UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

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5070/02

CHEMISTRY
Paper 2 Theory

May/June 2007
1 hour 30 minutes

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Section A
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Section B
Answer any three questions.
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A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 16.
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Section A
Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.
The total mark for this section is 45.

A1 Choose from the following oxides to answer the questions below.

aluminium oxide
calcium oxide
carbon monoxide
copper(II) oxide
sulphur dioxide
sulphur trioxide
vanadium(V) oxide
Each oxide can be used once, more than once or not at all.
Name an oxide which
(a) is used as a catalyst in the Contact process,
......................................................................................................................................[1]
(b) is formed during the incomplete combustion of propane,
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(c) reacts with dilute sulphuric acid to give a blue solution,
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(d) reacts with water to give sulphurous acid,
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(e) when heated in a Blast Furnace with sand makes slag.
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A2 A fertiliser contains three compounds:

ammonium sulphate, (NH4)2SO4,

iron(II) sulphate, FeSO4,
sand, SiO2.

(a) Calculate the percentage by mass of nitrogen in ammonium sulphate.

.................................. % [2]
(b) Aqueous iron(II) ions and aqueous iron(III) ions can be distinguished by reaction with
aqueous sodium hydroxide. Describe what you would observe as a result of each
reaction.
observation with aqueous iron(II) ions ............................................................................
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observation with aqueous iron(III) ions ...........................................................................
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(c) Aqueous iron(II) ions can be oxidised by reaction with acidified potassium
manganate(VII), KMnO4. The colour change during the reaction shows that iron(II) ions
act as a reducing agent.
(i)

Describe the colour change during the reaction.

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

(ii)

In terms of oxidation numbers, explain the meaning of the term reducing agent.
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(d) The mass of iron(II) ions in a sample of fertiliser can be determined by the reaction
between iron(II) ions and acidified potassium manganate(VII), KMnO4.
A student analysed a sample of the fertiliser. He dissolved the sample in 25.0 cm3 of
dilute sulphuric acid and titrated the solution formed with 0.0200 mol / dm3 potassium
manganate(VII).
The student used 22.5 cm3 of potassium manganate(VII) to reach the end-point.
(i)

Calculate the number of moles of potassium manganate(VII) used in the titration.

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

(ii)

One mole of potassium manganate(VII) reacts with five moles of iron(II) ions.
Calculate the mass, in grams, of iron(II) ions in the sample analysed.

................................ g [2]
[Total: 9]

A3 Complete the table below to show the number of subatomic particles in each of the two
ions.

ion

number of
protons

number of
neutrons

number of
electrons

40Ca2+
37Cl

[2]
[Total: 2]

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A4 Structures of six organic compounds are shown.

H
H

Cl
H

CO2H

compound C

compound B

Cl
H

compound A

CO2H

compound D

Cl

compound E

compound F

(a) Which two compounds have the same molecular formula?

.............................................................. and ................................................................[1]
(b) Which compound is butanoic acid?
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(c) Which compound contributes to ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere?
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(d) Name compound B.
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A5 (a) Concentrated aqueous sodium chloride contains H+ and OH ions.
(i)

Give the formulae of two other ions present in concentrated aqueous sodium
chloride.
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(ii)

Concentrated aqueous sodium chloride is electrolysed using inert graphite

electrodes.
Name the product formed at each electrode.
product at anode ......................................................................................................
product at cathode ...............................................................................................[2]

(b) Impure copper can be purified by electrolysis.

Draw a labelled diagram of the electrolytic cell that can be used to purify copper.

[3]
(c) Aluminium is extracted commercially from an aluminium ore by electrolysis.
(i)

Name an ore containing aluminium.

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

(ii)

Name the element used as the anode in this process.

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A6 Chlorine is in Group VII of the Periodic Table.
Chlorine reacts with aqueous potassium iodide to form potassium chloride and iodine.
(a) Describe what you would see when chlorine is added to aqueous potassium iodide.
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(b) Write the equation for the reaction between chlorine and potassium iodide.
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(c) When chlorine reacts with potassium iodide, iodine molecules are formed.
2I I2 + 2e
Explain why the formation of an iodine molecule from iodide ions is an example of
oxidation.
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(d) Astatine is another element in Group VII. It is highly radioactive and so is very difficult to
study.
(i)

Predict, with reasons, whether astatine will react with aqueous potassium iodide.
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(ii)

Write the equation for the reaction between astatine and sodium.
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A7 The carbonates of many metallic elements decompose when heated.
(a) Name the gas produced during the decomposition of a metal carbonate and describe a
chemical test for this gas.
gas produced ...................................................................................................................
chemical test ....................................................................................................................
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(b) Calcium oxide is manufactured by the decomposition of calcium carbonate.
Write the equation for this decomposition.
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(c) A student investigates the decomposition of five different metal carbonates.
The diagram shows the apparatus the student uses.

100 cm3 gas syringe

metal carbonate

heat
The student heats a 0.010 mol sample of each carbonate using the blue flame of the
same Bunsen burner. She measures the time it takes for 100 cm3 of gas to be collected
in the gas syringe.
The table shows her results.

carbonate

time taken to collect 100 cm3 of gas

/s

metal U carbonate

25

metal V carbonate

100

metal X carbonate

300

metal Y carbonate

no gas produced after 1000 seconds

metal Z carbonate

50

The student used calcium carbonate, copper(II) carbonate, magnesium carbonate,

sodium carbonate and zinc carbonate.

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Complete the table to show the identity of each metal U, V, X, Y and Z.

metal

name of metal

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Explain how you used the students results to identify each metal.
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(d) The nitrates of metallic elements also decompose when heated.
Calcium nitrate decomposes to form calcium oxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxygen.
2Ca(NO3)2(s)

2CaO(s) + 4NO2(g) + O2(g)

A 0.010 mol sample of calcium nitrate is heated. Calculate the number of moles of gas
produced when this sample is completely decomposed.

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

[Total: 7]

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A8 Between the 13th and the 19th Century artists used a green pigment called verdigris. They
made the pigment by hanging copper foil over boiling vinegar.
(a) Vinegar is an aqueous solution of ethanoic acid.
Draw the structure of ethanoic acid.

[1]
(b) During the preparation of verdigris, copper atoms, oxygen molecules and hydrogen ions
combine to form copper(II) ions and water.
Write the ionic equation for this reaction.
......................................................................................................................................[2]
(c) Verdigris has the formula [Cu(CH3CO2)2]2.Cu(OH)2.xH2O.
It has a relative formula mass of 552.
Calculate the value of x in the formula.

x is . [2]
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Section B
Answer three questions from this section.
The total mark for this section is 30.

B9 This question is about the chemistry of the elements in Period 3 of the Periodic Table.
(a) Compare the reactions of sodium and of magnesium with cold water. In each case identify the
products formed.
[3]
(b) Draw electronic structures, including the charges, of the ions present in sodium oxide.
Hence deduce the formula for sodium oxide.

[2]

(c) Write an equation for the formation of aluminium oxide from its elements.

[1]

(d) Pure sand is silicon(IV) oxide. It has a giant molecular structure similar to that of diamond.
[2]
Suggest two physical properties of silicon(IV) oxide.
(e) Chlorine(VII) oxide, Cl2O7, has a simple molecular structure.
Suggest one physical and one chemical property of Cl2O7.

[2]
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B10 Oxides of nitrogen are atmospheric pollutants. Nitrogen monoxide, NO, is formed in an internal
combustion engine when nitrogen and oxygen react together.
N2(g) + O2(g)

2NO(g)

The diagram shows the energy profile for this reaction.

2NO(g)

energy

energy
change
X

energy
change
Z

N2(g) + O2(g)

progress of reaction
(a) Identify the energy changes X and Z.

[2]

(b) The reaction between nitrogen and oxygen is endothermic.

(i)

Explain how you can tell from the diagram that the reaction is endothermic.

[1]

(ii)

Explain, using ideas about bond breaking and bond making, why the overall reaction is
endothermic.
[3]

(c) The exhaust system of a motor car is fitted with a catalytic converter. When nitrogen monoxide
passes through the converter it reacts with carbon monoxide.
2NO(g) + 2CO(g)

N2(g) + 2CO2(g)

The catalyst increases the rate of this reaction.

(i)

Explain how the catalyst in the converter increases the rate of this reaction.

[1]

(ii)

During the course of a journey 2.4 dm3 of nitrogen monoxide was produced by the engine.
Calculate the volume of nitrogen gas produced if all the nitrogen monoxide reacted in the
converter.
[1]

(iii)

In reality, only 1.0 dm3 of nitrogen was produced after the gases had passed over the
catalytic converter. Calculate the percentage of nitrogen monoxide that had reacted. [2]
[Total: 10]

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B11 The table shows the formula of the first three members of the alcohol homologous series.

alcohol

formula

methanol

CH3OH

ethanol

C2H5OH

propanol

C3H7OH

(a) Deduce the general formula for the alcohol homologous series.

[1]

(b) Name the products of the complete combustion of methanol.

[1]

(c) Ethanol can be manufactured from either ethene or glucose.

(i)

Write an equation for the production of ethanol from ethene and state the conditions
under which the reaction takes place.
[2]

(ii)

The fermentation of glucose can be represented by the following equation.

C6H12O6

2C2H5OH + 2CO2

Calculate the maximum mass of ethanol that could be made from 36 tonnes of glucose.
[3]
(iii)

Explain why ethanol made from ethene is a non-renewable fuel but that made from
glucose is a renewable fuel.
[2]

(d) Propanol reacts in a similar way to ethanol.

Name the organic product of the reaction between propanol and warm acidified potassium
[1]
dichromate(VI).
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B12 The macromolecule below is an addition polymer.
H

Cl

Cl

Cl

Cl

polymer X
(a) Draw the structure of the monomer from which polymer X is formed.

[1]

(b) The atoms in polymer X are covalently bonded.

(i)

Explain what is meant by a covalent bond.

[1]

(ii)

Polymer X is used as an insulating cover for electrical wires.

Explain why polymer X does not conduct electricity.

[1]

(c) Polymer X is non-biodegradable.

(i)

Describe one pollution problem that this causes.

[1]

(ii)

Polymer X can be disposed of by burning at high temperature. This produces waste

gases, some of which are toxic such as hydrogen chloride.
The hydrogen chloride can be removed by reacting the waste gases with moist calcium
carbonate powder.
Name the three products of this reaction.
[3]

(d) Ethene can be used to make poly(ethene).

(i)

Draw a dot-and-cross diagram for an ethene molecule, C2H4. You must draw all of the
electrons.
[2]

(ii)

What is the maximum mass of poly(ethene) that can be made from 28 tonnes of
ethene?
[1]
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Magnesium

Sodium

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45

89

Key

89

227

Actinium

Ac

b = proton (atomic) number

X = atomic symbol

a = relative atomic mass

72

Hafnium

Lanthanum

57

178

Hf

40

Zirconium

Zr

91

Titanium

139

Yttrium

22

48

Ti

La

39

21

Scandium

Sc

*58-71 Lanthanoid series

90-103 Actinoid series

88

Radium

87

Francium

226

Ra

56

Barium

Caesium

Fr

55

137

Ba

133

Cs

38

Rubidium

37

88

Sr

85

Rb

20

Potassium

19

40

Ca

39

12

24

Mg

23

Na

Beryllium

Lithium

11

Be

II

Li

51

93

Ta

181

Niobium

Nb

90

58

73

52

96

Mo

184

Protactinium

Thorium

55

Tc
186

Re

144

Nd

92

60

Uranium

238

Neodymium

75

Rhenium

43

Technetium

25

Manganese

Mn
27

59

28

59

29

64

30

65

Ru

101

Iron

190

Pm

Osmium

Os

Np
93

Neptunium

61

Promethium

76

44

Ruthenium

26

56

Fe

150

Sm

Pu
94

Plutonium

62

152

Eu

Am
95

Americium

63

Europium

78

Platinum

Pt

Iridium

195

Ir

46

Palladium

Pd

106

Nickel

Ni

192

Samarium

77

45

Rhodium

Rh

103

Cobalt

Co

Gd

157

Gold

Au

197

Silver

96

64

Curium

Cm

Gadolinium

79

47

Ag

108

Copper

Cu

201

Bk

Terbium

Tb

159

Mercury

Hg

97

Berkelium

65

80

48

Cadmium

Cd

112

Zinc

Zn

11

Dy

162

Thallium

Tl

204

Indium

Cf
98

Californium

66

Es

Holmium

Ho

165

Lead

Pb

207

Tin

99

Einsteinium

67

82

50

119

Sn

115

32

Germanium

Ge

73

Silicon

In

Gallium

Dysprosium

81

49

31

70

Ga

14

28

Si

Carbon

27

Aluminium

13

12

Al

Boron

B
7

14

75

Sb

122

Arsenic

As

Bi

209

Fermium

Fm

Erbium

Er

167

Bismuth

100

68

83

51

Antimony

33

15

Phosphorus

31

Nitrogen

N
8

Se

79

Sulphur

32

Oxygen

Po

169

Md

Thulium

Tm

101

Mendelevium

69

84

Polonium

52

Tellurium

Te

128

Selenium

34

16

16

O
9

Yb

173

Astatine

At

Iodine

127

Bromine

Br

80

Chlorine

No
102

Nobelium

70

Ytterbium

85

53

35

17

Cl

35.5

Fluorine

19

Lr

Lutetium

Lu

175

Radon

Rn

Xenon

Xe

131

Krypton

Kr

84

Argon

Ar

40

Neon

103

Lawrencium

71

86

54

36

18

10

Ne

20

Helium

Hydrogen

VII

VI

He

IV

III

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

91

Pa

Th

232

Praseodymium

Cerium

59

141

Pr

140

74

Tungsten

42

Molybdenum

24

Chromium

Cr

Ce

Tantalum

41

23

Vanadium

Group

DATA SHEET
The Periodic Table of the Elements

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