Mark Scheme

Sample Assessment Material 2018

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GCSE Chemistry (4CH1) Paper 2C
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Sample Assessment Material 2018

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 General Marking Guidance

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the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last.
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be used appropriately.
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Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer
matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award
zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to
the mark scheme.
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principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be
limited.
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Symbols, terms used in the mark scheme

• Round brackets ( ): words inside round brackets are to aid understanding of the
marking point but are not required to award the point
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(separated by obliques), where necessary, to avoid confusion
• Oblique /: words or phrases separated by an oblique are alternatives to each
other and either answer should receive full credit.
• ecf: indicates error carried forward which means that a wrong answer given in an
early part of a question is used correctly to a later part of a question.

You will not see ‘owtte’ (or words to that effect). Alternative correct wording should be
credited in every answer unless the mark scheme has specified specific.

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mark scheme. It may be used to indicate:

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that marking point
Question Additional
Answer Marks
number Guidance
1 (a) M1 (bromine) brown ACCEPT orange 2
ALLOW red

M2 (Iodine) purple ACCEPT violet

(b) (i) diffusion 1

(ii) I2(s)  I2(g) 1

Total for Question 1 = 4 marks

Question
Answer Additional guidance Marks
number
2 (a) melt the lead(II) bromide REJECT any 1
reference to
dissolving in water

(b) M1 (A) electrons / e‒ / e 3

M2 (B) lead(II) ions / Pb2+

M3 (C) bromide ions / Br−

If both name and
formula given both
must be correct

(c) (i) Pb2+ + 2e−  Pb 1

(ii) lead(II) ions are gaining electrons / the 1

reaction involves the gain of electrons

Total for Question 2 = 6 marks

Question Additional
Answer Marks
number guidance
3 (a) (i) 1
Volume of Volume of
methane oxygen
0 1000
100 900
200 800
600 400
800 200
1000 0

(b) (i)
M1 all six points 3
plotted correctly to
the nearest gridline

M2 and M3 both
straight lines drawn
as best fit to
points plotted

Award only 1 mark

for M2 and M3 if
lines drawn without
the aid of a ruler

(ii) M1 volume read correctly to nearest Expected value is 2

gridline from graph drawn 330 cm3

M2 vertical line drawn from point of

intersection to horizontal axis

(c) to obtain a better idea of where the two 1

lines intersect

Total for Question 3 = 7 marks

Question Additional
Answer Marks
number guidance
4 (a) C (CH3COOH) 1

(b) B (5) 1

(c) B (carbon dioxide) 1

(d) ethyl ethanoate ACCEPT 1

ethyl acetate

(e)
1

Total for Question 4 = 5 marks

Question Additional
Answer Marks
number Guidance
5 (a) 3

(b) (i) phosphoric acid ACCEPT 1

phosphoric(V) acid
ACCEPT H3PO4

(ii) M1 300 °C ACCEPT any 2

temperature, or
range of
temperatures,
between 250 and
350 °C

M2 60 ‒ 70 atm ACCEPT any

pressure, or range
of pressures,
between 60 and 70
atm

Total for Question 5 = 6 marks

Question
Answer Additional guidance Marks
number
6 (a) Copper:
electrostatic (force of) 2
attraction between the nuclei
(of the atoms) and the
delocalised electrons ACCEPT sea of electrons

Graphite:
electrostatic (force of) Penalise omission of
attraction between the nuclei electrostatic once only
(of the atoms) and the
bonding/shared pair of
electrons

(b) An explanation that links the 2

following two statements:

M1 delocalised electrons ACCEPT sea of electrons

M2 are free to flow (in an M2 DEP on M1

electric field)
ALLOW just ‘electrons are free
to flow’ for one mark

(c) An explanation that links the 2

following two statements:

M1 the covalent bonds are ACCEPT description of

strong covalent bonds
ACCEPT bonds between the
atoms
ACCEPT intramolecular bonds

M2 so a lot of energy is M2 DEP on covalent bonds, or

required to break them equivalent, have to be broken

Total for Question 6 = 6 marks

 Question Additional
Answer Marks
number guidance
7 (a) M1 Fe Cr O 3
25.0 ÷ 56 46.4 ÷ 52 28.6 ÷ 16

OR 0.446 0.892 1.79 (mol)

M2
0.446 ÷ 0.446 0.892 ÷ 0.446 1.79 ÷ 0.446

M3 1 : 2 : 4

(b) (i) FeCr2O4 + 2 KOH + 1½ O2  ACCEPT 1

FeO + K2Cr2O7 + H2O multiples

(ii) K2Cr2O7 + 2 C  Cr2O3 + K2CO3 + CO ACCEPT 1

multiples

(iii) An explanation that links the following two 2

points:

M1 chromium ACCEPT the

chromium ion
M2 because it has lost oxygen has gained (3)
electrons
ACCEPT its
oxidation
number has
decreased
(from +3 to
0)

(iv) An explanation that links the following two 2

points:

M1 aluminium is more reactive (than

chromium)

M2 because it displaces chromium from its

oxide

(c) (i) (from) orange (to) green ACCEPT blue 1

as final colour

(ii) ethanoic acid ACCEPT 1

acetic acid

Total for Question 7 = 11 marks

 Question Additional
Answer Marks
number guidance
8 (a) M1 21.0 ‒ 4.1 = 16.9 3

M2 Q = 35 × 4.18 × 16.9

M3 2472 (J) ACCEPT 2500

(b) M1 n[citric acid] = 0.035 × 1.00 If no answer 3

OR 0.035 (mol) given in (a) give
full credit for use
of 2500

M2 ∆H=

OR

M3 ∆H = + 70.6 (kJ/mol) Positive sign

must be included

Mark M2 and
M3 CQ on M1

ACCEPT any
number of sig
figs except 1
Correct answer
with no working
scores 3
(c)
M1 Energy axis 3
drawn and
labelled

M2 energy level
of products
above reactants

M3 reactants
and products
labelled

ACCEPT names
for reactants and
products

(d) An explanation that links the following two

points:
2
M1 a burette has a greater resolution /
has finer graduations / has been
calibrated more accurately/precisely

M2 therefore the volume of acid

measured is likely to be more
accurate/more precise

Total for Question 8 = 11 marks

Question
Answer Additional guidance Marks
number
9 (a) M1 place the sodium hydroxide in a 5
burette and note the initial
reading

M2 use a pipette to place known

volume/25.0 cm3 of sulfuric acid
into the conical flask and add a
few drops of phenolphthalein

M3 add the sodium hydroxide until

the phenolphthalein turns pink
on the addition of one drop

M4 note final the reading of the

alkali and then calculate the
volume of alkali added

M5 repeat the titration to obtain

concordant results

(b) (i) M1 n[NaOH] = 0.02385 × 0.400 2

M2 = 0.00954 (mol)

(ii) M1 n[H2SO4] = ½ × 0.00954 3

OR 0.00477 (mol)

M2 conc. H2SO4 =
0.00477 × (1000 ÷ 25.0)

M3 = 0.191 (mol/dm3) ACCEPT

0.01908 and 0.19
(c) M1 heat/boil the solution until ACCEPT heat/boil 4
crystals form in a sample of until crystals start to
solution that has been removed form (on the surface)
and cooled ACCEPT heat/boil to
evaporate some the
water
M2 leave the solution to cool so that
crystals form

M3 filter to obtain the crystals

M4 dry the crystals between sheets ACCEPT any suitable

of filter paper method of drying,
e.g. place in a warm
oven

Total for Question 9 = 14 marks

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