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CHEMISTRY0620/06
Paper 6 Alternative to Practical For examination from 2023

SPECIMEN PAPER 1 hour

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
● 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.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● 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 [ ].
● Notes for use in qualitative analysis are provided in the question paper.

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

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1 A student investigates the rate of reaction between magnesium ribbon and excess dilute
hydrochloric acid by measuring the volume of gas produced.

The student uses the apparatus in Fig. 1.1 to do two different experiments.

magnesium ribbon water

dilute
hydrochloric
acid

Fig. 1.1

(a) Name the items of apparatus labelled X and Y in Fig. 1.1.

X ................................................................................................................................................

Y ................................................................................................................................................
[2]

(b) The gas made in the reaction is hydrogen.

Describe how the student can test that the gas is hydrogen.

Give the expected result of the test.

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

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

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Fig. 1.2 shows the results for each experiment.

100

80 Experiment 1

60
volume of
gas / cm3

40 Experiment 2

20

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120

time / s

Fig. 1.2

(c) (i) Use Fig. 1.2 to determine the total volume of gas made in each experiment.

total volume in Experiment 1 ......................................................... cm3

total volume in Experiment 2 ......................................................... cm3

 [1]

(ii) Use your answers in (c)(i) to suggest what the student changed Experiment 2.

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(iii) On Fig. 1.2, sketch the curve expected if Experiment 1 is repeated using magnesium
powder instead of magnesium ribbon. All other conditions remain the same. [2]

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2 A student investigates the reaction between dilute hydrochloric acid and two different aqueous
solutions of sodium hydroxide labelled solution A and solution B.

The student does two experiments.

Experiment 1

The student:
• rinses a burette with dilute hydrochloric acid
• fills the burette with dilute hydrochloric acid
• runs out some of the acid so that the level of acid is on the burette scale
• uses a measuring cylinder to pour 25 cm3 of solution A into a conical flask
• adds five drops of thymolphthalein indicator to the conical flask
• swirls the flask while adding the acid from the burette to the conical flask until the solution just
changes colour.

Experiment 2

The student:
• empties and rinses the conical flask with distilled water
• repeats Experiment 1 using solution B instead of solution A.

(a) Use Fig. 2.1 and Fig. 2.2 to record the readings for Experiments 1 and 2 in Table 2.1 and
complete Table 2.1.

Experiment 1

3 29

4 30

5 31

initial reading final reading

Fig. 2.1

Experiment 2

15 29

16 30

17 31

initial reading final reading

Fig. 2.2

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Table 2.1

Experiment 1 Experiment 2
final burette reading / cm3
initial burette reading / cm3
volume of dilute hydrochloric acid added / cm3
[4]

(b) State the colour change observed in Experiment 1.

from ................................................................ to ................................................................ [1]

(c) (i) State which solution of sodium hydroxide, solution A or solution B, is the more
concentrated.

Explain your answer.

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

(ii) Deduce the simplest whole number ratio of concentration of solution A : concentration of
solution B.

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(d) State the volume of hydrochloric acid needed if Experiment 1 is repeated using 10 cm3 of
solution A.

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(e) In Experiment 2 the conical flask is rinsed with distilled water.

(i) Suggest why the conical flask is rinsed with distilled water.

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(ii) The conical flask is not dried after it is rinsed with distilled water.

Suggest why the conical flask is not dried.

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(f) State the effect, if any, on the volume of dilute hydrochloric acid used in Experiment 1 if the
solution of sodium hydroxide is warmed before adding the dilute hydrochloric acid.

Give a reason for your answer.

effect on volume .................................................................................................................

reason ................................................................................................................................
[2]

(g) (i) Suggest how the reliability of the results from Experiment 1 and Experiment 2 can be
confirmed.

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(ii) Suggest a more accurate method of measuring the volume of the solution of
sodium hydroxide.

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(h) Aqueous sodium hydroxide reacts with aqueous barium chloride to form a white precipitate of
barium hydroxide.

Use this information to suggest a different method of finding out which of the solutions of
sodium hydroxide, solution A or solution B, is more concentrated.

In your answer, state how your results show which solution of sodium hydroxide, solution A or
solution B, is more concentrated.

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3 A student tests two solids, solid C and solid D.

tests on solid C

Solid C is iron(II) sulfate.

Complete the expected observations.

The student dissolves solid C in water to form solution C.

The student divides solution C into three portions.

(a) To the first portion of solution C, the student adds 1 cm3 of dilute nitric acid followed by a few
drops of aqueous silver nitrate.

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

(b) To the second portion of solution C, the student adds 1 cm3 of dilute nitric acid followed by a
few drops of aqueous barium nitrate.

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

(c) To the third portion of solution C, the student adds aqueous ammonia dropwise and then in
excess.

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

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tests on solid D

Table 3.1 shows the tests and the student’s observations for solid D. For test 2 and test 3, the
student dissolves solid D in water to form solution D. The student divides solution D into two
portions.

Table 3.1

tests observations
test 1

Do a flame test. orange-red colour

test 2

To the first portion of solution D, add aqueous white precipitate,

sodium hydroxide dropwise and then in excess. no further change
test 3

To the second portion of solution D, add 1 cm3 white precipitate

dilute nitric acid followed by a few drops of
aqueous silver nitrate.

(d) Describe how to do the flame test used in test 1.

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............................................................................................................................................... [3]

(e) Identify solid D.

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

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4 The label on a bottle of orange drink states ‘contains no artificial colours’.

A scientist thinks that the orange colour in the drink is a mixture of two artificial colours:

• Sunset Yellow E110

• Allura Red E129.

Plan an experiment to show that the orange colour in the drink does not contain these two artificial
colours.

Your plan should describe the use of common laboratory apparatus and samples of E110, E129
and the orange colouring from the drink.

You may draw a diagram to help answer the question.

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Notes for use in qualitative analysis

Tests for anions

anion test test result

2−
carbonate, CO3 add dilute acid, then test for carbon effervescence, carbon dioxide
dioxide gas produced
chloride, Cl − acidify with dilute nitric acid, then white ppt.
[in solution] add aqueous silver nitrate
bromide, Br− acidify with dilute nitric acid, then cream ppt.
[in solution] add aqueous silver nitrate
iodide, I− acidify with dilute nitric acid, then yellow ppt.
[in solution] add aqueous silver nitrate
nitrate, NO3− add aqueous sodium hydroxide, ammonia produced
[in solution] then aluminium foil; warm carefully
sulfate, SO42− acidify with dilute nitric acid, then white ppt.
[in solution] add aqueous barium nitrate
sulfite, SO32− add a small volume of acidified the acidified aqueous potassium
aqueous potassium manganate(VII) manganate(VII) changes from
purple to colourless

Tests for aqueous cations

cation effect of aqueous sodium hydroxide effect of aqueous ammonia

3+
aluminium, Al  white ppt., soluble in excess, giving white ppt., insoluble in excess
a colourless solution
ammonium, NH4+ ammonia produced on warming –
2+
calcium, Ca white ppt., insoluble in excess no ppt. or very slight white ppt.
3+
chromium(III), Cr green ppt., soluble in excess grey-green ppt., insoluble in excess
copper(II), Cu2+ light blue ppt., insoluble in excess light blue ppt., soluble in excess,
giving a dark blue solution
iron(II), Fe2+ green ppt., insoluble in excess, green ppt., insoluble in excess,
ppt. turns brown near surface on ppt. turns brown near surface on
standing standing
iron(III), Fe3+ red-brown ppt., insoluble in excess red-brown ppt., insoluble in excess
2+
zinc, Zn white ppt., soluble in excess, giving white ppt., soluble in excess, giving
a colourless solution a colourless solution

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Tests for gases

gas test and test result

ammonia, NH3 turns damp red litmus paper blue
carbon dioxide, CO2 turns limewater milky
chlorine, Cl 2 bleaches damp litmus paper
hydrogen, H2 ‘pops’ with a lighted splint
oxygen, O2 relights a glowing splint
sulfur dioxide, SO2 turns acidified aqueous potassium manganate(VII) from purple to colourless

Flame tests for metal ions

metal ion flame colour

lithium, Li+ red
sodium, Na+ yellow
potassium, K+ lilac
calcium, Ca2+ orange-red
2+
barium, Ba light green
2+
copper(II), Cu blue-green

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