
reached.
.................................................... cm3 [1]
(iii) Use the formula below to determine the enthalpy change, ΔH, in the reaction.
volume in (g)(ii) × 4.2 × temperature change in (g)(i)
ΔH =
1000 × moles of aqueous sodium hydroxide used
.............................................. kJ / mol [2]
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(h) When aqueous sodium hydroxide is neutralised by dilute sulfuric acid, aqueous
sodium sulfate forms. Describe how the student can make pure dry crystals of sodium sulfate
from this solution.
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[3]
[Total: 18]
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1 (a) (i) propanol (1) [1]
(ii) catalyst / speeds up reaction (1) [1]
(iii) displayed formula of propene (1) [1]
(b) (aqueous) bromine (1)

(turns) colourless / decolourises (1) [2]
(c) (i) carbon dioxide (1)

limewater turns milky / limewater forms a white precipitate (1) [2]
(ii) 2C3H6 + 9O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O

species (1) balancing (1) [2]
[Total: 9]
2 (a) hydrogen (1)

lighted splint pops / pops in a flame (1) [2]
(b) (i) chlorine (1) [1]
(ii) 2Cl – → Cl2 + 2e– or 2Cl – – 2e– → Cl2 (1) [1]
(c) (i) oxygen (1)

glowing splint relights (1) [2]
(ii) 4OH– → 2H2O + O2 + 4e– or 4OH– – 4e– → 2H2O + O2 (1) [1]
[Total: 7]
3 (b) [Total: 1]
4 (b) [Total: 1]
5 (d) [Total: 1]

6 (a) 3.43 (g) (1) [1]
(b) volumetric flask / standard flask / graduated flask (1) [1]
(c) (i) pipette (1) [1]
(ii) purple / pink (1) [1]
(d) 27.3 37.9 42.7 one mark for each correct row or column
27.3 27.9 27.1
average volume = 27.2 (cm3) (1) [4]
(e) 0.000544 (mol) (1) [1]
(f) 0.00136 (mol) (1) [1]
(g) 0.0272 (mol) (1) [1]
(h) 126 (1) [1]
(i) Mr of H2C2O4 = 90
126 – 90 = 36 (1)
36 / 126 × 100 = 28.6 (%) (1) [2]
[Total: 14]
7 (a) transition metal present / transition element present /

Z is a compound of a transition metal / Z is a compound of a transition element (1) [1]
(b) (i) blue precipitate (1)
(ii) insoluble in excess (1) [2]
(c) (i) blue precipitate (1)
(ii) deep/dark blue solution formed (1) [2]
(d) (dilute / aqueous) nitric acid (1)

(aqueous) silver nitrate (1)
white precipitate (1) [3]

(e) CuCl2 (1) [1]
[Total: 9]
8 (a) to reach room temperature / steady temperature (1) [1]
(b) exothermic (1) [1]
(c) all sodium hydroxide has reacted / reaction is complete (1) [1]
(d) all points plotted correctly (1)

one mark each for two intersecting straight lines (2) [3]
(e) (i) 26.0 (cm3) (1) [1]
(ii) 31.8 (°C) (1) [1]
(f) (i) 2NaOH + H2SO4 → Na2SO4 + 2H2O (1) [1]
(ii) 0.05 moles of NaOH react with 0.025 moles of H2SO4 (1)
concentration of H2SO4 = 0.96 (mol / dm³) (1) [2]
(g) (i) 7.6 (°C) (1) [1]
(ii) 76 (cm3) (1) [1]
(iii) moles of NaOH = 0.05 (1)

∆H = 48.5 (kJ / mol) (1) [2]
(h) heat or evaporate / warm or boil / leave in sun (1)

to crystallisation point / saturation point / leave some of water / leave (solution) to
cool / leave (solution) to crystallise / leave a concentrated solution (1)
wash and dry crystals (1) [3]
[Total: 18]

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CHEMISTRY 5070/42
1 hour

DC (LK/CGW) 89576/6
2
1 A student determines the mass of copper in mixture A which is composed of only copper and zinc.
Zinc reacts with dilute sulfuric acid. Copper does not.
Dilute sulfuric acid is mixed with A in the apparatus below. A gas is given off which is collected
in B.
conical flask
dilute sulfuric acid
mixture A
(a) Name apparatus B.
.............................................................................................................................................. [1]
(b) (i) Name the gas collected in B. Give a test and observation to identify the gas.
name of gas ......................................................................................................................

[2]
(ii) Construct an equation for the reaction between zinc and dilute sulfuric acid.
...................................................................................................................................... [1]
(c) When all the zinc has reacted, the volume of gas collected in B is 96.0 cm3 when measured
at room temperature and pressure.
[1 mole of any gas occupies 24 000 cm3 at room temperature and pressure.]
(i) Calculate the number of moles of gas in 96.0 cm3.
................................................ moles [1]
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(ii) Using your answers to (b)(ii) and (c)(i) calculate the mass of zinc in A.
[Ar: Zn, 65]
........................................................ g [1]
(iii) The mass of mixture A is 1.20 g. Calculate the mass of copper in mixture A.
........................................................ g [1]
(d) When the reaction has finished, the student separates the copper from the solution remaining
in the conical flask by filtration, using a previously weighed filter paper. As soon as the filtration
finishes the student weighs the filter paper containing the copper residue and finds that its
mass is greater than he expected. Explain why.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
[Total: 8]
2 A student prepares ethene, C2H4, using the apparatus below.
mineral wool
soaked in a aluminium oxide
liquid alkane
ethene
heat heat
water
(a) (i) What is this type of reaction called?
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) Suggest why aluminium oxide is used in this reaction.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]

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(iii) The liquid alkane has eight carbon atoms in each molecule. Give the molecular formula
of the alkane.
....................................................................................................................................... [1]
(iv) The reaction produces ethene and one other product. Construct a possible equation for
the reaction.
....................................................................................................................................... [1]
(b) Two drops of aqueous bromine are added to ethene.
(i) What observation is made?
....................................................................................................................................... [1]
(ii) What type of reaction occurs?
....................................................................................................................................... [1]
(iii) Construct an equation for the reaction between bromine and ethene.
....................................................................................................................................... [1]
(c) When ethene undergoes complete combustion in air, the products are water and a
colourless gas.
Name the colourless gas. Give a test and observation to identify this gas.
name of gas ..............................................................................................................................
test and observation ..................................................................................................................

[2]
[Total: 9]
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3 A compound, T, contains 41.0 % potassium, 33.7 % sulfur and 25.3 % oxygen by mass.
What is the empirical formula of T?

[Ar: K, 39; S, 32; O, 16]
(a) K4S3O3
(b) K2SO3
(c) K2SO4
(d) K2S2O3
[Total: 1]
4 A student adds excess zinc to 50 cm3 of 1.00 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid at 20 °C.
A graph, labelled G, is drawn, showing how the volume of hydrogen gas evolved varies with time.
(a)
(b)
G (c)
volume of
hydrogen gas
collected at (d)
room temperature
and pressure / cm3
time / s
The experiment is repeated using identical conditions but with the hydrochloric acid at a
temperature of 40 °C.
Which of the graphs correctly shows how the volume of hydrogen gas evolved varies with time
when using hydrochloric acid at 40 °C?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
[Total: 1]
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5 In which of the following circuits would the bulb light?
bulb bulb
carbon
electrodes
solid aqueous
lead(II) ethanol
bromide
(a) (b)
bulb bulb
carbon
electrodes
aqueous solid
copper(II) sulfur
sulfate
(c) (d)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
[Total: 1]
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6 Which of the following would not react together to form a precipitate?
(a) aqueous sodium hydroxide and aqueous ammonium chloride
(b) aqueous silver nitrate and aqueous sodium chloride
(c) aqueous sodium hydroxide and aqueous iron(II) sulfate
(d) aqueous barium nitrate and aqueous magnesium sulfate

[Total:1]
7 A student determines the percentage composition by mass of a mixture of two solids,

sodium chloride, NaCl, and sodium carbonate, Na2CO3. This is mixture M.
(a) A sample of M is placed in a previously weighed container, which is then reweighed.
mass of container + M = 9.05 g
Calculate the mass of M used in the experiment.

........................................................ g [1]
(b) The sample of M is dissolved in distilled water and the solution made up to 250 cm3. This is
solution Q.
Name the apparatus in which solution Q should be made up to 250 cm3.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(c) A 25.0 cm3 sample of Q is transferred into a conical flask and a few drops of methyl orange
indicator are added. A burette is filled with 0.100 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid.
The hydrochloric acid is added to Q until the end-point is reached.
What is the colour of the solution in the conical flask
• before the hydrochloric acid is added, .............................
• at the end-point? ............................. [1]

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(d) The student does three titrations. The diagrams below show parts of the burette with the liquid
levels at the beginning and end of each titration.
0 19 9 28 26 46
1 20 10 29 27 47
2 21 11 30 28 48
final burette
reading / cm3
initial burette
reading / cm3
volume of
hydrochloric acid / cm3
best titration
results (✓)
Summary
Using these results, the average volume of hydrochloric acid required is
................................................... cm3. [4]
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(e) Calculate the number of moles of hydrochloric acid in the average volume of 0.100 mol / dm3
hydrochloric acid in (d).
................................................ moles [1]
(f) Sodium carbonate reacts with hydrochloric acid but sodium chloride does not.
Construct the equation for the reaction between sodium carbonate, Na2CO3, and
hydrochloric acid.
One mole of sodium carbonate reacts with two moles of hydrochloric acid.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(g) Using the information in (f) and your answer to (e), deduce the number of moles of sodium
carbonate in 25.0 cm3 of Q.
................................................ moles [1]
(h) Calculate the number of moles of sodium carbonate in 250 cm3 of Q.
................................................ moles [1]
(i) Use your answer to (h) to calculate the mass of sodium carbonate, Na2CO3, in the sample
of M.
[Ar: Na, 23; C, 12; O, 16]
........................................................ g [1]
(j) Using your answers to (i) and (a), calculate the mass of sodium chloride in the sample of M.
........................................................ g [1]
(k) Calculate the percentage by mass of sodium chloride in M.
....................................................... % [1]
[Total: 14]
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8 Compound L is a solid. The following table shows the tests a student does on compound L.
Complete the table by adding the conclusion for test (a), the observations for tests (b) and (c) and
both the test and observation which lead to the conclusion for test (d).

(a) L is dissolved in water A colourless solution is
(b), (c) and (d).
(b) (i) To the first part, L may contain Al 3+, Ca2+ or

aqueous sodium Zn2+ ions.
hydroxide is added
until a change is
seen.
(ii) An excess of L may contain Al 3+ or Zn2+

aqueous sodium ions.
hydroxide is added
to the mixture
from (i).
(c) (i) To the second part, L may contain Al 3+ or Zn2+

aqueous ammonia ions.
is added until a
change is seen.
(ii) An excess of L contains Al 3+ ions.

aqueous ammonia
is added to the
mixture from (i).
(d) L contains SO42- ions.
[8]
(e) Conclusion: the formula of compound L is .............................................. . [1]
[Total: 9]
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9 A student uses the apparatus below to oxidise copper.
D E
copper
100 80 60 40 20 20 40 60 80 100
heat
At the start of the experiment, D contains 80 cm3 of air. The air is forced over heated copper into E.
The air is then forced back into D. The process is repeated several times until the volume of gas
forced back into D is constant. The gas is allowed to cool to room temperature before recording
the final volume.
(a) The copper reacts with oxygen in the air to produce copper(II) oxide. Construct an equation
for this reaction.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(b) Name the major component of the gas remaining in D at the end of the experiment.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(c) The student repeats the experiment several times using different volumes of air in D. The
results are recorded in the table.
original volume of air / cm3 final volume of gas remaining / cm3

80 64
70 56
65 52
50 45
35 28
20 16
(i) Plot the results on the grid opposite and draw a straight line of best fit through your
points.
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100
80
60
final volume
of gas
remaining / cm3
40
20
0
0 20 40 60 80 100
original volume of air / cm3
[3]
(ii) There is one anomalous reading of the final volume of gas. Circle the anomalous point.
[1]
(iii) Use your graph to deduce the correct final volume of gas corresponding to the point
circled in (c)(ii).
.................................................... cm3 [1]
(iv) The anomalous result is not due to an error in reading the final volume of gas. Suggest a
reason why the anomalous result occurred.
...........................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(d) Use your graph to answer the following questions.
(i) What is the final volume of gas if the student uses 25.0 cm3 as the original volume of air?
.................................................... cm3 [1]
(ii) If the final volume of gas is 35.0 cm3, what is the original volume of air that the student
uses?
.................................................... cm3 [1]
[Total: 10]

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10 A student converts copper(II) oxide into copper(II) sulfate.
(a) Name the substance that reacts with copper(II) oxide to produce aqueous copper(II) sulfate.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(b) Construct an equation for the reaction between copper(II) oxide and the substance in (a).
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(c) What colour is the solution when the reaction is complete?
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(d) Describe how the student can make pure dry crystals of copper(II) sulfate from the solution
formed by the reaction in (b).
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[3]
[Total: 6]
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1 (a) (gas) syringe (1) [1]
(b) (i) hydrogen (1) [2]

burning splint pops or pops in a flame (1)
(ii) Zn + H2SO4 → ZnSO4 + H2 (1) [1]
(c) (i) 0.004 (mol) (1) [1]
(ii) 0.26 (g) (1) [1]
(iii) 0.94 (g) (1) [1]
(d) (copper) wet / not dried / some solution remaining (1) [1]
[Total: 8]
2 (a) (i) cracking (1) [1]
(ii) catalyst / speeds up reaction (1) [1]
(iii) C8H18 (1) [1]
(iv) C2H4 with any one other viable product in a balanced equation (1)
e.g. C8H18 → C2H4 + C6H14 or 2C2H4 + C4H10
or 3C2H4 + C2H6 or 4C2H4 + H2 [1]
(b) (i) (turns) colourless / decolourises (1) [1]
(ii) addition (1) [1]
(iii) C2H4 + Br2 → C2H4Br2 / correct structural formula (1) [1]
(c) carbon dioxide (1)

limewater turns milky or forms a white ppt. (1) [2]
[Total: 9]
3 (d) (1) [Total: 1]
4 (b) (1) [Total: 1]
5 (c) (1) [Total: 1]
6 (a) (1) [Total: 1]

7 (a) 1.82 (g) (1) [1]
(b) volumetric flask / standard flask / graduated flask (1) [1]
(c) (before) yellow to (after) orange or red or pink or a combination e.g. orange / red (1) [1]
(d) 19.8 29.1 46.7 one mark for each correct row or column
19.8 19.1 19.3
mean titre 19.2 (cm3) (1) [4]
(e) 0.00192 (mol) (1) [1]
(f) Na2CO3 + 2HCl → 2NaCl + CO2 + H2O (1) [1]
(g) 0.00096 (mol) (1) [1]
(h) 0.0096 (mol) (1) [1]
(i) 1.018 or 1.02 (g) (1) [1]
(j) 0.8(0) (g) (1) [1]
(k) 44(.0) % (1) [1]
[Total: 14]
8 (a) L does not contain a transition metal / transition element / transition metal
compound / transition metal ions (1) [1]
(ii) soluble in excess / forms a solution (1) [2]
(c) (i) white ppt (1)
(ii) insoluble in excess (1) [2]
(d) (dilute / aqueous) nitric / hydrochloric acid (1)

(aqueous) barium nitrate / chloride / hydroxide (1)
white ppt (1) [3]

(e) Al2 (SO4)3 (1) [1]
[Total: 9]
9 (a) 2Cu + O2 → 2CuO (1) [1]
(b) nitrogen (1) [1]
(c) (i) all points plotted correctly (1)

ruled straight line of best fit (1)
passing through the origin (1) [3]
(ii) point at 50, 45 circled (1) [1]
(iii) value in range 39–41 cm3 only (1) [1]
(iv) gas not been passed until all oxygen is used up / copper has not been heated
long enough / there is not enough copper / oxygen in excess / gas is not
allowed to cool (1) [1]
(d) (i) 20(.0)(cm3) allow correctly read value from candidate’s graph (1) [1]
(ii) 44(.0)(cm3) allow correctly read value from candidate’s graph (1) [1]
[Total: 10]
10 (a) sulfuric acid (1) [1]
(b) CuO + H2SO4 → CuSO4 + H2O (1) [1]
(c) blue (1) [1]
(d) heat / evaporate / warm / boil / leave in sun (1) [1]
to crystallisation point / saturation point / leave some of water / leave solution to

cool / leave solution to crystallise / leave a concentrated solution (1) [1]
wash and dry crystals (1) [1]
[Total: 6]

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1 hour

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DC (RW/SW) 107620/3
2
1 (a) The following apparatus is found in a laboratory.
25
cm3
A B C
0
100
10
20
30
50
40
50
D E F
Write in the table the letter of the apparatus most suitable for the purpose.
purpose apparatus
removing 25.0 cm3 of a liquid from a container
measuring 60 cm3 of a liquid
as a titrating flask
separating a precipitate from a solution
[4]
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(b) The diagrams show three methods for collecting gases.
X Y
Which method X, Y or Z is suitable for collecting a gas which is
(i) less dense than air and soluble in water,
................................ [1]
(ii) more dense than air and soluble in water,
................................ [1]
(iii) insoluble in water?
................................ [1]
[Total: 7]

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2 (a) (i) What colour is litmus paper when dipped in hydrochloric acid?
................................ [1]
(ii) Suggest two ways by which the pH of dilute hydrochloric acid can be measured.
...........................................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................[2]
(iii) Suggest a value for the pH of dilute hydrochloric acid.
................................ [1]
(b) A student adds an equal volume of aqueous sodium carbonate separately to dilute ethanoic
acid and dilute hydrochloric acid.
(i) What does the student observe in both reactions?
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) Compare the rates of the two reactions and explain the difference.
...........................................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................[2]
(c) (i) A small amount of magnesium ribbon is added to a test-tube containing dilute hydrochloric
acid. A gas is produced.
Name the gas. Give a test and observation to identify the gas.
name .................................................................................................................................

[2]
(ii) Construct the equation for the reaction.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
[Total: 10]
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3 A gas may be dried by passing it through concentrated sulfuric acid.

Which method should be used?
gas in gas in
sulfuric
acid
(a) (b)
gas in gas in
sulfuric
acid
(c) (d)
[Total: 1]

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4 What volume of carbon dioxide gas, measured at room temperature and pressure, is produced
when 9.2 g of ethanol is burned in an excess of oxygen?
C2H5OH + 3O2 2CO2 + 3H2O
[Ar: H, 1; C, 12; O, 16]

(a) 240 cm3
(b) 480 cm3
(c) 960 cm3
(d) 9 600 cm3
[Total: 1]
5 The diagram shows the energy profile for calcium hydroxide dissolving in water.
Ca(OH)2(s) + H2O(I)
energy
Ca(OH)2(aq)
reaction pathway
Which of the following is correct?
(a) A is the activation energy. B is the enthalpy change. Reaction is exothermic.
(b) A is the enthalpy change. B is the activation energy. Reaction is exothermic.
(c) A is the activation energy. B is the enthalpy change. Reaction is endothermic.
(d) A is the enthalpy change. B is the activation energy. Reaction is endothermic.
[Total: 1]
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6 The diagram shows the apparatus used to distil seawater.
water out
Y
X
Z
water in
heat
While water is being collected, at which point(s) is the temperature 100°C?
(a) X only
(b) Y only
(c) X and Y only
(d) Y and Z only
(e) X and Y and Z
[Total: 1]

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7 A student is given a sample of an organic acid, V, and asked to
• determine its relative molecular mass,

• suggest its molecular formula.
A sample of the acid is placed in a previously weighed container and reweighed.
mass of container + V = 8.38 g

(a) Calculate the mass of V used in the experiment.
....................................................... g [1]
The student transfers the sample to a beaker and adds 50.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol / dm3 sodium
hydroxide, an excess. The contents are allowed to react and are then transferred to a volumetric
flask.
The solution is made up to 250 cm3 with distilled water. This is solution W.
25.0 cm3 of W is transferred into a conical flask. A few drops of thymolphthalein indicator are
added to the conical flask. Thymolphthalein is colourless in acidic solution and blue in alkaline
solution.
0.100 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid is put into a burette and added to the solution in the conical flask
until an end-point is reached.
(b) What is the colour of the solution in the conical flask
• before the acid is added, ...................................................................................................
• at the end-point? ...................................................................................................

[1]
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(c) The student does three titrations. The diagrams show parts of the burette with the liquid levels
1st titration 2nd titration 3rd titration
25 6
48
0 23 32
26 7
49
1 24 33
27 8
volume of 0.100 mol / dm3
hydrochloric acid used / cm3
Summary
Using these results, the average volume of 0.100 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid used is
.................... cm3. [4]
(d) Calculate the number of moles of hydrochloric acid in the average volume of 0.100 mol / dm3
hydrochloric acid from (c).
............................................... moles [1]

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The equation for the reaction between hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide is shown.
HCl + NaOH NaCl + H 2O
(e) Using the equation and your answer from (d), deduce the number of moles of sodium
hydroxide in 25.0 cm3 of W.
............................................... moles [1]
(f) Using your answer from (e), calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 250 cm3
of W.
............................................... moles [1]
(g) Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 50 cm3 of 1.00 mol / dm3 sodium
hydroxide.
............................................... moles [1]
(h) By subtracting your answer in (f) from your answer in (g), calculate the number of moles of
sodium hydroxide that reacted with the original sample of the organic acid, V.
............................................... moles [1]
(i) One mole of V reacts with two moles of sodium hydroxide.

Deduce the number of moles of V in the sample.
............................................... moles [1]
(j) Using your answers from (a) and (i) calculate the relative molecular mass of the acid V.
............................................................[1]
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(k) The acid V contains two carboxylic acid groups and has the molecular formula
HO2CCxHyCO2H
where x and y are whole numbers.
Deduce the values of x and y in the molecular formula.

[Ar: H, 1; C, 12; O, 16]
x ................
y ................
[2]
(l) Give the structure of the ester produced when V reacts with two molecules of ethanol under
suitable conditions.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
[Total: 16]

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8 L is a compound which contains two ions.

Complete the table by adding the observations in tests (a), (b) and (c) and both the test and
observation for test (d).

(a) L is dissolved in water L is not a compound of a
and the resulting transition metal.
solution is divided into
(b), (c) and (d). [1]
(b) (i) To the first part, Al 3+, Zn2+ or Ca2+ ions
aqueous sodium present.
hydroxide is
added until a
change is seen.
(ii) An excess of Al 3+ ions or Zn2+ ions

aqueous sodium present.
hydroxide is
added to the
mixture from (i). [2]
(c) (i) To the second Al 3+ or Zn2+ ions present.
part, aqueous
ammonia is added
until a change is
seen.
(ii) An excess of Al 3+ ions present.

aqueous ammonia
is added to the
(d) L contains I– ions.
[3]
(e) Conclusion: the formula of L is ......................................................................................... . [1]
(f) Referring to test (c)(ii), what change in the observations is seen if Zn2+ ions are present
instead of Al 3+ ions?
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
[Total: 10]
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9 When potassium chlorate(V) is heated, it decomposes and oxygen is evolved.
Experiment 1
A student heats a sample of potassium chlorate(V) for 180 seconds. The volume of oxygen
collected is measured in a gas syringe every 30 seconds.
Experiment 2
The student repeats the experiment using the same mass of potassium chlorate(V) to which a
small amount of copper(II) oxide is added.
All other conditions are the same.
(a) Complete the table for experiment 2 using the volumes of oxygen shown in the diagrams.
20 40 60 80 100 20 40 60 80 100
30 seconds 60 seconds
20 40 60 80 100 20 40 60 80 100
90 seconds 120 seconds
experiment 1 experiment 2
time /s volume of oxygen volume of oxygen
collected /cm3 collected /cm3
30 30
60 50
90 64
120 74
150 80 84
180 84 84
[1]
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(b) Plot the results for both experiment 1 and experiment 2 on the grid and draw a smooth
curve through each set of points. Label the curves ‘experiment 1’ and ‘experiment 2’.
100
80
60
volume of
oxygen
collected
/ cm3
40
20
0
0 30 60 90 120 150 180
time / s
[3]
Use your graphs to answer the following questions.
(c) What volume of oxygen is produced in experiment 2 after 75 seconds?
................................................... cm3 [1]
(d) The rate of reaction = volume of gas in cm3

time in seconds
Calculate the rate of reaction in each experiment after 45 seconds.
experiment 1
...................................................... cm3/s
experiment 2
...................................................... cm3/s
[2]

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(e) Use your answers to (d) to suggest the function of copper(II) oxide in experiment 2. Explain
your answer.
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[2]
(f) Why are the final two readings recorded in the table for experiment 2 the same?
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(g) The equation for the reaction is shown.
2KCl O3 2KCl + 3O2
By referring to the table in (a), calculate the mass of potassium chlorate(V) used in the
experiment.
Show your working.
[Ar: K, 39; Cl, 35.5; O, 16]
....................................................... g [3]
[Total: 13]
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Question Answer Marks
1(a) C (1) 4
E (1)
B (1)
D (1)
1(b)(i) Y 1
1(b)(ii) X 1
1(b)(iii) Z 1
2(a)(i) Red 1
2(a)(ii) Universal Indicator / pH paper (1) 2
pH meter (1)
2(a)(iii) 0 to 2 1
2(b)(i) Effervescence / fizzing / bubbles 1
2(b)(ii) Reaction with hydrochloric acid is faster (1) 2
Hydrochloric acid is a strong acid, ethanoic acid is a weak acid (1)

2(c)(i) Hydrogen (1) 2
Pops in a flame/burning splint/lighted splint (1)

2(c)(ii) Mg + 2HCl ! MgCl2 + H2 1
3 B 1
4 D 1
5 B 1
6 B 1

7(a) 1.46 (g) 1

7(b) Blue to colourless 1
7(c) 25.9 48.6 32.4 4
0.0 23.3 7.3 (3)

25.9 25.3 25.1
Mean titre = 25.2 cm3 (1)

7(d) 0.00252 1
7(e) 0.00252 1
7(f) 0.0252 1
7(g) 0.05 1
7(h) 0.0248 1
7(i) 0.0124 1
7(j) 1.46 / 0.0124 = 118 1
7(k) 118 – 90 (1) 2
x=2 y = 4 (1)
7(l) C2H5OOCC2H4COOC2H5 1
8(a) Colourless (solution) 1

8(b) White precipitate (1) 2
Soluble in excess/colourless solution (1)

8(c) White precipitate (1) 2
Insoluble in excess (1)

8(d) (Dilute) nitric acid / HNO3 (1) 3
Silver Nitrate / AgNO3 (1)
Yellow precipitate (1)

8(e) Al I! 1
8(f) Precipitate is soluble in excess 1

9(a) 44, 64, 74, 80 1

9(b) All points plotted correctly (1) 3
Two curves through both sets of points (1 mark for each)

9(c) Volume must be from candidate's graph e.g. 70 cm3 1
9(d) Use volumes from candidate's graph 2
e.g. Exp 1: 40/45 = 0.89 (cm3 / s) (1)
Exp 2: 56/45 = 1.24 (cm3 / s) (1)

9(e) Catalyst (1) 2
Increases the rate of the reaction (1)

9(f) The reaction is complete or finished / all KCl O3 is used up 1
3
9(g) 2 × 122.5 g KCl O3 produces 3 × 24 000 cm of O2 (1) 3
84 (cm3) are produced from 2 × 122.5 × 84 / 3 × 24 000 (1)
= 0.286 (g) (1)
OR
Moles of O2 produced = 84/24 000
Moles of KCl O3 = 2 × 84 /3 × 24 000 (1)
Mass of KCl O3 = 2 × 84 × 122.5 / 3 × 24 000 (1)
= 0.286 (g) (1)

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1 hour

DC (RW/SW) 107622/3
2
1 A student separates hexane, C6H14, (b.p. 69°C) and heptane, C7H16, (b.p. 98°C) using the
apparatus shown.
thermometer
water out
water in
C
hexane and
heptane
mixture
heat
(a) Identify two errors in the student’s apparatus.
1. ...............................................................................................................................................
2. ...............................................................................................................................................
[2]
The errors were then corrected and the separation started.
(b) (i) Name apparatus A.
................................................................ [1]
(ii) What is the purpose of apparatus A?
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(iii) Name apparatus B.
................................................................ [1]
(iv) What is the purpose of apparatus B?
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
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(c) (i) What is the reading on the thermometer when the first few drops of liquid appear in C?
................................ [1]
(ii) Name this liquid.
................................................................ [1]
(d) Suggest which method should be used to heat the mixture and explain your choice.
method ...........................................................
explanation ...............................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
[2]
[Total: 10]

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_
2 (a) Give a test and observation to identify the presence of the nitrate ion, NO3 (aq).
test ............................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
observation ...............................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[4]
(b) Describe briefly how pure crystals of potassium nitrate may be made from aqueous potassium
nitrate.
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[3]
(c) A few grams of potassium nitrate are added to water.

A thermometer is used to measure the temperature of the liquid before and after the addition
of potassium nitrate.
The diagrams below show parts of the thermometer stem giving the two temperatures.
30 30
25 25
20 20
temperature temperature
before addition after addition
(i) Complete the table and calculate the temperature change.
temperature after potassium nitrate is added / °C

temperature before potassium nitrate is added / °C
change in temperature / °C
[2]
(ii) What type of process does this temperature change indicate?
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
[Total: 10]
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3 (a) When zinc is heated in air it reacts with oxygen to form an oxide.
A student does an experiment to find the formula of zinc oxide.
Some zinc is placed in a previously weighed crucible and reweighed.
mass of crucible + zinc = 7.04 g

mass of crucible = 5.74 g
(i) Calculate the mass of zinc used in the experiment.
........................ g [1]
The crucible containing the zinc is heated and zinc oxide is produced. The crucible with zinc
oxide is weighed.
mass of crucible + zinc oxide = 7.36 g
(ii) Calculate the mass of zinc oxide produced.
........................ g [1]
(iii) Using your answers to (i) and (ii), calculate the mass of oxygen that combines with the
zinc.
........................ g [1]
(iv) Using your answers to (i) and (iii), calculate the formula of zinc oxide. Show all your
working.
[Ar : Zn, 65; O, 16]
formula ..............................[2]
(b) When zinc reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid, a gas is produced.
Name the gas. Give a test and observation to identify the gas.
gas ...............................................

[2]
[Total: 7]

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4 Chromatography can be used to separate the dyes present in black ink.

Which diagram shows the correct arrangement at the beginning of the experiment?
ink ink ink ink
solvent solvent solvent solvent
(a) (b) (c) (d)
[Total: 1]
5 A student is given a sample of damp soil which is known to be acidic.

Which of the following substances may be used to neutralise the soil?
(a) calcium hydroxide
(b) sodium chloride
(c) potassium sulfate
(d) zinc nitrate
[Total: 1]
6 A small piece of calcium is added to a test-tube containing water coloured green by Universal
Indicator.
A gas is given off and the indicator changes colour.
Which pair of observations is correct?
final colour of indicator test on gas
(a) purple relights a glowing splint
(b) red pops in a flame
(c) purple pops in a flame
(d) red relights a glowing splint
[Total: 1]
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7 A student is given a sample of an organic acid and asked to
• determine its relative molecular mass,

• deduce its molecular formula.
The student titrates R, an aqueous solution containing 8.00 g / dm3 of the organic acid, with S, an
aqueous solution containing 0.100 mol / dm3 of sodium hydroxide.
25.0 cm3 of S is transferred into a conical flask. A few drops of thymolphthalein indicator are added
to the conical flask.
Thymolphthalein is colourless in acid solution and blue in alkaline solution.
R is put into a burette and added to the solution in the conical flask until an end-point is reached.
(a) What is the colour in the conical flask
• before R is added,
................................................................
• at the end-point?
................................................................ [1]

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(b) The student does three titrations. The diagrams show parts of the burette with the liquid levels
1st titration 2nd titration 3rd titration
28 30 46
0 19
29 31 47
1 20
30 32 48
2 21
Use these diagrams to complete the following table.
volume of R used / cm3
Summary
Using these results, the average volume of R used is ...................... cm3. [4]
(c) Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 25.0 cm3 of S.
........................ moles [1]
(d) Given that 1 mol of acid neutralises 1 mol of sodium hydroxide, use your answer in (c) to
deduce the number of moles of the organic acid in the average volume of R.
........................ moles [1]
(e) Calculate the number of moles of the acid in 1.00 dm3 of R.
........................ moles [1]

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(f) Using your answer to (e) and the information that R contains 8.00 g / dm3 of the acid, calculate
the relative molecular mass of the acid.
............................................................[1]
(g) The organic acid has the formula
CnH2n+1CO2H
where n is a whole number.
Using your answer to (f), deduce the value of n and hence the molecular formula and the
name for the organic acid.
[Ar: H, 1; C, 12; O, 16]
n = .........................
molecular formula ..........................................
name .........................................................................................................................................
[4]
[Total: 13]

10
8 M is a compound which contains two ions.

Complete the table by adding the observation in test (a), the conclusions in tests (b) and (c) and
both the test and observation for test (d).

(a) M is dissolved in water M is not a compound of a
and the resulting transition metal.
solution is divided into
(b), (c) and (d). [1]
(b) (i) To the first part, A white precipitate forms.
aqueous sodium
hydroxide is
added until a
change is seen.
(ii) An excess of The precipitate dissolves.

aqueous sodium
hydroxide is
added to the
(c) (i) To the second A white precipitate forms.
part, aqueous
ammonia is added
until a change is
seen.
(ii) An excess of The precipitate is insoluble.

aqueous ammonia
is added to the
(d) M contains Cl – ions.
[3]
(e) Conclusion: the formula of M is .......................................... [1]
[Total: 7]
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9 The reaction between aqueous barium chloride and dilute sulfuric acid produces a precipitate of
barium sulfate.
BaCl 2(aq) + H2SO4(aq) 2HCl (aq) + BaSO4(s)
(a) State the colour of this precipitate.
................................ [1]
A series of experiments are done to find the mass of precipitate formed when different volumes of
dilute sulfuric acid are added to a fixed volume of aqueous barium chloride. The precipitate formed
is filtered, dried and transferred to a container.
Solution V is 1.20 mol / dm3 barium chloride.

Solution W is sulfuric acid of unknown concentration.
The table below shows the results of these experiments.
(b) Complete the final column by calculating the mass of precipitate formed in each experiment.
volume volume mass of mass of mass of

of V of W empty container + precipitate
/cm3 /cm3 container /g precipitate /g /g
10.0 2.0 2.70 3.35 0.65
10.0 4.0 2.70 4.00
10.0 6.0 2.70 4.65
10.0 8.0 2.70 5.30
10.0 10.0 2.70 5.50
10.0 12.0 2.70 5.50
[1]
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(c) Plot the mass of precipitate against the volume of W on the grid. Draw two intersecting
straight lines through the points.
3.0
2.5
2.0
mass of
precipitate 1.5
/g
1.0
0.5
0
0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0
volume of W / cm3
[3]
(d) Use the data on your grid to deduce
(i) the volume of W that would produce 1.20 g of precipitate,
................................................... cm3 [1]
(ii) the maximum mass of precipitate that is produced,
....................................................... g [1]
(iii) the minimum volume of W that reacts completely to produce the maximum mass in (ii).
................................................... cm3 [1]

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(e) Using your answer to (d)(iii) and the equation for the reaction, calculate the concentration of
the sulfuric acid, W, used in the experiment.
BaCl 2(aq) + H2SO4(aq) 2HCl (aq) + BaSO4(s)
........................................... mol / dm3 [2]
[Total: 10]
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1(a) M1:Thermometer / bulb 2

Thermometer / bulb is too low / should be higher / should not touch the
beads / should be at entrance to condenser (1)
M2: Receiver / conical flask / C

There should be no bung or cork on C / C should be open (1)
1(b)(i) Fractionating column 1
1(b)(ii) Separate components / separate mixture / separate heptane and 1
hexane / separate liquids / stop heptane reaching condenser
1(b)(iii) Condenser 1
1(b)(iv) (To convert) vapour / gas to liquid 1
or liquefy vapour / gas
or condense vapour / gas
1(c)(i) 69 °C 1
1(c)(ii) Hexane 1
1(d) M1 Electric (heater) / water bath / hot plate / (1) 2
M2 (components of mixture are) flammable / inflammable(1)

2(a) M1 (aqueous) NaOH / sodium hydroxide (solution) (1) 4
M2 Al / aluminium(foil) / Devardas alloy (1)
M3 Heat / warm (1)
M4 Ammonia
or
gas turns litmus blue (1)
2(b) M1 Heat (1) 3
M2 To crystallisation point / saturation (point) (1)
M3 Wash and dry (crystals) (1)

2(c)(i) 21 2
24 (1)
(–)3 (1)
2(c)(ii) Endothermic 1
3(a)(i) 1.3(0) g 1
3(a)(ii) 1.62 g 1
3(a)(iii) 0.32 g 1
3(a)(iv) M1 1.30 / 65 and 0.32 / 16 2
or 0.02 and 0.02
or both 1 / 50 (1)
M2 ZnO (1)
3(b) Hydrogen (1) 2
Pops in a flame / lighted splint pops / burning splint pops (1)

4 B 1
5 A 1
6 C 1
7(a) Blue to colourless 1

7(b) 28.1 30.9 47.1 4
0.0 3.5 19.5
(3)
28.1 27.4 27.6
Mean titre 27.5 cm3 (1)

7(c) 0.0025 / 2.5 × 10–3 1
7(d) 0.0025 / 2.5 × 10–3 1
7(e) 0.0909 / 9.09 × 10–2 1
7(f) 88 1
7(g) M1 (Mr of COOH) = 45 or 12 + 16 + 16 + 1 or 12 + 32 + 1 (1) 4
M2 n = 3 (1)
M3 C4H8O2 (1)
M4 butanoic acid / methyl propanoic acid (1)

8(a) Colourless (solution) 1

8(b) (Both) Al 3+ or Zn2+ (ions present) 1
8(c) Al 3+( ions confirmed) 1
8(d) M1 (dilute) HNO3 / nitric acid ignore acidify(1) 3
M2 (aq) aqueous solution of AgNO3 / silver nitrate (1)
M3 white precipitate(1)
8(e) Al Cl 3 1
9(a) White 1
9(b) 1.3(0), 1.95, 2.6(0), 2.8(0), 2.8(0) 1
9(c)(i) All points correct (1) 3
(Only) two intersecting straight lines, one mark for each line (2)
9(d)(i) Value as read from graph (correct to within 0.1) e.g. 3.7 1
9(d)(ii) Value as read from graph (correct to within 0.025) e.g. 2.8 1
9(d)(iii) Value as read from graph (correct to within 0.1) e.g. 8.6 1
9(e) 10 x 1.2 2
M1 (1)
8.6
10 x 1.2
OR (moles BaCl 2) = or = 0.012 (1)
1000
M2 1.395 / 1.4 (1) (mol / dm3 )

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1 A student separates a mixture of pentane and hexane using the apparatus shown. Pentane
collects in the conical flask.
thermometer
water in
A
water out
conical
flask
mixture of pentane
and hexane
heat
(a) (i) Name apparatus A.
.......................................................................... [1]
...................................................................................................................................... [1]
(iii) Name apparatus B.
.......................................................................... [1]
(b) Identify two errors in the student’s apparatus.
1. ..............................................................................................................................................
2. ..............................................................................................................................................
[2]
The errors are corrected before the separation is started.
(c) Name the process used to separate the mixture of liquids.
.............................................................................................................................................. [1]
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(d) (i) State why a Bunsen burner should not be used to heat the mixture of pentane and
hexane.
...................................................................................................................................... [1]
(ii) What should be used instead of a Bunsen burner?
...................................................................................................................................... [1]
(e) Suggest why pentane collects in the conical flask before hexane.
...................................................................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................................................. [2]
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2 A student investigates the electrolysis of aqueous copper(II) sulfate using the apparatus shown.
+ –
anode cathode
aqueous
copper(II) sulfate
A solid is produced at the cathode. A gas is produced at the anode.
(a) From what material is the anode made?
.............................................................................................................................................. [1]
(b) Describe the appearance of the solid produced at the cathode.
.............................................................................................................................................. [1]
(c) Name the gas produced at the anode. Give a test and observation to identify this gas.
name of gas ..............................................................................................................................

[2]
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3 A student finds that a compound contains 4.8 g of carbon, 0.8 g of hydrogen and 6.4 g of oxygen.
[Ar: C, 12; H, 1; O, 16]
What is the empirical formula of the compound?
(a) CH2O
(b) C2H2O
(c) C2HO2
(d) C4H8O4
[Total: 1]
4 Aqueous solutions of which of the following pairs of compounds will not react together to form a
precipitate?
(a) silver nitrate and ammonium iodide
(b) silver nitrate and barium chloride
(c) sodium hydroxide and copper(II) sulfate
(d) sodium hydroxide and ammonium chloride
[Total: 1]
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5 A student adds the catalyst manganese(IV) oxide to aqueous hydrogen peroxide. The hydrogen
peroxide decomposes.
2H2O2(aq) 2H2O(l) + O2(g)
The student measures the volume of oxygen given off at regular time intervals. This is experiment 1.
The student repeats the experiment using one different condition. This is experiment 2.
Graphs for both experiments 1 and 2 are shown.
volume
of experiment 1
oxygen
experiment 2
0
0 time
What is the different condition used in experiment 2?
(a) A greater mass of the manganese(IV) oxide was added.
(b) A lower temperature was used.
(c) A greater volume of aqueous hydrogen peroxide was used.
(d) A higher concentration of aqueous hydrogen peroxide was used.
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6 Copper(II) oxide and carbon are both black solids. Copper(II) oxide reacts with dilute sulfuric acid
forming aqueous copper(II) sulfate. Carbon does not react with dilute sulfuric acid.
Describe how you would obtain a pure, dry sample of carbon from a mixture of powdered
copper(II) oxide and powdered carbon.
You are provided with
• all the apparatus normally found in a laboratory,

• the mixture of powdered copper(II) oxide and powdered carbon,
• dilute sulfuric acid,
• distilled water.
No other chemicals are available.
You should give experimental details and the observations occurring at each stage of the
procedure.
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
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7 Limestone is impure calcium carbonate. A student does an experiment to determine the percentage
by mass of calcium carbonate in a sample of limestone. The sample of limestone is placed in a
previously weighed container and reweighed.
mass of container + limestone = 10.22 g
mass of empty container = 5.72 g
(a) Calculate the mass of limestone used in the experiment.
....................................................... g [1]
The student transfers the sample of limestone into a beaker and adds 50.0 cm3 of 2.00 mol / dm3
hydrochloric acid, an excess. The calcium carbonate reacts with the hydrochloric acid.
CaCO3 + 2HCl CaCl 2 + CO2 + H2O
The student transfers the contents of the beaker into another container and the volume is made
up to 250 cm3 with distilled water. This is solution T.
(b) Name the container in which solution T should be made.
.............................................................................................................................................. [1]
25.0 cm3 of T is transferred to a conical flask and a few drops of methyl orange indicator are
added.
An aqueous solution of 0.100 mol / dm3 sodium hydroxide is put into a burette and run into the
conical flask until the end-point is reached.
(c) What is the colour change of the methyl orange at the end-point?
The colour changes from ........................................... to ........................................... . [1]

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(d) Three titrations are done. The diagrams show parts of the burette with the liquid levels at the
beginning and end of each titration.
0 29 16 45 4 32
1 30 17 46 5 33
2 31 18 47 6 34
Use the diagrams to complete the results table.
final burette
reading / cm3
initial burette
reading / cm3
volume of
0.100 mol / dm3
sodium
hydroxide / cm3
best titration results
(✓)
Summary
Using these results, the average volume of 0.100 mol / dm3 sodium hydroxide is
........................................................ cm3.
[4]
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(e) Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in the average volume of 0.100 mol / dm3
sodium hydroxide in (d).
............................................... moles [1]
(f) Using the equation
NaOH + HCl NaCl + H2O
and your answer to (e), deduce the number of moles of hydrochloric acid in 25.0 cm3 of T.
............................................... moles [1]
(g) Calculate the number of moles of hydrochloric acid in 250 cm3 of T.
............................................... moles [1]
(h) Calculate the number of moles of hydrochloric acid in the original 50.0 cm3 of 2.00 mol / dm3
hydrochloric acid.
............................................... moles [1]
(i) Using your answers to (h) and (g), calculate the number of moles of hydrochloric acid that
reacted with the calcium carbonate in the sample of limestone.
............................................... moles [1]

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(j) Using the equation
CaCO3 + 2HCl CaCl 2 + CO2 + H2O
and your answer to (i), calculate the number of moles of calcium carbonate that reacted with
the hydrochloric acid.
............................................... moles [1]
(k) Calculate the relative formula mass of calcium carbonate.
[Ar : Ca, 40; C, 12; O, 16]
.......................................................... [1]
(l) Using your answers to (j) and (k), calculate the mass of calcium carbonate in the sample of
limestone.
....................................................... g [1]
(m) Using your answers to (a) and (l), calculate the percentage by mass of calcium carbonate in
the sample of limestone.
.......................................................% [1]
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8 The table shows the tests a student does on compound L.
L contains three different ions.
Complete the table by adding the conclusion for (a), the observations for (b) (i), (ii) and (iii), the
conclusions for (c)(i) and (ii) and both the test and observation which lead to the conclusion for
test (d). Any gases produced should be identified by test, result and name.
test observations conclusion

(a) L is dissolved in water A coloured solution is
(b), (c) and (d). [1]
(b) (i) To the first part, L contains Fe2+ ions.
aqueous sodium
hydroxide is added
until a change is
seen.
(ii) An excess of L contains Fe2+ ions.

aqueous sodium
hydroxide is added
to the mixture
from (i).
(iii) This mixture is then L contains NH4+ ions.

heated.
[4]
(c) (i) To the second part, A green precipitate forms.
aqueous ammonia
is added until a
change is seen.
(ii) An excess of The precipitate is insoluble

aqueous ammonia in excess.
is added to the
(d) L contains SO42− ions.
[3]
(e) The green precipitate that forms in test (c) turns brown at the surface after a few minutes.
Suggest why.
...................................................................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................................................. [2]
[Total: 11]
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9 When magnesium powder is added to an excess of hydrochloric acid, the temperature rises.
(a) (i) What type of reaction does the temperature rise indicate?
............................................................ [1]
(ii) In addition to the temperature rise, give two observations that can be made as the
reaction takes place.
...........................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................... [2]
(iii) Construct an equation for the reaction between magnesium powder and
hydrochloric acid.
...................................................................................................................................... [1]
(b) A student does an experiment to determine the amount of heat produced in the reaction. The
student transfers 50.0 cm3 of 2.0 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid to a beaker. The temperature of
the solution is 20.0 °C. When 0.20 g of magnesium powder is added to the hydrochloric acid
the temperature rises rapidly.
magnesium thermometer
powder
50.0 cm3 2.0 mol / dm3

hydrochloric acid
The student records the temperature of the mixture at one minute intervals.
time / min temperature of the mixture / °C

1.0 37.4
2.0 35.2
3.0 33.1
4.0 31.1
5.0 29.0
6.0 26.9
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Plot the results on the grid. Draw a straight line through the points. Extend the line until it
intersects the y-axis.
40
35
temperature
of the mixture
/ °C
30
25
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
time / min
[3]
(c) (i) Use your graph to determine the temperature at 0 minutes. This gives the maximum
temperature of the mixture reached in the reaction.
..................................................... °C [1]
(ii) The initial temperature of the hydrochloric acid was 20.0 °C. Use your answer to (c)(i) to
calculate the maximum temperature rise.
..................................................... °C [1]
(d) 4.2 joules (J) of heat energy are required to raise the temperature of 1.0 cm3 of hydrochloric
acid by 1 °C.
(i) Calculate the amount of heat energy in joules (J) required to raise the temperature of
50.0 cm3 of hydrochloric acid by 1 °C.
........................................................ J [1]

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(ii) Calculate the amount of heat energy in joules (J) required to raise the temperature of
50.0 cm3 of hydrochloric acid by the maximum temperature rise calculated in (c)(ii).
........................................................ J [1]
[Total: 11]
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Question Answer Mark
1(a)(i) Fractionating column 1
1(a)(ii) Separate pentane and hexane / separate vapours / separate mixture / separate components / stop hexane reaching 1
the condenser
1(a)(iii) Condenser 1
1(b) 1 There should be no bung or cork on the conical flask / conical flask should be open (1) 2
2 Water in and out are the wrong way round / reversed (1)
1(c) Fractional distillation 1
1(d)(i) Flammable / inflammable (liquids or alcohols or mixture) 1
1(d)(ii) Water bath / hot plate / electrical heater 1
1(e) Different boiling points (1) 2

Pentane has a lower boiling point / hexane has a higher boiling point (1)
2(a) Carbon / graphite / platinum 1
2(b) Brown / orange / pink 1
2(c) Oxygen (1) 2

Relights a glowing splint (1)
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4 D 1
5 B 1
6 One mark each for any five of: 5

M1 Add (dilute) sulfuric acid to the mixture.
M2 Excess sulfuric acid / heat / stir / shake / mix
M3 Filter / centrifuge / decant
M4 Black solid on filter paper or at the bottom or remains undissolved / blue solution
M5 Carbon on filter paper or at the bottom or remains undissolved / copper sulfate solution formed
M6 Wash or dry carbon
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7(a) 4.5(0) 1
7(b) Volumetric flask 1
7(c) Red / pink to yellow / orange 1
7(d) 29.6 46.2 33.8 4

0.0 17.1 4.4
29.6 29.1 29.4 (3)
Mean titre = 29.5 cm3 (1)
7(e) 0.00295 1
7(f) 0.00295 1
7(g) 0.0295 1
7(h) 0.1 1
7(i) 0.0705 1
7(j) 0.03525 / 0.0352 / 0.0353 1
7(k) 100 1
7(l) 3.525 / 3.52 / 3.53 1
7(m) 78.3 / 78.2 / 78.4 1
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8(a) (L) contains ions of a transition metal or transition element / (L) contains a compound of a transition metal or 1
transition element
8(b)(i) Green precipitate (1) 4
8(b)(ii) Insoluble / does not dissolve (1)
8(b)(iii) Gas or ammonia turns red litmus blue (1)

Ammonia (1)
8(c)(i)(ii) Fe2+ 1
8(d) Barium chloride / barium nitrate (1) 3

(Dilute) hydrochloric / nitric acid (1)
White precipitate (1)
8(e) Oxidation / reaction with oxygen (1) 2

Fe3+ formed (1)
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9(a)(i) Exothermic 1
9(a)(ii) Solid or magnesium dissolves / colourless solution formed (1) 2

Effervescence / bubbles / fizzing (1)
9(a)(iii) Mg + 2HCl MgCl2 + H2 1
9(b) All points plotted correctly (to within half a small square) (1) 3
Ruled straight line (1)
Line extended to intersect the y-axis (1)
9(c)(i) 39.5 (oC) (answer must be based on candidate’s graph) 1
9(c)(ii) 19.5 (oC) 1
9(d)(i) 210 (J) 1
9(d)(ii) 4095 (J) 1
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1 hour

DC (NF/FD) 107618/4
2
1 A student uses acidified aqueous potassium manganate(VII) to oxidise ethanol to ethanoic acid.
bung
water in
A
water out
ethanol and acidified aqueous

potassium manganate(VII)
heat
(a) (i) Name apparatus A.
...................................................................................................................................... [1]
...................................................................................................................................... [1]
(b) Identify two errors in the student’s apparatus.
1. ..............................................................................................................................................
2. ..............................................................................................................................................
[2]
The errors are corrected before the student begins heating.
(c) (i) State why a Bunsen burner should not be used to heat the mixture of ethanol and
potassium manganate(VII).
...................................................................................................................................... [1]
(ii) What should be used instead of a Bunsen burner?
...................................................................................................................................... [1]
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(d) Name the process that the student uses to separate ethanoic acid from the mixture after
heating.
.............................................................................................................................................. [1]
(e) The ethanoic acid is heated with another sample of ethanol and a catalyst of sulfuric acid.
Name the organic product.
.............................................................................................................................................. [1]
[Total: 8]

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2 The apparatus shown is used to electrolyse dilute sulfuric acid.
carbon anode carbon cathode
dilute
sulfuric acid
+ –
(a) Name the gas that collects at the anode. Give a test and observation to identify this gas.
name of gas ..............................................................................................................................

[2]
(b) Name the gas that collects at the cathode. Give a test and observation to identify this gas.
name of gas ..............................................................................................................................

[2]
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(c) The student does three more experiments with different electrolytes, using the apparatus
shown.
+ –
carbon anode carbon cathode
electrolyte
Complete the table.
electrolyte name of product observations at name of product observations at

at the anode the anode at the cathode the cathode
concentrated
black solid bubbles of
aqueous sodium
/ brown solution colourless gas
iodide
concentrated
aqueous bubbles of
pink solid
copper(II) colourless gas
sulfate
concentrated
aqueous sodium chlorine hydrogen
chloride
[6]
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3 A student burns 4.8 g of an element X in excess oxygen. The mass of the oxide produced is 8.0 g.
What is the empirical formula of the oxide of X?
[Ar: X, 24; O, 16]
(a) XO
(b) X2O
(c) X2O2
(d) X3O5
[Total: 1]
4 The chromatogram shows the results of chromatography using mixture Z as well as individual
dyes labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4.
starting line
solvent
flow Z 1 2 3 4
Which of the dyes does Z contain?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 4 only
[Total: 1]
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5 A student adds excess zinc to hydrochloric acid and measures the volume of hydrogen gas given
off at regular time intervals. This is experiment 1.
The student makes a change to one of the conditions and then repeats the experiment. This is
experiment 2.
The volume of hydrochloric acid is the same in both experiments.
Graphs for both experiments 1 and 2 are shown.
experiment 2
volume experiment 1
of
hydrogen
0
0 time
What is the different condition used in experiment 2?
(a) A catalyst is added.
(b) A higher temperature is used.
(c) A greater mass of zinc is used.
(d) A higher concentration of hydrochloric acid is used.
[Total: 1]

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6 A student passes air backwards and forwards over heated copper using the apparatus shown.
The original volume of air in the apparatus is 50.0 cm3.
copper
gas syringe heat gas syringe
The experiment continues until the volume of gas stops changing. Some unreacted copper
remains.
What is the final volume of gas in the apparatus?
[All volumes are measured at room temperature and pressure.]
(a) 10 cm3
(b) 30 cm3
(c) 40 cm3
(d) 60 cm3
[Total: 1]
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7 Vinegar contains dilute ethanoic acid. Different brands of vinegar contain different concentrations
of ethanoic acid.
You are provided with two different brands of colourless vinegar as well as the apparatus and
chemicals normally found in a laboratory.
Describe how you would carry out experiments to find out which of the two brands contains the
higher concentration of ethanoic acid.
You should give experimental details and the observations occurring at each stage of the
procedure.
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
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8 A student does an experiment to determine the percentage by mass of copper in a sample of

impure copper. The sample of impure copper is placed in a previously weighed container and
reweighed.
mass of container + impure copper = 7.45 g
mass of empty container = 5.72 g
(a) Calculate the mass of impure copper used in the experiment.
....................................................... g [1]
The student transfers the sample of impure copper to a beaker, adds excess concentrated nitric
acid and stirs until all the solid has dissolved. The copper reacts with the nitric acid producing
aqueous copper nitrate as shown in equation 1.
equation 1 Cu + 4HNO3 Cu(NO3)2 + 2NO2 + 2H2O
An excess of aqueous potassium iodide and an excess of dilute hydrochloric acid are then added
to the beaker. A further reaction occurs as shown in equation 2.
equation 2 2Cu(NO3)2 + 4KI + 4HCl 4KCl + 2CuI + 4HNO3 + I2
The contents of the beaker are transferred to a suitable container and made up to 250 cm3 with
distilled water. This is solution J.
(b) Name the container in which solution J should be made.
.............................................................................................................................................. [1]
The student transfers 25.0 cm3 of J to a conical flask and adds a few drops of a suitable indicator.
An aqueous solution of 0.100 mol / dm3 sodium thiosulfate, Na2S2O3, is put into a burette and run
into the conical flask until the end-point is reached. The reaction between sodium thiosulfate,
Na2S2O3, and iodine, I2, is shown in equation 3.
equation 3 2Na2S2O3 + I2 2NaI + Na2S4O6
(c) Three titrations are done. The diagrams show parts of the burette with the liquid levels at the
beginning and end of each titration.
0 20 24 47 10 32
1 21 25 48 11 33
2 22 26 49 12 34
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final burette
reading / cm3
initial burette
reading / cm3
volume of
0.100 mol / dm3
Na2S2O3 / cm3
best titration results
(✓)
Summary
Using these results, the average volume of 0.100 mol / dm3 Na2S2O3 is
........................................................ cm3.
[4]
(d) Calculate the number of moles of Na2S2O3 in the average volume of 0.100 mol / dm3 Na2S2O3.
............................................... moles [1]
(e) Use your answer to (d) and equation 3 to calculate the number of moles of I2 in 25.0 cm3
of J.
equation 3 2Na2S2O3 + I2 2NaI + Na2S4O6
............................................... moles [1]
(f) Use your answer to (e) to calculate the number of moles of I2 in 250 cm3 of J.
............................................... moles [1]

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(g) Use your answer to (f) and equation 2 to calculate the number of moles of Cu(NO3)2 that
produce the number of moles of I2 calculated in (f).
equation 2 2Cu(NO3)2 + 4KI + 4HCl 4KCl + 2CuI + 4HNO3 + I2
............................................... moles [1]
(h) Use your answer to (g) and equation 1 to deduce the number of moles of Cu that produce
the number of moles of Cu(NO3)2 calculated in (g).
equation 1 Cu + 4HNO3 Cu(NO3)2 + 2NO2 + 2H2O
............................................... moles [1]
(i) Use your answer to (h) to calculate the mass of copper in the sample of impure copper.
[Ar: Cu, 63.5]
....................................................... g [1]
(j) Use your answers to (i) and (a) to calculate the percentage by mass of copper in the sample
of impure copper.
.......................................................% [1]
[Total: 13]
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9 The following table shows the tests a student does on a mixture L, which contains two compounds.
L contains three different ions.
Complete the table by adding the conclusion for (a), the observations for (b) (i), (ii) and (iii), the
conclusions for tests (c) (i) and (ii), and both the test and observation which lead to the conclusion
for test (d). Any gases produced should be identified by test, result and name.

(a) L is dissolved in water A colourless solution is
(b), (c) and (d). [1]
(b) (i) To the first part, L contains Al 3+, Zn2+ or
aqueous sodium Ca2+ ions.
hydroxide is added
until a change is
seen.
(ii) An excess of L contains Al 3+ or Zn2+ ions.

aqueous sodium
hydroxide is added
to the mixture
from (i).
(iii) This mixture is then L contains NH4+ ions.

heated.
[4]
(c) (i) To the second part, A white precipitate forms.
aqueous ammonia
is added until a
change is seen.
(ii) An excess of The precipitate is insoluble

aqueous ammonia in excess.
is added to the
(d) L contains SO42− ions.
[3]
(e) Give the formulae of the two compounds which are present in mixture L.
.............................................................. and .............................................................. [2]
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10 When metal M is added to aqueous copper(II) sulfate the temperature rises.
(a) What type of reaction does the temperature rise indicate?
.......................................................... [1]
The equation for the reaction is shown.
M + CuSO4 MSO4 + Cu
A student transfers 25.0 cm3 of 2.7 mol / dm3 of aqueous copper(II) sulfate to a glass beaker.
A 0.4 g sample of metal M is added to the beaker and the mixture is stirred. The student records
the maximum temperature rise with a thermometer.
M thermometer
25.0 cm3 2.7 mol / dm3

copper(II) sulfate
The student repeats the experiment using different masses of metal M and in each case calculates
and records the maximum temperature rise.
mass of M / g maximum temperature rise / °C

0.4 2.2
0.8 4.4
1.2 6.6
1.6 8.8
2.0 8.8
2.4 8.8
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(b) Plot the maximum temperature rise against the mass of M on the grid and draw two
intersecting straight lines through the points.
10
maximum
temperature rise
/ °C
4
0
0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 2.0 2.4
mass of M / g
[3]
(c) (i) Use your graph to determine the mass of M required to produce a maximum temperature
rise of 5.0 °C.
....................................................... g [1]
(ii) Use your graph to determine the maximum temperature rise which would occur if 1.5 g of
M is used in the experiment.
..................................................... °C [1]
(d) (i) Calculate the number of moles of copper(II) sulfate in 25.0 cm3 of 2.7 mol / dm3 aqueous
copper(II) sulfate.
............................................... moles [1]
(ii) Use your graph to deduce the mass of M that reacts completely with 25.0 cm3 of
2.7 mol / dm3 aqueous copper(II) sulfate.
....................................................... g [1]

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(iii) Use the equation
M + CuSO4 MSO4 + Cu
and your answers to (d)(i) and (d)(ii) to calculate the relative atomic mass of metal M.
........................................................... [1]
[Total: 9]
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1(a)(i) Condenser 1
1(a)(ii) Return liquid (to the flask) / falls back (into flask) 1
1(b) 1. Bung should not be present (1) 2
2. Water in and out are reversed / wrong way round (1)
1(c)(i) Flammable (liquid or ethanol or mixture) 1
1(c)(ii) Hot plate / water bath / electrical heater 1
1(d) Distillation / fractional distillation 1
1(e) Ethyl ethanoate 1
2(a) Oxygen (1) 2

Glowing splint (re)lights / rekindles (1)
2(b) Hydrogen (1) 2
Pops in a flame / lighted splint pops / burning splint pops (1)
2(c) 6
iodine(1)* hydrogen (1)*
oxygen(1)* copper(1)*
green / yellow colourless gas /
gas / bubbles (1)** bubbles (1)**
*Ignore physical states if they are given as well as the names
**gas / bubbles / fizz / effervescence is required for observations and green / yellow (for chlorine) and colourless (for
hydrogen)
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4 C 1
5 D 1
6 C 1
7 EITHER 5
TITRATION METHOD
Max 5 from:
M1 Titration / description of titration method (1)
M2 Alkali / base (1)
M3 Name of suitable alkali (1)
M4 Equal volumes of acid / equal volumes of alkali (in conical flask) (1)
M5 Named suitable indicator / thermometer (1)
M6 Most conc needs highest volume of alkali / biggest temperature rise if thermometric method, or reverse
argument (ORA) / if acid is in burette volume of least concentrated acid is largest, ORA (1)
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METAL
M1 Add any metal(1)
M2 Named suitable metal e.g. iron, magnesium, zinc (1)
M3 Equal amounts of vinegar + equal amount of metal or Equal amounts of vinegar + excess of metal or excess
vinegar + equal amounts of metal (1)
M4 Measurement of time / use of watch or clock/unit of time (1)

or
M4 measure mass change / measure volume of gas collected / number of bubbles / amount of gas / apparatus to
measure gas volume (without mentioning volume) e.g. gas syringe (1)
M5 More conc acid: dissolves metal faster / takes less time / reaction stops first / bubbles faster / more bubbles
produced per unit time / more gas produced per unit time / steeper graph or larger gradient or graph levels off first,
ORA (1) Can score from sketch graph.
OR
CARBONATE
M1 Carbonate / hydrogencarbonate (1)
M2 Named carbonate / hydrogencarbonate (1)
M3 Equal amounts of vinegar + equal amounts of carbonate or equal amounts of vinegar + excess of carbonate
or excess vinegar + equal amounts of carbonate (1)
M4 Measurement of time / use of watch or clock/unit of time(1)

or
M4 measure mass change / measure volume of gas collected / number of bubbles / amount of gas / apparatus to
measure gas volume (without mentioning volume) e.g. gas syringe (1)
M5 More conc acid: dissolves carbonate faster / takes less time / reaction stops first / bubbles faster / more bubbles
produced per unit time / more gas produced per unit time / steeper graph or larger gradient or graph levels off first,
ORA (1) Can score from sketch graph.
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pH METHOD
M1 Measure pH (1)
M2 pH meter/universal indicator / pH indicator / pH paper (1)
M3 any reference to pH number less than 7 (or statement that pH is below 7) / reference to colour chart / reference
to red, orange or yellow (1)
M4 reference to 2 feasible pH values or ranges for acids of different concentrations / reference to 2 suitable
colours i.e. red, orange, yellow, for different acids (1)
M5 more conc acid has lower pH ORA / colours linked to relative concentrations for both acids e.g. red more conc
than orange (1)
OR
CONDUCTIVITY
M1 Conductivity / description of conductivity method / circuit diagram (1)
M2 bulb or ammeter in circuit (1)
M3 bulb lights / reference to brightness or current (1)
M4 compare brightness / current (1)
M5 more concentrated acid = brighter bulb or greater current (1)
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8(a) 1.73 1
8(b) Volumetric flask 1
8(c) 4
22.4 48.2 32.8
0.0 24.7 10.2
22.4 23.5 22.6
(3)
Titre = 22.5 (1)
8(d) (c) × 0.100 / 1000 = 0.00225 or 2.25 × 10–3 1
8(e) (d) / 2 = 0.001125 or 1.125 × 10–3 or 0.00113 or 1.13 × 10–3 1
8(f) (e) × 10 = 0.01125 or 0.0113 1
8(g) (f) × 2 = 0.0225 1
8(h) (g) = 0.0225 1
8(i) (h) × 63.5 = 1.42875 / 1.43 1
8(j) (i) / (a) × 100 = 82.6 / 82.7 1
9(a) (L) does not contain ions of a transition metal / (L) does not contain ions of a transition element / (L) does not 1
contain a compound of a transition metal / (L) does not contain a compound of a transition element
9(b)(i) White precipitate (1) 4
9(b)(ii) Soluble / solution / dissolves (1)
9(b)(iii) Gas or ammonia / NH3 turns (damp red) litmus blue (1)
Ammonia / NH3 (1)
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9(d) M1 Aqueous barium chloride / BaCl2 or aqueous barium nitrate / Ba(NO3)2 (1) 3
M2 Dilute hydrochloric acid / HCl or nitric acid / HNO3 (1)
M3 White precipitate (1)
9(e) Al2(SO4)3 (1) 2
(NH4)2SO4 (1)
10(a) exothermic 1
10(b) M1 all points plotted correctly (to within half a small square) (1) 3
M2 and M3 2 ruled intersecting straight lines (1 for each) Left hand line must go through the origin (within half a
small square)
10(c)(i) 0.92 (g) (answer must be based on candidate’s graph) 1
10(c)(ii) 8.2 (°C )(answer must be based on candidate’s graph) 1
10(d)(i) 0.0675 1
10(d)(ii) 1.6 (g) (answer must be based on candidate’s graph) 1
10(d)(iii) 23.7 1
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CHEMISTRY 5070/41
1 hour

DC (CE/JG) 129399/5
2
1 A student does an experiment to convert magnesium into magnesium oxide, MgO.
A 0.36 g sample of magnesium is heated strongly for several minutes using the apparatus shown.
magnesium
B
heat
(a) Name apparatus A and B.
A .........................................
B ......................................... [2]
Magnesium is converted into a white powder, MgO. The expected mass of MgO is 0.60 g.
The student found that 0.55 g of MgO is produced in the experiment.
(b) Suggest one reason why the mass of MgO is lower than expected and suggest how the
expected result may be achieved.
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[2]
(c) The student does a similar experiment using 0.36 g of zinc instead of 0.36 g of magnesium.
Explain why he is wrong to expect that the mass of zinc oxide will also be 0.60 g.
[Ar: Mg, 24; Zn, 65]
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[2]
(d) Suggest a safety item that the student should use when doing this experiment.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
[Total: 7]
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2 Sand is insoluble in water; sodium chloride is soluble in water.
You are provided with a beaker containing 10.0 g of a mixture of sand and sodium chloride.
Suggest an experiment to determine the percentage, by mass, of sodium chloride in the mixture.
You should state

• the apparatus required,
• any measurements you need to make,
• how you would use your results to determine the percentage, by mass, of sodium
chloride in the mixture.
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
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3 A sample of ethanoic acid, CH3COOH, can be prepared in the apparatus shown.
water C
out
water in
ethanol + aqueous acidified

potassium manganate(VII)
heat
(a) (i) Name apparatus C.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) What is the purpose of apparatus C?
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
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(b) After heating the mixture in the flask for some time, all the ethanol will be oxidised to
ethanoic acid.
Draw a diagram to show how the apparatus may be adapted to allow the ethanoic acid to be
distilled from the resulting mixture in the flask.
You should add any further apparatus to your diagram to enable the distillation to take place.
[4]
(c) The boiling point of ethanoic acid is 118 °C.
Suggest which compound in the final reaction mixture will be the first to distil over, and the
temperature at which it distils.
compound ...................................................
temperature ................................................ [2]
(d) What does the student observe when a small volume of ethanoic acid is added to a test-tube
containing aqueous sodium carbonate?
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
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4 A student is given a bottle containing small pieces of scrap iron. She is asked to find the purity of
this sample of iron.
A small quantity of the iron is placed in a previously weighed container which is then reweighed.
mass of container + scrap iron = 7.16 g

(a) Calculate the mass of the scrap iron.
......................................... g [1]
(b) The iron is placed in a conical flask and excess dilute sulfuric acid is added. The flask is
warmed and the iron reacts with the sulfuric acid to produce Fe2+ ions.
Suggest why the flask is warmed.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(c) A gas is produced during the reaction.
(i) Name the gas.
..................................................................... [1]
(ii) Give a test and observation to identify this gas.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(d) When all the iron has reacted, the resulting solution is cooled and made up to 250 cm3 with
distilled water. This is solution S.
(i) In which apparatus should S be prepared?
..................................................................... [1]
(ii) 25.0 cm3 of S is transferred into a conical flask.
Which apparatus should be used to transfer 25.0 cm3 of S into a conical flask?
..................................................................... [1]
(e) Solution T is 0.0200 mol / dm3 potassium manganate(VII). Aqueous potassium manganate(VII)
is purple.
A burette is filled with T. T is run into the conical flask containing S until an end-point is
reached.
What colour is the solution in the flask at the end-point? Explain your answer.
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[2]
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(f) The student does three titrations. The diagrams show parts of the burette with the liquid levels

3 12
0 24
36
4 28
13
1 25
37
5 29
14
2 26
38
volume of T used / cm3
Summary
Using these results, the average volume of T required is
.................................................. cm3. [4]
(g) Calculate the number of moles of potassium manganate(VII) in the average volume of T
required.
T is 0.0200 mol / dm3 potassium manganate(VII).
................................................. moles [1]

8
(h) Five moles of Fe2+ react with one mole of potassium manganate(VII).
Calculate the number of moles of Fe2+ in 25.0 cm3 of S.
................................................. moles [1]
(i) Calculate the number of moles of Fe2+ in 250 cm3 of S.
................................................. moles [1]
(j) Calculate the mass of Fe2+ in 250 cm3 of S.

[Ar: Fe, 56]
........................................................ g [1]
(k) Using your answers to (a) and (j), calculate the percentage purity of the sample of scrap iron.
........................................................% [1]
[Total: 17]
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5 A student is given compound M which contains a cation and an anion. He does the following tests
to identify the two ions.
(a) A sample of M is dissolved in water. The solution is colourless.
Suggest what conclusion can be made.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(b) To a test-tube containing 1 cm3 of aqueous M, a small volume of aqueous sodium hydroxide
is added.
A white precipitate is produced. The precipitate is soluble in excess aqueous sodium

hydroxide.
Suggest two cations which could be present in aqueous M.
............................. and ............................. [2]
(c) What further test should the student do with aqueous M to identify which of the two cations
suggested in (b) is present in M?
test ............................................................................................................................................
observations .............................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
[2]
(d) M is known to contain either chloride or iodide ions.
Suggest a test to identify which of the two anions is present in M.
test ............................................................................................................................................
observations .............................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
[3]
[Total: 8]

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6 A student investigates the solubility of two salts, potassium chlorate(V) and sodium chloride, using
the apparatus shown.
thermometer
solution
crystals of
the salt
heat
10 g of water is transferred into a boiling tube. 0.5 g of potassium chlorate(V) is added.
The tube and contents are heated until all the solid dissolves. The tube is allowed to cool.
At the first sign of solid reappearing the temperature is noted.
The experiment is repeated using 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 g of potassium chlorate(V).
The diagrams show parts of the thermometer stems giving the temperature at which the solid
appears.
50 80 90 100
40 70 80 90
30 60 70 80
20 50 60 70
10 40 50 60
0 30 40 50
1.0 g 2.0 g 3.0 g 4.0 g

potassium potassium potassium potassium
chlorate(V) chlorate(V) chlorate(V) chlorate(V)
(a) Use the thermometer readings to complete the table.
mass of potassium chlorate(V) 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0

in 10 g of water / g
temperature at which 10
potassium chlorate(V)
reappears / °C
[2]
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The experiment is repeated using different masses of sodium chloride. The results are shown in
the table.
mass of sodium chloride in 10 g of 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.4

water / g
temperature at which sodium chloride 10 34 50 66
reappears / °C
(b) Plot the points for both potassium chlorate(V) and sodium chloride on the grid.
Draw a smooth curve through the points for potassium chlorate(V) and a straight line through
the points for sodium chloride.
Extend each line in both directions so that at the lower ends, each line crosses the y-axis and
at the upper ends the lines cross.
6.0
5.0
4.0
mass of
salt in
10 g of
3.0
water
/g
2.0
1.0
0.0
0 20 40 60 80 100
temperature / °C
[4]

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(c) Use your graphs to answer the following questions.
What mass of each compound is dissolved in 10 g of water at 0 °C?
(i) potassium chlorate(V) ...................................................... g [1]
(ii) sodium chloride ...................................................... g [1]
(d) The solubility of a salt is defined as the maximum mass of salt that will dissolve in 100 g of
water at a given temperature.
(i) Use your graphs to determine the temperature at which the solubility of each salt is the
same.
...................................................... °C [1]
(ii) Calculate the solubility of both potassium chlorate(V) and sodium chloride at the
temperature you have given in (i).
........................................................ g [1]
(e) The student is given two boiling tubes, one containing 2.0 g of potassium chlorate(V) in 10 g
of water, the other containing 2.0 g of sodium chloride in 10.0 g of water. Both boiling tubes
are at a temperature of 40 °C.
The mixtures are stirred.
Use your graphs to describe the contents of each tube.
potassium chlorate(V) ..............................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
sodium chloride ........................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[2]
(f) By referring to your graphs, compare the effect of increasing the temperature on the solubility
of each salt.
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[2]
[Total: 14]
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5070/41 Cambridge O Level – Mark Scheme May/June 2017
PUBLISHED
Abbreviations used in the mark scheme
• / separates alternatives within a marking point.
• OR gives the alternative marking point.
• Allow indicates an answer that is less than ideal but which should be marked correct.
• Ignore means mark as if the response was not there.
• Reject means the response is not given credit
• M1, M2 etc. distinguish each marking point within an answer
• Ecf means credit a correct statement / working that follows from a previous wrong response.
• Use of brackets in the Answer column indicates that the word(s) is / are ideal but not required to obtain the mark.
1(a) A – crucible (1) 2
B – tripod (1)
1(b) Escape of MgO / (white) powder / smoke out of top of crucible (1) 2
Place a lid on crucible / cover crucible (1)
OR
The magnesium has not been heated long enough / not enough air gets in / magnesium has not been completely burned (1)
Heat contents for a longer time / to constant mass (1)
1(c) Atomic mass of zinc is greater (or reverse argument) (1) 2
Fewer moles of zinc heated in 0.36 g / requires fewer moles of oxygen / less oxygen (1)
1(d) Safety goggles / safety glasses 1
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2 Method 1 5
M1 Add water to beaker containing mixture and stir / heat / mix / dissolve sodium chloride (1)
M2 Filter (1)
M3 Dry the sand (1)
M4 Weigh (dry) sand (1)
M5 Percentage of sand = mass of sand / 10.0 × 100 and percentage of sodium chloride = 100 – percentage of sand (1)
OR
Method 2
M1 Add water to beaker containing mixture and stir / heat / mix / dissolve sodium chloride (1)
M2 Filter (1)
M3 Evaporate filtrate to dryness / remove all water (1)
M4 Weigh (dry) sodium chloride (1)
M5 Percentage of sodium chloride = mass of sodium chloride × 100 / 10.0 (1)

PUBLISHED
3(a)(i) C – condenser 1
3(a)(ii) To return unreacted alcohol to reaction flask 1
3(b) M1 Condenser attached (to the top of flask), sloping (1) 4
M2 Water in / water out correct (1)
M3 Thermometer in correct position (1)
M4 Receiver flask under end of condenser, open (1)
3(c) Water/H2O (1) 2
100 (°C) (1)
3(d) Effervescence / fizzing / bubbling 1

PUBLISHED
4(a) 1.44 (g) 1
4(b) Increase rate of reaction 1
4(c)(i) Hydrogen 1
4(c)(ii) Pops in a flame / lighted splint pops / burning splint pops 1
4(d)(i) Volumetric flask / graduated flask / standard flask 1
4(d)(ii) Pipette 1
4(e) M1 Purple / pink (1) 2
M2 KMnO4 will be in excess / present (1)
4(f) 4
25.1 28.6 37.1
3 marks: award 1 mark for each correct row or column to the benefit of the candidate (3)
0.0 4.2 12.5 Mean titre = 24.5 cm3 (1)
25.1 24.4 24.6
4(g) 0.00049 moles OR ecf on candidate’s mean titre 1
4(h) 0.00245 moles OR ecf (g) × 5 1
4(i) 0.0245 moles OR ecf (h) × 10 1
4(j) 1.372 g OR ecf (i) × 56 1
4(k) 95.2 to 95.3% OR ecf (j)/(a) × 100 1

PUBLISHED
5(a) Transition metal / element ion or transition metal / element compound not present 1
5(b) Zn2+ (1) 2
Al 3+ (1)
5(c) M1 Add aqueous ammonia (1) 2
M2 Zn2+ ions give a white ppt., soluble in excess, Al 3+ ions give a white ppt., insoluble in excess / Zn2+ gives colourless
solution with excess, Al 3+ gives (white) ppt with excess (1)
5(d) Aqueous silver nitrate / AgNO3 (1) 3
Chloride: white ppt. (1)
Iodide: yellow ppt. (1)

PUBLISHED
6(a) All correct for two marks, three correct for one mark: 32, 55, 69, 80 (2) 2
6(b) All points plotted correctly (1) 4
Straight line (1)
Smooth curve (1)
All extrapolations correct (1)
6(c)(i) Potassium chlorate(V): 0.4 g 1
6(c)(ii) Sodium chloride: 2.60 g 1
6(d)(i) 76 °C 1
6(d)(ii) 35 (g / 100 g of water) 1
6(e) Potassium chlorate(V) – solid and liquid present / some solid dissolved / not all solid dissolved (1) 2
Sodium chloride – colourless solution / no solid present (1)
6(f) Increase in temperature gives increase in solubility of both salts (1) 2
Increase in temperature increases solubility of potassium chlorate(V) more than the solubility of sodium chloride (1)

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CHEMISTRY 5070/42
1 hour

DC (CW/JG) 129400/3
2
1 A student adds a known mass of magnesium ribbon to 100 cm3 of dilute hydrochloric acid (an
excess) in the apparatus shown. Hydrogen gas is evolved.
10 20 30 40 50
B
A
magnesium
ribbon
dilute hydrochloric acid
(a) (i) Give a test and observation to identify hydrogen gas.
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) Name apparatus A and B.
A .........................................
B ......................................... [2]
(iii) What volume of hydrogen is collected in B?
.................................................... cm3 [1]
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(b) (i) A student is asked to produce a dry sample of hydrogen by passing it through a drying
agent.
The direction of flow of the gas through the apparatus is shown by the arrows.
X Y Z
drying agent
Which apparatus, X, Y, or Z, should be used?
............................
Explain your answer.
...........................................................................................................................................
[2]
(ii) Explain why the student would not be able to produce a dry sample of the gas using the
apparatus below.
drying agent
...........................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
[Total: 7]

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2 A student separates propanoic acid (b.p. 141 °C) and butanoic acid (b.p. 164 °C) using the
apparatus shown.
thermometer
water out
water in
receiver
flask
propanoic
electric acid and
heater butanoic
acid mixture
(a) Explain why the receiver flask must be left open.
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(b) (i) What is the reading on the thermometer when the first drops of liquid appear in the
receiver flask?
...................................................... °C [1]
(ii) Name this liquid.
............................................................[1]
(iii) How does the student know when all of this liquid has distilled over?
.......................................................................................................................................[1]
(c) Suggest a safety item that the student should use when doing this experiment.
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
[Total: 5]
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3 Copper(II) sulfate crystals contain water of crystallisation which may be removed by heating.
(a) You are to plan an experiment to find the percentage, by mass, of water in copper(II) sulfate
crystals.
You should
• describe or draw a diagram of the apparatus that may be used to remove the water,
• suggest all the weighings that should be done,
• show how they may be used to calculate the percentage, by mass, of water.
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[5]
(b) The formula for copper(II) sulfate crystals is CuSO4.yH2O where y is the number of moles of
water of crystallisation in one mole of crystals.
A student does an experiment and finds that y = 4. The correct value of y for her sample is 5.
Suggest an error in her experiment that would result in this difference. Explain how this error
would lead to the lower value of y and suggest how the experiment could be improved to
result in a correct value for y.
You can assume that all her weighings were read and recorded correctly and that her
calculation was correct.
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[3]
[Total: 8]
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4 A student is asked to determine the percentage purity of a sample of impure magnesium carbonate.
(a) The sample is added to a previously weighed container, which is then reweighed.
mass of container + impure magnesium carbonate = 8.20 g

Calculate the mass of impure magnesium carbonate used in the experiment.
........................................................ g [1]
(b) The sample is placed in a beaker and 50.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid, an excess,
is added.
The mixture is allowed to react. Carbon dioxide is produced.
What is observed in the flask as the reaction takes place?
...............................................................................................................................................[1]
(c) When the reaction has finished the solution is made up to 250 cm3 with distilled water.
This is solution V.
(i) In which apparatus should V be prepared?
........................................................... [1]
(ii) Using a pipette, 25.0 cm3 of V is transferred into a conical flask.
Name a safety item that the student should attach to the pipette and suggest why it is
used.
safety item .........................................................................................................................
why it is used .....................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................................
[2]
(d) A few drops of methyl orange indicator are added to the conical flask.
0.100 mol / dm3 sodium hydroxide is added to the solution from a burette until an end-point is
reached.
What is the colour change of the methyl orange at the end-point?
The colour changes from ......................... to ......................... . [1]
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(e) The student does three titrations. The diagrams show parts of the burette with the liquid levels

27
0
4
24 17
41 28
1
25
5
18
42 29
2
6
26 19
volume of 0.100 mol / dm3
sodium hydroxide / cm3
best titration results (3)
Summary
Tick (3) the best titration results.
Using these results, the average volume of 0.100 mol / dm3 sodium hydroxide required is
........................................................... cm3. [4]
(f) Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in the average volume of 0.100 mol / dm3
sodium hydroxide.
................................................. moles [1]
(g) Using the equation and your answer to (f), deduce the number of moles of hydrochloric acid
in 25.0 cm3 of V.
NaOH + HCl NaCl + H2O
................................................ moles [1]

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(h) Calculate the number of moles of hydrochloric acid in 250 cm3 of V.
................................................ moles [1]
(i) 50.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid contains 0.0500 moles of hydrochloric acid.
Subtract your answer to (h) from 0.0500 to determine the number of moles of
hydrochloric acid that react with the sample of magnesium carbonate.
................................................. moles [1]
(j) The equation for the reaction between magnesium carbonate and hydrochloric acid is shown.
MgCO3 + 2HCl MgCl2 + H2O + CO2
Using the equation and your answer to (i), deduce the number of moles of
magnesium carbonate in the sample.
................................................ moles [1]
(k) (i) Calculate the mass of magnesium carbonate in the sample.
[The relative formula mass of magnesium carbonate is 84.]
........................................................ g [1]
(ii) Using your answers to (a) and (k)(i), calculate the percentage purity of the
magnesium carbonate.
....................................................... % [1]
[Total: 17]
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5 You are provided with aqueous solutions of four different metal sulfates.
• chromium(III) sulfate
• copper(II) sulfate
• iron(II) sulfate
• iron(III) sulfate
(a) Using reagents that are available in a laboratory, suggest a test that can be done to confirm
the presence of the sulfate ion in each of the four solutions.
test ............................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
observation ...............................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
[3]
(b) (i) In order to identify the cation present in each solution a small volume of aqueous
sodium hydroxide is added to 1 cm3 of each solution in a test-tube, followed by an excess
of the reagent.
The observations for each test are recorded in the table.
Complete the table by deducing the cation present in each solution.
addition of a small volume of addition of excess aqueous cation present

aqueous sodium hydroxide sodium hydroxide
red-brown ppt insoluble in excess
light blue ppt insoluble in excess
green ppt insoluble in excess
green ppt soluble in excess
[4]

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(ii) A small volume of aqueous ammonia is added to 1 cm3 of each solution in a test-tube,
followed by an excess of this reagent.
Record in the table the observations which correspond to the presence of each cation.
addition of a small volume of addition of an excess of cation present

aqueous ammonia aqueous ammonia
Cr3+
Fe2+
Cu2+
Fe3+
[4]
[Total: 11]
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6 A student prepares a sample of sodium sulfate crystals using a titration method.
The student transfers 25.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol / dm3 sodium hydroxide to a conical flask and adds
dilute sulfuric acid from a burette.
After each addition of sulfuric acid, the student records the pH of the solution, measured by a
pH meter.
The apparatus and table of results are shown.
burette
sulfuric acid
pH meter
electrode
13.7 25.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol / dm3

sodium hydroxide
volume of sulfuric pH value

acid added / cm3
5.0 13.7
10.0 13.5
20.0 12.2
22.0 11.8
24.0 11.2
26.0 10.0
28.0 4.2
30.0 3.0
40.0 1.2
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(a) Plot the points on the grid. Draw a smooth curve through all of the points. Extend your line to
cross the y-axis.
14
12
10
8
pH
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
volume of sulfuric acid added / cm3
[3]
(b) Use the graph to answer the following questions.
(i) What is the pH of 25.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol / dm3 sodium hydroxide?
............................................................[1]
(ii) What is the pH of the solution when 15.0 cm3 of acid is added?
............................................................[1]

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(c) (i) At the end-point of the titration, the pH changes rapidly when only a small volume of acid
is added.
Use your graph to suggest the pH of the solution at the end-point.
............................................................[1]
(ii) Using your answer to (i) and your graph, what volume of acid is required to neutralise
25.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol / dm3 sodium hydroxide?
.................................................... cm3 [1]
(d) Sulfuric acid reacts with sodium hydroxide.
H2SO4 + 2NaOH Na2SO4 + 2H2O
Using the equation and your answer to (c)(ii), calculate the concentration of sulfuric acid
used in the experiment.
.............................................mol / dm3 [2]
(e) Describe how a student makes pure, dry crystals from aqueous sodium sulfate.
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................[3]
[Total: 12]
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PUBLISHED
Abbreviations used in the mark scheme

• / separates alternatives within a marking point.
• OR gives the alternative marking point.
• Allow indicates an answer that is less than ideal but which should be marked correct.
• Ignore means mark as if the response was not there.
• Reject means the response is not given credit
• M1, M2 etc. distinguish each marking point within an answer
• Ecf means credit a correct statement / working that follows from a previous wrong response.
• Use of brackets in the Answer column indicates that the word(s) is / are ideal but not required to obtain the mark.
1(a)(i) Pops in a flame / lighted splint pops / burning splint pops 1
1(a)(ii) A – conical flask (1) 2
B – gas syringe (1)
1(a)(iii) 46 (cm3) 1
1(b)(i) Y (1) 2
The gas must bubble through / into the drying agent (1)
1(b)(ii) The gas can enter the tube and leave it without passing through the drying agent (or reverse argument) 1
2(a) To prevent explosion / to prevent build-up of pressure / to prevent pressure increase 1
2(b)(i) 141 (°C) 1
2(b)(ii) Propanoic acid 1
2(b)(iii) The temperature will begin to rise (again) 1
2(c) Safety goggles / safety glasses 1

PUBLISHED
3(a) Method 1 5
M1 Weigh crystals / weigh before heating (1)
M2 Heat to ensure that all water has been removed / heat to dryness / heat to constant mass / heat until solid turns
white (1)
M3 Weigh anhydrous salt / weigh after heating (1)
M4 (Calculate mass of water by) subtraction of masses / calculate decrease or loss in mass (This mark can score from
the expression in M5) (1)
M5 Mass of water or decrease in mass ÷ mass of crystals × 100 = % water (1)
OR
Method 2
M1 Weigh crystals / weigh before heating (1)
M2 Heat to ensure that all water has been removed / heat to dryness / heat to constant mass / heat until (solid) turns
white (1)
M3 Condense water (can be shown in diagram) / (obtain water by) distillation (can be shown in diagram) (1)
M4 Weigh water (1)
M5 Mass of water ÷ mass of crystals × 100 = % water (1)
3(b) Any three from: 3

• M1 Not all the water is removed or evaporated / some water is left (in the crystals) (1)
• M2 Some water remained gaseous or evaporated or escaped. All of these need to be qualified by adding either
and were not collected or during collection (1)
• M3 Not heated (long) enough / stopped heating too soon/ should have been heated longer / should be heated until
it turns white (1)
• M4 Heat to constant mass (of solid) / heat to constant volume or constant mass of water (1)

PUBLISHED
4(a) 1.22 (g) 1
4(b) Effervescence / fizzing / bubbling 1
4(c)(i) Volumetric flask / standard flask / graduated flask 1
4(c)(ii) M1 Safety bulb / pipette filler (1) 2
M2 Prevent liquid entering mouth / (acids) cause burns to skin / (acids) corrosive to skin (1)
4(d) Red or pink to orange or yellow 1
4(e) 3 marks: award 1 mark for each correct row or 4

24.1 41.1 28.5
column to the benefit of the candidate (3)
0.0 17.6 4.8
Titre = 23.6 (1)
24.1 23.5 23.7
4(f) 0.00236 (moles) OR ecf on candidate’s mean titre 1
4(g) 0.00236 (moles) OR ecf (f) 1
4(h) 0.0236 (moles) OR ecf (g) × 10 1
4(i) 0.0264 (moles) OR ecf 0.0500 – (h) 1
4(j) 0.0132 (moles) OR ecf (i) ÷ 2 1
4(k)(i) 1.1088 / 1.109 / 1.11 (g) OR ecf (j) × 84 1
4(k)(ii) (1.11 / 1.22 × 100 = ) 91.0 (%) OR ecf (k)(i)/(a) × 100 1

PUBLISHED
5(a) M1 Aqueous barium chloride / aqueous BaCl2 / aqueous barium nitrate / aqueous Ba(NO3)2 (1) 3
M2 Dilute nitric acid / aqueous HNO3 OR Dilute hydrochloric acid / aqueous HCl (1)
M3 white precipitate (1)
5(b)(i) Fe3+ / iron(III) (1) 4
Cu2+ / copper(II) (1)
Fe2+ / iron(II) (1)
Cr3+ / chromium(III) (1)
5(b)(ii) M1 (Grey-)green precipitate; insoluble in excess / no change (1) 4
M2 Green precipitate; insoluble in excess / no change (1)
M3 Light blue precipitate; (soluble in excess) deep blue solution (1)
M4 Red-brown precipitate; insoluble in excess / no change (1)

PUBLISHED
6(a) M1 All points plotted correctly (1) 3
M2 Smooth curve (1)
M3 Extension of line to cross y-axis (1)
6(b)(i) 13.9 1
6(b)(ii) 13(.0) 1
6(c)(i) 7.0 1
6(c)(ii) 27.5 (cm3) 1
6(d) M1 (Moles H2SO4 =) 0.0125 (1) 2
M2 0.455 mol / dm3 (1) based on 6(c)(ii) = 27.5 cm3
6(e) M1 Heat (aqueous sodium sulfate) (1) 3
M2 To crystallisation point /saturation(point) (1)
M3 Description of drying the crystals (1)

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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Answer all questions.

This document consists of 13 printed pages and 3 blank pages.

1 (a) (i) Describe the appearance of zinc.

(ii) Zinc oxide can be made from zinc by heating in air.

Construct the equation for this reaction.

2Zn(NO3)2(s) 2ZnO(s) + 4NO2(g) + O2(g)

(i) Suggest why the heating is done in a fume cupboard.

................................................. moles [1]

volume of NO2 ......................................... cm3

volume of O2 .............................................cm3 [2]

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2 (a) The general formula of a carboxylic acid is

G is a carboxylic acid and has a relative formula mass of 88.

Deduce the value of n in the formula and hence name compound G.

n = .......................................... name of G .................................................................... [3]

(b) When magnesium reacts with G, a gas is formed.

test and observation .................................................................................................................

(c) Ethyl ethanoate has the same molecular formula as G.

(i) To which homologous series does ethyl ethanoate belong?

(ii) Give the structure of ethyl ethanoate.

(iv) Compound H belongs to the same homologous series as ethyl ethanoate.

Suggest the name and the structure of H.

structure ........................................................ [2]

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3 With which piece of apparatus should a safety bulb be used?

(c) measuring cylinder

4 Concentrated aqueous sodium chloride is electrolysed using carbon electrodes.

Which of the following is correct?

product at the positive product at the negative

(a) oxygen sodium

(b) chlorine hydrogen

(c) oxygen hydrogen

(d) chlorine sodium

What could A, B and C be?

(a) iron silver magnesium

(b) magnesium iron silver

(c) magnesium silver iron

(d) silver iron magnesium

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Which of the following observations are correct?

1 The colour of the solution fades.

2 A red-brown deposit is formed at the base of the beaker.

3 Bubbles of a gas are rapidly evolved.

(b) 1 and 2 only

(c) 2 and 3 only

What is the mass of sodium hydroxide required?

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8 Ammonium sulfate is a nitrogenous fertiliser.

The following reaction takes place.

(NH4)2SO4 + 2NaOH Na2SO4 + 2H2O + 2NH3

The mixture is heated until all the ammonia has evolved.

A burette is filled with 0.100 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid.

Phenolphthalein is colourless in acid solution and pink in alkaline solution.

What is the colour of the solution in the conical flask

• before hydrochloric acid is added, ..........................................

• at the end-point? .......................................... [1]

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first titration second titration third titration

Use the diagrams to complete the following table.