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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE

Joint Examination for the School Certificate
and General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

CHEMISTRY 5070/2
PAPER 2 Theory
Tuesday 16 NOVEMBER 1999 1 hour 30 minutes

Candidates answer on the question paper.

Additional materials:
Answer paper
Mathematical tables or calculator

TIME 1 hour 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page and on
any separate answer paper used.
Section A
Answer all questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.
Section B
Answer any three questions.
Write your answers on the lined pages provided and, if necessary, continue on separate answer paper.
At the end of the examination, fasten any separate answer paper securely to the question paper.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 16.
Mathematical tables are available. You may use a calculator. FOR EXAMINER’S USE

Section A

B9

B10

B11

B12

TOTAL

This question paper consists of 13 printed pages and 3 lined pages.

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Section A

Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

The total mark for this section is 45.

A1 This question is concerned with the following list of substances.

potassium lead(II) bromide oxygen

zinc oxide hydrogen carbon

Each substance can be used once, more than once, or not at all.

Name a substance from the list above which

(a) reacts violently with water,

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(b) conducts electricity when molten but not when solid,

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(c) is amphoteric,

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(d) has a formula of the type XY2,

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(e) has an allotrope with a structure similar to that of silica,

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(f) has a low boiling point,

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(g) is produced at the cathode during electrolysis of dilute sulphuric acid.

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A2 The graph below shows the heating curve for a pure substance.

300

200

temperature / °C

100

0
0 10 20 30
time / min

(a) What is the melting point of the substance?

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(b) What happens to the temperature while the substance changes state?

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(c) Explain why the substance cannot be water.

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A3 Calcium oxide is produced by heating a mixture of limestone and coke in a lime kiln.

CaCO3 CaO + CO2

(a) (i) Explain the meaning of the symbol .

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(ii) In the lime kiln, the carbon dioxide is allowed to escape.

Why does this increase the yield of calcium oxide?

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(b) The calcium oxide reacts with water to form slaked lime.

(i) Give the equation for this reaction.

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(ii) State a use of slaked lime.

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A4 A student carried out two experiments.

(a) In experiment 1, two gas jars were set up as shown.

air

glass disc

bromine gas

(i) What was seen when the glass disc was removed?

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(ii) Explain why this change occurred.

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(b) The experiment was repeated, using the brown gas nitrogen dioxide, NO2.

(i) How would the rate of change be different from that observed in experiment 1?

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(ii) Why does this happen?

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A5 Ethanoic acid is produced on an industrial scale by the oxidation of ethanol, C2H5OH.

(a) Explain the meaning of the word oxidation.

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(b) Ethanol is a member of the homologous series of alcohols.

(i) State the name and draw the structure of the next alcohol in the series.

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structure:

(ii) Is the boiling point of this alcohol higher or lower than the boiling point of ethanol?
Explain your answer.

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(c) (i) Name the product formed when ethanoic acid reacts with ethanol.

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(ii) Write the equation for this reaction.

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A6 Hydrogen bromide has a melting point of - 87 °C and a boiling point of - 67 °C.

(a) In what state is hydrogen bromide at room temperature and pressure?

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(b) Construct a ‘dot and cross’ diagram to show the bonding in hydrogen bromide.
Your diagram only needs to show outer electrons.

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(c) Hydrogen bromide dissolves in water to form an acidic solution.

(i) Give the formula of the ion which causes the acidity.

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(ii) Describe what is seen when chlorine is bubbled through the solution.

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(iii) Construct an ionic equation for the reaction you have described in (ii).

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A7 Ammonium nitrate, NH4NO3, and urea, CO(NH2)2, are both used in fertilisers.

(a) Why is it important that fertilisers contain nitrogen?

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(b) Ammonium nitrate is a ‘fast release’ fertiliser because it dissolves quickly in water.
Explain, in terms of particles, what happens when solid ammonium nitrate dissolves in
water.

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(c) Urea contains 47% by mass of nitrogen. Show that 1 kg of urea contains more nitrogen
than 1 kg of ammonium nitrate.

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A8 The diagram shows the Blast Furnace.

iron ore, coke,

raw material A

waste gases waste gases

hot air hot air

molten slag
molten iron

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(a) (i) Name raw material A.

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(ii) Explain why A is added to the Blast Furnace.

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(b) (i) Name the gaseous reducing agent in the furnace.

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(ii) Construct an equation for a reaction in which it is produced.

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(c) The iron produced by the Blast Furnace is converted into alloys.

Explain what is meant by an alloy.

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(d) Most car bodies are made from mild steel. Some are made from aluminium alloys.
Explain one disadvantage of each of these alloys for this purpose.

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Section B

Answer three questions from this section.

Write your answers on the lined pages that follow.

B9 Paraffin is a mixture of alkanes.

In a laboratory experiment, paraffin was heated and passed over strongly heated broken pot,
using the apparatus shown.

broken pot

ceramic wool
soaked in paraffin
gaseous
hydrocarbons

heat

water

(a) (i) Name the type of reaction which occurs in the apparatus.
(ii) What is the purpose of the broken pot?
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(b) Propane can be decomposed by heat, forming ethene and one other product.

(i) Construct an equation for this reaction and describe the test which would show that an
unsaturated compound had been formed.
(ii) Calculate the maximum volume of ethene which is formed from 100 cm3 propane, all
volumes measured at room temperature and pressure.
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(c) The structure of propene is shown below.

H H H

C C C H

H H

Propene can be polymerised.

(i) Name the polymer formed.

(ii) Name the type of polymerisation which takes place during this reaction, and draw the
structure of the polymer which is formed.
(iii) This polymer is non-biodegradable.
Explain the term non-biodegradable.
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B10 (a) Butane is a fuel used in portable heaters.

For the complete combustion of one mole of butane, ∆H = - 2880 kJ.

(i) Construct an equation for the complete combustion of butane.

(ii) Calculate the quantity of heat evolved from the combustion of 16 dm3 of butane,
measured at room temperature and pressure.
(iii) Explain why the value of ∆H shows that the reaction is exothermic.
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(b) When silver chloride is exposed to light, a redox reaction occurs.

The solid turns grey in colour.

(i) Explain why the solid turns grey.

(ii) Explain why this is an example of a redox reaction.
(iii) State a use of silver chloride which depends on this reaction.
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B11 This diagram shows an electrolysis tank used industrially to produce aluminium from aluminium
oxide.
Pure aluminium oxide melts at 2045 °C.

+ graphite anodes
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steel tank
molten aluminium oxide
and cryolite at 950 °C

graphite
cathode

molten aluminium out

(a) State and explain why the cryolite is added to the aluminium oxide. [2]

(b) Construct ionic equations for the reactions which take place at the electrodes. [2]

(c) Explain why the carbon anodes need replacing regularly. [2]

(d) Electrolysis is also used to purify copper.

(i) Draw and label a diagram of apparatus which could be used to purify a block of impure
copper.
(ii) Describe what happens at each electrode during the electrolysis.
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B12 This flow chart represents part of the manufacture of sulphuric acid.

air

other gases

oxygen
450 °C
sulphur trioxide
catalyst
sulphur dioxide

(a) Name the process used to separate the oxygen from liquid air and state the physical property
on which it depends. [2]

(b) (i) Name the catalyst.

(ii) Calculate the maximum mass of sulphur trioxide which could be produced from 3.2 kg of
sulphur dioxide.
(iii) Describe how the sulphur trioxide is converted into sulphuric acid.
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(c) Sulphur dioxide is an industrial pollutant.

(i) State two effects of sulphur dioxide on the environment.

(ii) The combustion of coal in power stations produces waste gases containing sulphur
dioxide. The sulphur dioxide can be removed by reaction with powdered limestone. State
the type of reaction which occurs between sulphur dioxide and the limestone.
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 DATA SHEET
The Periodic Table of the Elements
Group
I II III IV V VI VII 0
1 4
H He
Hydrogen Helium
1 2

7 9 11 12 14 16 19 20
Li Be B C N O F Ne
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulphur Chlorine Argon
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
16

85 88 89 91 93 96 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131

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Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

133 137 139 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209

Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Caesium Barium Lanthanum Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
55 56 57 * 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86

226 227

Fr Ra Ac
Francium Radium Actinium
87 88 89 †

140 141 144 150 152 157 159 162 165 167 169 173 175
*58-71 Lanthanoid series
Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
†90-103 Actinoid series Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium
58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
a a = relative atomic mass 232 238
Key X X = atomic symbol Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium
b b = proton (atomic) number 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103

The volume of one mole of any gas is 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure (r.t.p.).