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CHEMISTRY 0620/63
Paper 6 Alternative to Practical October/November 2022

1 hour

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● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
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● You may use a calculator.
● You should show all your working and use appropriate units.

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 40.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 12 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 Hydrogen chloride is a colourless gas that is soluble in water and denser than air.
Hydrogen chloride can be made by reacting sodium chloride with concentrated sulfuric acid.

The diagram shows some of the apparatus a teacher used to make hydrogen chloride gas and to
measure the volume of gas made.

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A B

sodium chloride

concentrated
sulfuric acid

(a) Name the items of apparatus labelled A and B.

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B ................................................................................................................................................
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(b) Describe how the reaction is started after the apparatus has been set up.

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(c) A student suggests the gas can be collected and its volume measured using a measuring
cylinder as shown in the diagram.

cotton

sodium chloride

concentrated
sulfuric acid

Explain why the volume of gas collected cannot be measured using this method.

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(d) Complete the diagram to show how the hydrogen chloride gas could be collected and the
volume of the gas measured.

cotton

sodium chloride

concentrated
sulfuric acid
[1]

(e) Hydrogen chloride is a toxic gas and concentrated sulfuric acid is corrosive.

(i) Give one safety precaution that should be taken when working with hydrogen chloride
gas.

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(ii) Give one safety precaution that should be taken when working with concentrated
sulfuric acid.

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2 A student investigated the rate of the reaction between sodium metabisulfite and potassium iodate
at different temperatures.

Five experiments were done at different temperatures.

(a) Experiment 1
● 70 cm3 of aqueous potassium iodate was measured using a 100 cm3 measuring cylinder
and poured into a 250 cm3 beaker.
● 5 cm3 of aqueous starch was measured using a 10 cm3 measuring cylinder and poured into
the beaker containing the aqueous potassium iodate.
● 5 cm3 of aqueous sodium metabisulfite was measured using a clean 10 cm3 measuring
cylinder and poured into the beaker. At the same time a stop-clock was started.
● The mixture was stirred until a sudden colour change was seen.
● The stop-clock was stopped and the temperature of the mixture in the beaker was
measured using a thermometer.
● The beaker was rinsed with distilled water.

Experiment 2
● 70 cm3 of aqueous potassium iodate was measured using a 100 cm3 measuring cylinder
and poured into a 250 cm3 beaker.
● 5 cm3 of aqueous starch was measured using a 10 cm3 measuring cylinder and poured into
the beaker containing the aqueous potassium iodate.
● The aqueous potassium iodate and starch mixture was warmed over a Bunsen burner
until the temperature of the solution was about 35 °C. The beaker was then removed from
above the Bunsen burner.
● 5 cm3 of aqueous sodium metabisulfite was measured using a clean 10 cm3 measuring
cylinder and poured into the beaker. At the same time a stop-clock was started.
● The mixture was stirred until a sudden colour change was seen.
● The stop-clock was stopped and the temperature of the mixture in the beaker was
measured using a thermometer.
● The beaker was rinsed with distilled water.

Experiment 3
● Experiment 2 was repeated but the aqueous potassium iodate and starch mixture was
warmed until the temperature of the solution was about 40 °C.

Experiment 4
● Experiment 2 was repeated but the aqueous potassium iodate and starch mixture was
warmed until the temperature of the solution was about 45 °C.

Experiment 5
● Experiment 2 was repeated but the aqueous potassium iodate and starch mixture was
warmed until the temperature of the solution was about 50 °C.

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Use the thermometer diagrams and stop-clock diagrams to complete the table.

thermometer temperature stop-clock time

experiment
diagram / °C diagram /s
0
seconds
20 0

1 15 45 15 5 15

10 10
minutes
30

40 0

2 35 45 15 5 15

30 10
30

45 0

3 40 45 15 5 15

35 10
30

50 0

4 45 45 15 5 15

40 10
30

55 0

5 50 45 15 5 15

45 10
30

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(b) Complete a suitable scale on the y-axis and plot the results from Experiments 1 to 5 on the
grid.

Draw a curve of best fit through your points.

time taken
to change
colour / s

0
10 20 30 40 50 60
temperature / C

[4]

(c) Deduce which experiment had the fastest rate of reaction.

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(d) From your graph, deduce the time taken for the mixture to change colour at a temperature of
60.0 °C.

Show clearly on the grid how you worked out your answer.

time taken to change colour = .............................. [3]

(e) Experiments are often repeated and the results compared to check that they are reliable.

Suggest why this is difficult to do for these experiments.

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(f) Suggest why the aqueous potassium iodate is warmed before the aqueous sodium metabisulfite
is added rather than after it has been added.

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(g) A polystyrene cup can be used instead of the beaker in this experiment.

(i) Explain the advantage of transferring the warmed potassium iodate to a polystyrene cup
rather than leaving it in the beaker.

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(ii) Suggest why it is not a good idea to put the aqueous potassium iodate in a polystyrene
cup before it is warmed.

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(h) Sketch on the grid the graph obtained when the experiments are repeated using aqueous
potassium iodate of a higher concentration. [1]

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3 Solid N and solution O were analysed. Solid N was zinc carbonate.

tests on solid N

(a) Dilute hydrochloric acid was added to a boiling tube containing solid N. Any gas produced was
tested.

observations ..............................................................................................................................

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The mixture formed in the boiling tube in (a) was filtered. The filtrate collected was solution P.
Solution P was divided into two approximately equal portions in two test-tubes.

(b) To the first portion of solution P, aqueous sodium hydroxide was added gradually until it was in
excess.

observations ..............................................................................................................................

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(c) To the second portion of solution P, aqueous ammonia was added gradually until it was in
excess.

observations ..............................................................................................................................

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tests on solution O

tests observations
test 1

A flame test was carried out on solution O. lilac flame

The remaining solution O was divided into three

portions in three test-tubes.

test 2

Universal indicator paper was dipped into the the universal indicator turned purple
first portion of solution O.

test 3

1 cm3 of dilute nitric acid and a few drops of no change

aqueous silver nitrate were added to the
second portion of solution O.

test 4

Aqueous copper(II) sulfate was added blue precipitate

dropwise and then in excess to the third portion which remained in excess
of solution O.

(d) Deduce the pH of solution O.

pH = .............................. [1]

(e) Identify solution O.

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4 Many fizzy drinks contain phosphoric acid. Phosphoric acid reacts with sodium hydrogencarbonate
to make carbon dioxide gas.

Value Coke and Kola Koola are two fizzy drinks which contain phosphoric acid as the only acid.

Plan an investigation to find which of these two fizzy drinks contains the highest concentration of
phosphoric acid.

Include in your answer how your results will tell you which drink contains the highest concentration
of phosphoric acid.

You are provided with samples of both fizzy drinks, solid sodium hydrogencarbonate and common
laboratory apparatus.

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