UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

International General Certificate of Secondary Education

*9723414007*

CHEMISTRY 0620/06
Paper 6 Alternative to Practical October/November 2008
1 hour
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No additional materials are required.

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question. 1

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1 The colours present in some blackcurrant sweets can be separated by chromatography. For
The colours are water-soluble dyes. Examiner's
Use
The diagrams show how the colours can be extracted from the sweets.

(a) Complete the empty boxes to name the pieces of apparatus. [3]

The apparatus below was used to carry out the chromatography.

glass cover

beaker
chromatography
paper solvent

(b) (i) Name the solvent used.

[1]

(ii) Label, with an arrow, the origin on the diagram. [1]

(c) Sketch, in the box, the chromatogram you would expect if two different colours were
present in the sweets.

[1]
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2 Electricity was passed through a concentrated solution of sodium chloride containing For
Universal Indicator. Examiner's
Use

positive + – negative
electrode carbon electrode
rods

concentrated
aqueous sodium
chloride and
Universal Indicator

(a) Suggest a suitable material for the electrodes.

[1]

Three observations were noted:

1 Bubbles of gas seen immediately at the negative electrode.

2 Bubbles of gas formed after some time at the positive electrode.
3 The solution turned blue around the negative electrode and colourless near the
positive electrode.

(b) Give a test to show that the gas observed in 1 is hydrogen.

test

result [2]

(c) Suggest why bubbles of gas were not seen immediately in 2.

[1]

(d) What causes the colour change in 3 at

the negative electrode,

the positive electrode? [2]

[Total: 6]

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3 Ethene gas was formed by the cracking of a liquid alkane. The diagram shows the For
apparatus used. Examiner's
Use
liquid alkane
on mineral aluminium
fibre oxide

ethene

very strong
heat

(a) Identify two mistakes in the diagram.

[1]

[1]

(b) Describe a test to show the presence of ethene.

test

result [2]

[Total: 4]

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4 A student investigated the addition of four different solids, A, B, C and D, to water. For
Examiner's
Five experiments were carried out. Use

Experiment 1

By using a measuring cylinder, 30 cm3 of distilled water was poured into a polystyrene cup
and the initial temperature of the water was measured. 4 g of solid A was added to the cup
and the mixture stirred with a thermometer. The temperature of the solution was measured
after 2 minutes.

30 30

25 25

20 20

initial temperature final temperature

Experiment 2

Experiment 1 was repeated using 4 g of solid B.

30 30

25 25

20 20

initial temperature final temperature

Experiment 3

Experiment 1 was repeated using 4 g of solid C.

30 20

25 15

20 10

initial temperature final temperature

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Experiment 4 For
Examiner's
Use
Experiment 1 was repeated using 4 g of solid D.

30 30

25 25

20 20

initial temperature final temperature

Experiment 5

A little of the solution from Experiment 4 was added to a little of the solution from
Experiment 2 in a test-tube. The observations were recorded.

observations A fast reaction. Vigorous effervescence and bubbles produced.

(a) Use the thermometer diagrams for Experiments 1-4 to record the initial and final
temperatures in Table 4.1.
Calculate and record the temperature difference in Table 4.1.

Table 4.1

experiment initial temperature / °C final temperature / °C difference / °C

[4]

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(b) Draw a labelled bar chart of the results to Experiments 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the grid below. For
Examiner's
+10 Use

+5

temperature
difference / °C 0

–5

–10
[4]
Use the results and observations from Experiments 1-5 to answer the following questions.
(c) (i) Which solid dissolves in water to produce an exothermic reaction?

[1]
(ii) Give a reason why you chose this solid.

[1]
(d) Which Experiment produced the largest temperature change?

[1]
(e) Predict the temperature change that would happen if
(i) 8 g of solid B were used in Experiment 2,

[1]
(ii) 60 cm3 of water was used in Experiment 4.

[1]
(iii) Explain your answer to (e)(ii).

[2]
(f) Suggest an explanation for the observations in Experiment 5.

[2]
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5 Two salt solutions K and L were analysed. Each contained the same chloride anion but For
different metal cations. K was a copper(II) salt. Examiner's
Use
The tests on the solutions and some of the observations are in the following table. Complete
the observations in the table.

tests observations
(a) Appearance of the solutions.

solution K [1]

solution L yellow

(b) The pH of each solution was

tested.

solution K pH 3

solution L pH 2

tests on solution K

(c) (i) Drops of aqueous sodium

hydroxide were added to
solution K. Excess
aqueous sodium
hydroxide was then
added to the test-tube. [2]

(ii) Experiment (c)(i) was

repeated using aqueous
ammonia instead of
aqueous sodium drops [1]
hydroxide.
excess

[2]
(iii) A few drops of
hydrochloric acid and
about 1 cm3 of barium
chloride solution were
added to a little of solution [1]
K.

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For
tests observations Examiner's
Use
(iv) A few drops of nitric acid
and about 1 cm3 of silver
nitrate solution were
added to a little of solution [1]
K.

tests on solution L

(d) (i) Experiment (c)(i) was

repeated using solution L. red - brown precipitate

(ii) Experiment (c)(ii) was

repeated using solution L. red – brown precipitate

(iii) Experiment (c)(iii) was

repeated using solution L. [1]

(iv) Experiment (c)(iv) was

repeated using solution L. [1]

(e) What does test (b) indicate?

[1]

(f) Identify the metal cation present in solution L.

[2]

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6 An experiment was carried out to determine the solubility of potassium chlorate at different For
temperatures. The solubility is the mass of potassium chlorate that dissolves in 100 g of Examiner's
Use
water.
The results obtained are shown in the table below.

temperature / °C 0 10 20 30 40 50 60

solubility in g / 100 g water 14 17 20 24 29 34 40

(a) On the grid, draw a smooth line graph to show the solubility of potassium chlorate at
different temperatures.
50

40

30
solubility in
g / 100g water

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
temperature / °C
[4]
(b) Use your graph to determine the solubility of potassium chlorate at 70 °C. Show clearly
on the graph how you obtained your answer.

[2]

(c) What would be the effect of cooling a saturated solution of potassium chlorate from
60 °C to 20 °C?

[2]

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7 A solution of magnesium sulphate can be made by reacting magnesium oxide with warm For
sulphuric acid. Examiner's
Use

(a) Describe how you could make a solution of magnesium sulphate starting with
magnesium oxide powder and dilute sulphuric acid.

[3]

(b) Describe how you would obtain pure dry crystals of hydrated magnesium sulphate,
MgSO4.7H2O, from the solution of magnesium sulphate in (a).

[3]

[Total: 6]

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