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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE

Joint Examination for the School Certificate
and General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

CHEMISTRY 5070/4
PAPER 4 Alternative to Practical
Wednesday 27 OCTOBER 1999 1 hour

Candidates answer on the question paper.

Additional materials:
Electronic calculator and/or mathematical tables

TIME 1 hour

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page.
Answer all questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.
All essential working must be shown.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
You should use names, not symbols, when describing all reacting chemicals and the products formed.
Mathematical tables are available. You may use a calculator.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE

This question paper consists of 19 printed pages and 1 blank page.

SB (SM) QK94136/3
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1 Name the piece of apparatus shown.

Answer ...............................................................................................................................[1]

2 A student added 100 cm3 of 1.00 mol / dm3 barium nitrate to 100 cm3 of 2.00 mol / dm3 sodium
sulphate.
Barium sulphate was produced.

(a) (i) Give the formula of barium sulphate.

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(ii) Describe the appearance of barium sulphate in the resulting mixture.

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(iii) How could the barium sulphate be removed from the mixture?

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(b) Which of the reagents, barium nitrate or sodium sulphate, was in excess? Explain your
answer.

answer ............................................................................................................................

explanation .....................................................................................................................

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(C) (i) The student expected a yield of 0.100 mol of barium sulphate. Calculate the expected
mass of barium sulphate, using your answer in (a) (i).

[A r: Ba = 56, S = 32, O = 16]

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(ii) The mass of dry barium sulphate was 12.5 g.

Calculate the percentage yield of barium sulphate.

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3 A student used the apparatus shown to produce ethanoic acid, CH3COOH.

water out
B

water in

an alcohol
+ an oxidising agent
heat

A small volume of an alcohol was placed in the flask together with an oxidising agent. The
mixture was warmed and a colour change was seen in the flask.

(a) (i) Name and give the formula of the alcohol.

name .......................................................................................................................

formula ....................................................................................................................

(ii) Suggest a suitable oxidising agent.

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(iii) What colour change was seen using the oxidising agent stated in (a) (ii)?

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(b) Name the piece of apparatus marked B on the diagram. What is its purpose?

name ..............................................................................................................................

purpose ..........................................................................................................................

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(c) Suggest two items which the student should wear to ensure personal safety, when
carrying out the experiment.

1. ..................................................................................................................................

2. ..................................................................................................................................
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In questions 4 – 8 inclusive place a tick ✓ in the box against the best answer.

4 A student made a sample of the ester methyl propanoate, C2H5COOCH3.

Which two compounds were heated together?

(a) ethanoic acid and methanol

(b) ethanoic acid and ethanol

(c) propanoic acid and methanol

(d) propanoic acid and ethanol

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5 A student did two experiments to produce carbon dioxide.

Experiment 1. 5.0 g of marble and 10 cm3 of 1.0 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid.
Experiment 2. 5.0 g of marble and 20 cm3 of 1.0 mol / dm3 hydrochloric acid.
The temperature of the acid was the same at the start of each experiment.
Graphs were drawn of the volume of carbon dioxide against time.

Which two graphs best represent the two experiments?

volume of volume of volume of

CO2 /cm3 CO2 /cm3 CO2 /cm3

time/min time/min time/min

(A) (B) (C)

experiment 1 experiment 2

(a) A B

(b) A C

(c) B C

(d) B A

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6 A student added powdered zinc to aqueous copper(II) sulphate in a beaker.

Which of the following observations was incorrect?

(a) the zinc dissolved

(b) the colour of the solution changed to blue

(c) a brown deposit was seen

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7 The following chromatogram was obtained in an experiment to compare two dyes, dye 1 and
dye 2.

solvent
front

start line
Dye 1 Dye 2 blue yellow red

Which statement is correct?

(a) only one dye contains red

(b) only one dye contains yellow

(c) both dyes contain blue

(d) both dyes contain all three colours

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8 A student did some tests on substance X.
1. X has a high melting point.
2. Solid X does not conduct electricity.

What could substance X have been?

(a) ethanol

(b) graphite

(c) sodium chloride

(d) sugar
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9 Washing soda is the common name for hydrated sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.x H2O.
A student determined the value of x in the formula by titration with 0.100 mol / dm3
hydrochloric acid (solution S).
A sample of Na2CO3.x H2O was added to a previously weighed container which was then
reweighed.

Mass of container + Na2CO3.x H2O = 8.34 g

Mass of container = 4.79 g

(a) Calculate the mass of Na2CO3.x H2O

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The sample of Na2CO3.x H2O was placed in a flask and made into 250 cm3 of solution with
distilled water. This was solution T.

25.0 cm3 of T was transferred into a flask.

(b) Which piece of apparatus is most suitable for transferring 25.0 cm3 of T?

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Two drops of methyl orange indicator were added to T. Solution S was run in from a burette
until the end point was reached.

(c) What was the colour change at the end point?

The colour changed from ...............................................................................................

to ......................................................................................................... at the end point.

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(d) Three titrations were done. The diagrams below show parts of the burette with the liquid
levels before and after each titration.

first second third

titration titration titration

0 28

25 3
11
36

29
1

26 4
12
37

Use the diagrams to complete the following results table.

titration first second third

final reading / cm3

initial reading / cm3

volume of S
best titration results (✓)

Summary.

Tick (✓) the best titration results. Using these results, the average volume of S was

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(e) Calculate the number of moles of hydrochloric acid in the average volume calculated in
(d).

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(f) Sodium carbonate reacts with hydrochloric acid according to the following equation.

Na2CO3 + 2HCl 2NaCl + CO2 + H2O

Calculate the number of moles of sodium carbonate which reacts with the number of
moles of hydrochloric acid calculated in (e).

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

(g) Calculate the number of moles of sodium carbonate in 250 cm3 of solution T.

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

(h) Calculate the relative molecular mass of sodium carbonate Na2CO3.

[Ar: Na, 23; C, 12; O, 16.]

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(i) Using your answers to (g) and (h), calculate the mass of sodium carbonate, Na2CO3, in
the 250 cm3 of solution T.

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(j) By subtracting your answer in (i) from answer (a), calculate the mass of water in the
original sample of hydrated sodium carbonate.

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(k) Using your answers (i) and (j) in the following formula, calculate the value of x in
Na2CO3.x H2O.

106 x answer (j)

x =
18 x answer (i)

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10 The following table shows the tests a student did on substance M and the conclusions made
from the observations.
Complete the table by describing these observations and suggest the test and observations
which led to the conclusion from test 4.

test observations conclusion

1 M was dissolved in M is a compound of a

water and the solution transition metal.
divided into three
parts for tests 2, 3
and 4.

2 (a) To the first part, M may contain Cu2+ ions.

aqueous sodium
hydroxide was
added until a
change was
seen.

(b) An excess of
aqueous sodium
hydroxide was
added to the
mixture from (a).

3 (a) To the second The presence of Cu2+ ions

part, aqueous is confirmed.
ammonia was
added until a
change was
seen.

(b) An excess of
aqueous
ammonia was
added to the
mixture from (a).

4 M contains NO3– ions.

Conclusion: The formula for substance M is ............................................................. . [9]

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11 A student found the solubility, in water, of potassium nitrate, using the apparatus shown.

thermometer

solution

crystals of
the salt

heat

10.0 g of water was put into a boiling tube. To this, 3.0 g of potassium nitrate were added.
The tube and contents were heated until the solid dissolved. The tube was allowed to cool.
At the first sign of solid appearing, the temperature was taken. The experiment was
repeated using 5.0, 7.0 and 9.0 g of potassium nitrate.

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(a) The thermometer stems below show the temperatures at which the solid appeared.
Use these values to complete the table.

50 80 90 100

40 70 80 90

30 60 70 80

20 50 60 70

10 40 50 60

0 30 40 50

3.0 g 5.0 g 7.0 g 9.0 g

potassium potassium potassium potassium
nitrate nitrate nitrate nitrate

Mass of potassium nitrate

in 10.0 g of water / g 3.0 5.0 7.0 9.0

Temperature at which
solid appeared / °C

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The graph shows the results obtained in a similar experiment to find the solubility of
sodium nitrate.

(b) Plot the results for potassium nitrate on the same axes and join the points with a
smooth curve.

12
mass, in grams,
of salt in
10 g of water
10

sodium
nitrate
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0
0 20 40 60 80 100
temperature/ °C
[2]

Use the graphs to answer the following questions.

(c) (i) At what temperature were the dissolved masses equal?

............................................................................. °C

(ii) What was the mass of the dissolved salts at this temperature?

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(d) What mass of potassium nitrate will crystallise when the saturated solution at 80 °C is
cooled to 30 °C?

Mass of potassium nitrate dissolved at 80 °C = ......... g

Mass of potassium nitrate dissolved at 30 °C = ......... g

Mass of potassium nitrate that crystallises

on cooling from 80 °C to 30 °C = ......... g
[2]

(e) The solubility of a salt is defined as the maximum mass which will dissolve in 100 g of
water at a given temperature. Calculate the solubility of potassium nitrate at 50 °C.

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12 This question concerns water.

(a) (i) Name a gas that may be used to sterilise water.

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(ii) Give a test for this gas.

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(b) What is used to measure the pH of a sample of water?

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(c) The apparatus shown was used for the electrolysis of water.

S T

carbon
electrodes

water containing
a little sulphuric acid

+ –

battery

(i) Why was a little sulphuric acid added to the water?

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(ii) Name the gas produced in tube S.

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(iii) Name the gas produced in tube T.

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(iv) Compare the volume of gas produced in S with the volume produced in T.

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