UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

*9870939960*

CHEMISTRY 5070/42
Paper 4 Alternative to Practical October/November 2010
1 hour
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.

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The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

For Examiner’s Use

This document consists of 15 printed pages and 1 blank page.

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1 The apparatus below contains 0.100 mol/dm3 sulfuric acid. For

Examiner’s
Use
cm3
50

40

30

20

10

(a) (i) Name the apparatus.

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

(ii) What is the volume of 0.100 mol/dm3 sulfuric acid?

.......................................... cm3 [1]

(iii) Using your answer to (a)(ii), calculate the number of moles of 0.100 mol/dm3 sulfuric
acid.

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

(b) (i) The sulfuric acid was poured into a beaker and 0.12 g of magnesium was added.
The magnesium reacted with the sulfuric acid and hydrogen was produced.

How many moles of magnesium were added?

[Ar: Mg, 24]

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

(ii) Write the equation for the reaction between magnesium and sulfuric acid.

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

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(iii) Using your answers to (a)(iii), (b)(i) and (b)(ii), suggest which reagent was in For
excess, magnesium or sulfuric acid? Examiner’s
Explain your answer. Use

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

(c) (i) Give a positive test for hydrogen gas.

test ...........................................................................................................................

observation ......................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Calculate the volume of hydrogen gas produced in this reaction.

[1 mol of a gas measured at 25 °C occupies a volume of 24 dm3.]

.......................................... dm3 [1]

[Total: 8]

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2 A student used the apparatus shown below to find the energy released by the combustion of For
each of the alcohols, X, Y and Z. Examiner’s
Use
thermometer

water

alcohol

(a) (i) The initial temperature of the water was, in each case, 20 °C.
The diagrams below show parts of the thermometer stem giving the temperature of
the water after the burning of each alcohol.

°C °C °C
45 45 45

40 40 40

35 35 35

30 30 30

25 25 25

20 20 20

alcohol X alcohol Y alcohol Z

Use the thermometer readings to complete the following table and calculate the
rise in temperature for each alcohol.

alcohol X alcohol Y alcohol Z

final temperature / °C

initial temperature / °C 20 20 20

rise in temperature / °C

[3]

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(ii) How do these results show that all the reactions are exothermic? For
Examiner’s
............................................................................................................................ [1] Use

The three alcohols are ethanol, C2H5OH, propanol, C3H7OH, and butanol, C4H9OH.
In each case 0.01 mol of alcohol was burnt.

(b) Deduce which alcohol is X, Y, and Z.

alcohol X is ................................................

alcohol Y is ................................................

alcohol Z is ................................................. [2]

(c) (i) The student oxidised one of the alcohols to prepare an acid of formula C2H5CO2H.

Which alcohol was used?

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

(ii) Suggest both the name of an oxidising agent that could be used and the colour
change of the mixture that is seen during the reaction.

oxidising agent .........................................................................................................

the colour changes from ........................................ to ........................................ [2]

(d) (i) Which alcohol was reacted with the acid C2H5CO2H to produce C2H5CO2C4H9 ?

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

(ii) What type of compound is C2H5CO2C4H9?

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

[Total: 11]

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In questions 3 to 7 inclusive, place a tick (✓) in the box against the best answer. For
Examiner’s
3 A student sterilised a sample of water by bubbling a gas through it. Use

The gas was

(a) carbon dioxide

(b) chlorine

(c) ethane

(d) nitrogen [1]

[Total: 1]

4 A student did two experiments to find how the solubility of salts A and B varied with
temperature. The results are shown on the graph below.

solubility
g / 100g
water

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
temperature / °C

Which one of the following conclusions is correct?

(a) A is more soluble than B at all temperatures.

(b) B is more soluble than A below 40 °C.

(c) A is less soluble than B above 40 oC.

(d) The solubility of both salts increases with increasing temperature. [1]

[Total: 1]

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5 A student prepared some salts by adding two chemicals together. Which of the following For
produced a salt which could be collected as a residue by filtration? Examiner’s
Use

(a) aqueous barium chloride and aqueous sulfuric acid

(b) aqueous potassium hydroxide and aqueous nitric acid

(c) solid copper(II) carbonate and aqueous hydrochloric acid

(d) aqueous calcium chloride and aqueous potassium nitrate [1]

[Total: 1]

6 In an experiment to find the formula of the oxide of element M, 2.0 g of the element was burnt
in oxygen.
The mass of metal oxide obtained was 2.8 g.
[Ar: M, 40; O,16]

What was the formula of the metal oxide?

(a) M2O

(b) M O

(c) M O2

(d) M O3 [1]

[Total: 1]

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7 Strips of different metals were placed in test-tubes half-filled with dilute hydrochloric acid. For
Examiner’s
Use

iron magnesium copper

R S T

dilute hydrochloric acid

In which test-tubes was hydrogen gas produced?

(a) R and S only

(b) R and T only

(c) S and T only

(d) R and S and T [1]

[Total: 1]

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8 A student was given a sample of an organic acid V and asked to For

Examiner’s
• determine its relative molecular mass, and Use

• suggest its molecular formula.

A sample of V was placed in a previously weighed container and reweighed.

mass of container + V = 9.06 g

mass of container = 5.94 g

(a) Calculate the mass of V used in the experiment.

.............................................. g [1]

The student transferred the sample of V to a beaker and added 50.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol/dm3
sodium hydroxide, an excess.
The contents of the beaker were allowed to react and then transferred to a volumetric flask.
The solution was made up to 250 cm3 with distilled water. This was solution W.

25.0 cm3 of W was transferred into a conical flask.

A few drops of phenolphthalein indicator were added to the flask.

0.100 mol/dm3 hydrochloric acid was poured into a burette and added to the solution in the
conical flask until an end-point was reached.
Phenolphthalein is colourless in acid solution and pink in alkaline solution.

(b) What was the colour of the solution in the conical flask

(i) before the hydrochloric acid was added,

.......................................................

(ii) at the end-point?

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

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Three titrations were done. The diagrams below show parts of the burette with the liquid For
levels at the beginning and the end of each titration. Examiner’s
Use
1st titration 2nd titration 3rd titration
0
47
23
25 6
31
1
48
24
26 7
32
2
49
25
27 8

(c) Use the diagrams to complete the following table.

titration number 1 2 3

final burette reading / cm3

initial burette reading / cm3

volume of hydrochloric acid / cm3

best titration results (✓)

Summary

Tick (✓) the best titration results.

Using these results, the average volume of hydrochloric acid was

......................................... cm3. [4]

(d) Calculate the number of moles of hydrochloric acid in the average volume of
0.100 mol/dm3 hydrochloric acid calculated in (c).

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

(e) Hydrochloric acid reacts with sodium hydroxide according to the following equation.

HCl + NaOH NaCl + H2O

Deduce the number of moles of sodium hydroxide present in 25.0 cm3 of W.

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

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(f) Using your answer to (e), calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in For
250 cm3 of W. Examiner’s
Use

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

(g) Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 50.0 cm3 of 1.00 mol/dm3 sodium
hydroxide.

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

(h) By subtracting your answer in (f) from your answer in (g), calculate the number of moles
of sodium hydroxide that reacted with the original sample of the organic acid, V.

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

(i) Given that one mole of V reacted with one mole of sodium hydroxide, calculate the
number of moles of V in the sample.

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

(j) Using your answers to (a) and (i) calculate the relative molecular mass of the acid V.

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

(k) The acid V has the formula CnH5CO2H, where n is a whole number.

Deduce the value of n and hence write the formula of acid V.

[Ar: C,12; O,16; H,1]

n ......................................................

formula for V ................................................. [2]

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9 The following table shows the tests a student did on compound H. Any gas produced was For
tested. Examiner’s
Complete the table by describing the observations in tests (a), (b) and (c) and the test and Use

observations in test (d).

test observations conclusions

(a) H was dissolved in water H is a compound of a

and the solution divided transition element.
into three parts for tests
(b), (c) and (d).
(b) (i) To the first part H may contain Cu2+ ions.
aqueous sodium
hydroxide was
added until a
change was seen.
(ii) An excess of
aqueous sodium
hydroxide was
added to the
mixture from (i).
(c) (i) To the second part The presence of Cu2+ ions is
aqueous ammonia confirmed.
was added until a
change was seen.
(ii) An excess of
aqueous ammonia
was added to the
mixture from (i).
(d) H contains NO3– ions.

Conclusion: the formula of compound H is ..............................................................................

[Total: 10]

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10 A student plated a silver ring using the apparatus shown below. For
Examiner’s
Use

variable
resistor

+ –

aqueous
silver nitrate
carbon
(graphite) silver ring
anode

The ring, which was the cathode, was weighed before it was placed in the aqueous silver
nitrate. The circuit was completed and a current of 1.0 A was allowed to flow.

The ring was removed every ten minutes, washed, dried and weighed before being returned
to the solution and reconnected to the circuit.
This was experiment 1.

The experiment was repeated using a current of 1.5 A. This was experiment 2.

The results from both experiments are shown in the table below.

(a) Complete the table by calculating the total increase in mass after each ten minute period
in both experiments.

experiment 1 experiment 2

current 1.0 A current 1.5 A

time / mins mass of ring / g total increase in mass of ring / g total increase in
mass / g mass / g
0 8.80 0.00 8.80 0.00

10 9.10 0.30 9.20 0.40

20 9.40 0.60 9.60

30 9.70 10.00

40 10.00 10.40

50 10.30 10.40

[1]

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(b) Plot the two sets of results on the grid below. Join the points in experiment 1 by a straight For
line and the points in experiment 2 by two intersecting straight lines. Label the lines Examiner’s
1 and 2 corresponding to the two experiments. Use

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2

total
increase 1.0
in mass
/g

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
time / min
[4]

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(c) What was the time taken to deposit 1.00 g of silver in each experiment? For
Examiner’s
1 ........................................ mins [1] Use

2 ........................................ mins [1]

(d) Calculate how much more silver was deposited after 35 minutes in experiment 2 than in
experiment 1.

mass of silver deposited in 35 minutes in 2 ............................................................. g

mass of silver deposited in 35 minutes in 1 ............................................................. g

difference in mass = ............................................................. g [2]

(e) The results for experiment 2 indicate that all the silver had been deposited after 40
minutes. By extending your line for experiment 1 suggest, after how many minutes, all
the silver had been deposited in this experiment.

......................................... mins [1]

(f) Suggest what change should be made to the experiment so that more silver could be
deposited on the ring.

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

[Total: 11]

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