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CHEMISTRY
Paper 2
2019
2 hours

Uganda Certificate of Education

CHEMISTRY

Paper 2

2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES

Section A consists of 10 – structured questions. Attempt all questions in this Section.

Answers to Section A must be filled in the spaces provided.
Section B consists of 4 semi – structured questions. Attempt any two questions from this
Section. Answers to this Section must be written in the answer pages provided overleaf.

In both Sections, all your working must be clearly shown.

1 mole of any gas occupies 22,400 cm3 at s.t.p.
1 mole of any gas occupies 24,000 cm3 at room temperature.
[Pb = 207, K = 39, O = 16, Cl = 35.5, C = 12, H = 1]

FOR EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY

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 SECTION A: (50 MARKS)

1. State the method of separation of the following mixtures and in each case, state the
principle behind the separation technique.
(a) Ethanol and water
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(b) Sodium chloride and sodium nitrate
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2. (a) Define the term molar enthalpy of combustion. (01 mark)

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(b) Methane burns in air according to the equation

CH4 (g) + 2O2 (g) CO2 (g) + 2H2O(l) DH= -890KJmol-1

(i) Calculate the amount of heat produced when 7.5g of methane was
burnt in air. (C = 12, H = 1) (02 marks)
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(ii) Calculate the volume of carbon dioxide evolved at s.t.p. (02 marks)
(1 mole of gas occupies 22.4dm3 at s.t.p)
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3. The set up below is used in preparation of oxygen gas

Water

Oxygen gas

Solid X

(a) (i) Name solid X. (01 mark)

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(ii) Write the equation for the reaction that took place. (1 ½ marks)
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(b) Copper metal was burnt in air.
(i) State what was observed. (01 mark)
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(ii) Write equation for the reaction. (1½ marks)
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4. (a) Write the structural formula of
(i) Ethene (01 mark)

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(ii) ethane (01 mark)

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(b) Name one reagent which can be used to distinguish between ethene
and ethane. (½mark)
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 (c) State what would be observed if ethene was treated with the reagent you
have named in (b). (01 mark)
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(d) Write equation for the polymerisation of ethene. (01 mark)

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5. (a) Zinc granules were added to dilute hydrochloric acid in a test tube.

(i) State what was observed. (02 marks)

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(ii) Write an ionic equation for the reaction that took place. (1½ marks)
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(b) State how the reaction rate for the reaction above can be increased.
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6. A clean piece of copper foil was dipped into a solution of Silver nitrate.

(a) (i) State what was observed. (02 marks)

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(ii) Explain your answer above. (1½ marks)
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(b) Write the equation for the reaction that took place in (a). (1½ marks)

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7. (a) What is meant by the term Empirical formula? (01 marks)
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(b) A gaseous hydrocarbon contains 82.8% carbon and 17.2% hydrogen by

mass only. Calculate the:

(i) Empirical formula of the hydrocarbon. (02 marks)

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(ii) Molecular formula of the hydrocarbon, given its formula mass as 58.
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(c) The hydrocarbon shows some isomerism. Write the formulae of the possible
isomers. (01 mark)
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8. An atom of element X is represented as 27
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(a) Determine the number of neutrons in X. (01 marks)
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 (b) (i) Write the electronic configuration of X. (01 marks)
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(ii) State the valency of X. Give a reason for your answer. (01 mark)
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(c) Write the formula of the sulphate of X. (01 marks)
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(d) State the period on the periodic table to which X belongs. Give aTurn reasonOver for
your answer. (01 marks)
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9. (a) Lead metal and molten Lead (II) Bromide are both conductors of electricity.
Name the conducting particles in:

(i) Lead metal. (½ mark)

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Molten Lead (II) Bromide. (½ mark)
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(b) List two differences between an electrolyte and a conductor. (01 mark)
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(c) Molten Lead (II) Bromide was electrolyzed using carbon electrodes.

(i) State the products that are liberated at the electrodes. (01 mark)
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(ii) Write the equation that took place at the:
Cathode. (01 mark)
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Anode. (01 mark)

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10. An experiment was done to investigate the effect of some factors on the rate of
reaction. 5.0cm3 of Hydrochloric acid was reacted with equal masses of
Magnesium carbonate.

Experiment Temperature Concentration State of

of acid ( 0C ) of acid Magnesium carbonate
A 25 1M Chips
B 25 2M Powder
C 30 1M Chips

(a) (i) State what was observed when the acid was added to the carbonate.
(01 mark)
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(ii) Write equation for the reaction. (1½ marks)
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(b) Sketch a graph of volume of carbon dioxide gas evolved against time and
draw the curves for the reactions A, B and C. (03 marks)
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SECTION B
11.(a) Describe how a pure dry sample of chlorine can be prepared in the
laboratory starting from potassium manganate(VII).
(NO diagram is required, but your description must include conditions and
equation for the reaction).
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 (b) State what would be observed and write equation(s) for the
reaction(s) that would occur if
(i) Chlorine was bubbled into an aqueous sodium hydroxide.
(02 marks)
(ii) Burning magnesium was lowered into a jar of dry chlorine.
(03 marks)
(iii) Chlorine was passed through a solution of potassium iodide
(2 ½ marks)
(c) State one use of chlorine. ( ½ mark)

12. (a) (i) Draw a well labelled diagram to show how you would prepare a dry
sample of hydrogen gas in the Laboratory. (05 marks)

(ii) Write equation for the reaction that took place. (1½ marks)

(b) When steam is passed over heated Iron filings, a gas and a solid are formed.

(i) State what was observed. (01 mark)

(ii) Write equation for reaction that took place. (1½ mark)

(c) If 5.6g of Iron is used, calculate the

(i) mass of the solid formed. (03 marks)

(ii) volume of the gas formed at s.t.p (03 marks)

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(Fe = 56, O = 16, 1 mole of gas occupies 22.4dm at s.t.p)

13. (a) Explain briefly what is meant by the term enthalpy of neutralization.
(03 marks)

(b) The table below shows the maximum temperature of the resultant solution
formed when various volumes of 2M Potassium hydroxide solution was
added to 20cm3 of portions of 2M nitric acid.

Volume of KOH (cm3) 0 4 10 15 20 25 30 35

Vol. of HNO3 + KOH(cm3) 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55
Temperature (0C) 22 25.6 29.2 32.8 35.6 31.8 27.8 23.8

Plot a graph of temperature against volume of Potassium hydroxide.

(04marks)
(c) Using the graph, determine the:

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 (i) volume of potassium hydroxide required to completely neutralize
20 cm3 of 2M Nitric acid. (01 mark)

(ii) temperature of the resultant solution at the neutralisation point.

(01 mark)
(c) Calculate the molar enthalpy of neutralization of Nitric acid. (Specific heat
capacity of the resultant solution is 4.2Jg -1 0C-1; density of the resultant
solution is 1gcm-3. (04 marks)

(d) State how the enthalpy of neutralization of ethanoic acid by potassium

hydroxide would compare with that of nitric acid. Explain your answer.
(02 marks)

14. (a) Explain what is meant by a saturated solution. (02 marks)

(b) The table below shows the solubilities of ammonium chloride at different
temperatures.

Temperature (0C) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Solubility (g/100g of water) 29 33 38 43 47 51 56 61 65

(i) Plot the graph of solubility against temperature. (05 marks)

(ii) Using the graph, how does the solubility of ammonium chloride vary
with temperature? (01 marks)

(c) Use the graph to determine the solubilities of ammonium chloride at:

(i) 250C (01 mark)

(ii) 750C (01 mark)

(d) Calculate the mass of ammonium chloride deposited by cooling a saturated

solution at 750C containing 50g of water to 250C. (03 marks)

(e) 30g of Magnesium chloride was dissolved in 60g of water to form a

saturated solution at 500C. Calculate the solubility of the salt in water at this
temperature. (1½ mark)

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