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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

CHEMISTRY 5070/4
PAPER 4 Alternative to Practical
MAY/JUNE SESSION 2000 1 hour

Candidates answer on the question paper.

Additional materials:
Mathematical tables
Ruler (cm/mm)

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.

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 13 printed pages and 3 blank pages.

SB (SLC/DJ) QF06371/4
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1 (a) Name the apparatus shown below.

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(b) (i) What safety item should be used with this apparatus?

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(ii) Why is this safety item used?

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2 A student did two experiments as shown below.

air

glass disc

bromine vapour

cold water

crystal of bromine liquid

copper(II) sulphate

diagram 1 diagram 2

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(a) A student was given a crystal of copper(II) sulphate. He placed the crystal in a beaker
of cold water as shown in diagram 1.

(i) What is the colour of copper(II) sulphate crystals?

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What changes were seen in the appearance of the contents of the beaker.

(ii) after a few minutes,

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(iii) after several hours?

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(b) The student set up the apparatus as shown in diagram 2. Then he carefully removed the
glass disc allowing the contents of the gas jars to mix.

What change was seen after a few minutes?

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(c) (i) Name the process that was illustrated by both of the experiments.

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(ii) Explain why the changes observed in (a) took place.

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(iii) Explain why the change observed in (b) was faster than the change in (a).

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+ – + –

A B C D

molten aqueous
sodium sodium
chloride chloride
heat

The diagram shows two electrolytic cells. Each of the electrodes is labelled with a letter. Use
these letters to answer the questions below.

(a) At which electrode was a metal produced?

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(b) (i) At which two electrodes was the same gas evolved?

electrodes ........... and ........... .

(ii) Name this gas.

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(iii) Give a test for this gas.

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(c) (i) Name the other gas evolved in these experiments.

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(ii) Give a test for this gas.

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For questions 4 to 8 inclusive, place a tick in the box against the best answer.

4 Ethanol may be made by growing yeast in sugar solution.

The process is called

(a) combustion,

(b) cracking,

(c) esterification,

(d) fermentation.
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5 Aqueous barium chloride reacts with aqueous sodium sulphate as shown by the equation

BaCl2 + Na2SO4 → BaSO4 + 2NaCl

When 0.20 moles of barium chloride was added to 0.40 moles sodium sulphate the number
of moles of barium sulphate produced was

(a) 0.20,

(b) 0.40,

(c) 0.60,

(d) 0.80.
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6 A student added 5 g of zinc to 50 cm3 of 1.00 mol/dm3 hydrochloric acid at 20 °C. Hydrogen
was produced. The experiment was repeated at 30 °C and 40 °C. In each case the total
volume of hydrogen produced was plotted against time.

Which one of the graphs represents the volumes of hydrogen given off in the three
experiments?

40°C

Volume of 30°C Volume of 40°C

hydrogen/ hydrogen/ 30°C
cm3 20°C cm3 20°C

0 0
0 time/s 0 time/s
A B

20°C
Volume of 30°C Volume of
hydrogen/ hydrogen/ 20°C
40°C
cm3 cm3
30°C
40°C

0 0
0 time/s 0 time/s
C D

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D
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7 Metal A displaced metal B from a solution of its ions. Metal B displaced metal C from a
solution of its ions.

What could A, B and C have been?

A B C

(a) calcium silver zinc

(b) calcium zinc silver

(c) silver calcium zinc

(d) zinc silver calcium

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8 A student made a polyamide using the apparatus shown below. The polyamide was formed
at the junction of the two liquids.

polymer

aqueous solution

non-aqueous solution

The polyamide was

(a) nylon,

(b) polythene,

(c) starch,

(d) Terylene.
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9 Hydrogen peroxide decomposes slowly at room temperature to form water and oxygen.

2H2O2(aq) → 2H2O(l) + O2(g)

A student investigated how the rate of decomposition changes by using two catalysts;
copper and manganese(IV) oxide.

The volume of oxygen produced was measured at intervals.

10 20 30 40 50

gas syringe

hydrogen peroxide

catalyst

(a) Experiment 1, using copper powder (Cu).

The diagrams below show the volume of oxygen collected in the syringe after the times
stated. Further volumes are shown in the table.

10 20 30 40 50 60 10 20 30 40 50 60
1 min 2 min

10 20 30 40 50 60 10 20 30 40 50 60
3 min 4 min

Complete Table 1 for copper by reading the syringes in the diagrams.

(b) Experiment 2, using manganese(IV) oxide, MnO2.

The experiment was repeated using manganese(IV) oxide as the catalyst in place of
copper. The results are shown in Table 1.

Table 1

total volume of oxygen/cm3 collected after

catalyst 1 min 2 min 3 min 4 min 5 min 6 min
copper 50 50
manganese(IV) oxide 9 17 24 28 32 35
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Plot both sets of results from Experiments 1 and 2 on the grid below and draw a smooth
curve through each set of points.
Label the curves Cu and MnO2.

60

50

40

total
volume
of oxygen 30
collected /
cm3

20

10

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
time / min
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(c) Suggest why the last two readings in Experiment 1 were the same.

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(d) Use your graph to estimate the time taken, in each experiment, to double the total
volume of oxygen produced from 15 cm3 to 30 cm3.

Cu MnO2

time taken to produce 30 cm3/min

time taken to produce 15 cm3/min

time taken to double the volume/min

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(e) Which was the better catalyst, copper or manganese(IV) oxide?
Explain your answer.

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(f) Suggest a further experiment which could be done to confirm that the two substances
are acting as catalysts.

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(g) Suggest another way of increasing the rate of decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
without using a catalyst.

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10 Substance V contains three ions. The following table shows the tests a student did on
substance V 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 observation conclusion

1 V was dissolved in water V is a compound of
and the solution divided a transition metal.
into three parts for tests 2,
3 and 4.

2 (a) To the first part,

aqueous sodium
hydroxide was added
until a change was
seen.

(b) The mixture from (a) V contains NH4+

was warmed. ions.

(c) An excess of aqueous

sodium hydroxide V may contain Fe2+
was added to the ions.
mixture from (a).

3 (a) To the second part,

aqueous ammonia
was added until a
change was seen. The presence of
Fe2+ ions is
(b) An excess of aqueous confirmed.
ammonia was added
to the mixture from
(a).

4
V contains SO42–
ions.

Conclusion: Ions present in V are ......................................................................................[11]

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11 A student was given a sample of impure barium hydroxide, Ba(OH)2. She found the
percentage purity by titrating an aqueous solution with 0.098 mol/dm3 hydrochloric acid.

A sample of barium hydroxide was placed in a weighed container which was reweighed.

mass of container + barium hydroxide = 12.16 g

mass of container = 9.93 g

(a) Calculate the mass of the sample of barium hydroxide.

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This sample of barium hydroxide was transferred to a graduated flask and made up to
250 cm3 with distilled water. This was solution G.

A pipette was used to transfer 25.0 cm3 of G into a flask.

A few drops of methyl orange indicator were added.
0.098 mol/dm3 hydrochloric acid was added from a burette until an end point was reached.

(b) What was the colour change of methyl orange?

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

to ..................................................................................................................................[2]

Three titrations were done. Parts of the burette with the liquid levels before and after each
titration are shown below.

First Titration Second Titration Third Titration

18

0 42
24 30
6

19

1 43
25 31
7

20

2 44
26 32
8

(c) Use the diagram to complete the results table.

titration first second third

final reading/cm3

first reading/cm3

volume of hydrochloric acid/cm3

best titration results (✓)

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Summary

Tick (✓) the best titration results.

Using these results, the average volume of hydrochloric acid required was .............cm3.
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(d) Calculate the number of moles of hydrochloric acid in the average volume of
0.098 mol/dm3 hydrochloric acid.

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(e) Ba(OH)2 + 2HCl → BaCl2 + 2H2O

Using the equation above and your answer to (d), calculate the number of moles of
barium hydroxide in 25.0 cm3 of G.

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(f) Calculate the number of moles of barium hydroxide in the original 250 cm3 of G.

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(g) Calculate the mass of one mole barium hydroxide, Ba(OH)2 (Ar: Ba,137; O,16; H,1).

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(h) Using your answers to (f) and (g), calculate the mass of barium hydroxide in the
250 cm3 solution G.

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(i) Using your answers to (a) and (h) calculate the percentage purity of the barium
hydroxide.

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