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CHEMISTRY
PRACTICAL
Paper 4
14 August 2017

ENTEBBE
2 hours

ENTEBBE JOINT EXAMINATION BUREAU

Uganda Certificate of Education

CHEMISTRY

Paper 4
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2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

Attempt both questions. Answers to all questions are to be written in the spaces
provided in this question paper.

You are not allowed to use any reference books such as textbooks, booklets on
qualitative analysis, etc.

All working must be shown clearly.

Mathematical tables, slide rules and silent non – programmable calculators may be
used.

FOR EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY

Question 1
Question 2
TOTAL

O – CH – 4 2017 Entebbe Joint Examination Bureau: Chemistry Turn Over

1. You are provided with the following;
BA I; a solution of 0.2M hydrochloric acid
BA2; a solution made by dissolving 2.65g of sodium salt, Na 2X in
250cm3 of distilled water.

You are required to determine the relative molecular mass of the radical
represented by X.

Procedure
Pipette 20cm3 or 25 cm3 of BA2 into a clean conical flask. Add 2 drops of methyl
orange indicator.

Titrate it with BA1 from burette until the end point is reached.

Record your results in the table below.

Repeat the titration until you obtain consistent results.

Volume of pipette used……………………………………………...........……….cm3

(½ mark)

Experiment 1 2 3
Final burette reading/cm3
Initial burette reading/cm3
Volume of BA1 used/cm3

Titre values used to calculate average volume ……………………………….....cm3

(01 mark)

Average volume of BA1 used …..........................…………………………… cm3

(01 mark)
Questions:

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(a) Calculate the;

(i) number of moles of hydrochloric acid in BA1 that reacted. (1½ marks)
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(ii) concentration of the salt in moles per dm3 (Hcl : Na2X = 2 : 1).
(2½ marks)
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(b) Determine the relative molecular mass of the radical X. (3 ½ marks)

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2. You are provided with a compound P which contains two cations and two
anions. Carry out the following tests to identify the cations and anions in P.
Identify any gases that may be evolved.

Record your observations and deductions in the table below.

TEST OBSERVATION DEDUCTIONS

a) Heat two spatula endfuls of P
in a test-tube until no further
change

b) Dissolve two spatula endfuls of

P in 5cm3 of distilled water
and filter. Keep both filtrate
and residue.

(i) To the first portion, add

dilute sodium hydroxide
solution drop wise until in
excess.

(ii)To the second portion, add

dilute ammonia solution
drop wise until in excess.

(iii) To the third portion,

add potassium iodide
solution.

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TEST OBSERVATION DEDUCTIONS
(iv) To the fourth portion,
add Lead (II) nitrate.

(v) To the fifth portion,

carry out a test of your
own to confirm the
anion in the filtrate.

c) Wash the residue with distilled

water, transfer it to a boiling
tube and dissolve it in dilute
nitric acid. Divide the
resultant solution into two
portions.
(i) To the first portion, add
aqueous sodium hydroxide
drop wise until in excess.

(ii)To the second portion, add

aqueous ammonia drop
wise until in excess.

P contains:

(i) Cation ……………….....................................…………………………..

(ii) Anion …………..................……………………………………………..

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