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CHEMISTRY9701/52
Paper 5 Planning, Analysis and Evaluation February/March 2020

 1 hour 15 minutes

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●● Answer all questions.
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●● 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, use appropriate units and use an appropriate number of significant
figures.

INFORMATION
●● The total mark for this paper is 30.
●● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 8 pages. Blank pages are indicated.

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1 Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Typical copper concentrations vary from 50% to 85%, depending
upon the properties needed in the alloy. There may be small amounts of other metals present.

A student found a method to determine the percentage of copper in a sample of brass.

A known mass of brass powder is reacted with excess concentrated nitric acid. Both the copper and
the zinc and any other metals present are oxidised into aqueous ions by the nitric acid. The amount
of Cu2+(aq) ions present can be determined by a titration technique.

step 1 Use a weighing boat to accurately weigh by difference approximately 2 g of brass powder
and place the brass into a small glass beaker.

step 2 In a fume cupboard add approximately 20 cm3 of concentrated nitric acid to the brass in
the beaker. Allow the brass to completely react to form solution A.

The equation for the reaction is shown.

Cu(s) + 4HNO3(aq) → Cu(NO3)2(aq) + 2NO2(g) + 2H2O(l)

step 3 Dilute all of solution A to form exactly 250.0 cm3 of solution B.

step 4 Place 25.00  cm3 of solution B into a conical flask.

step 5 Use a dropping pipette to add aqueous sodium carbonate, Na2CO3(aq), to solution B in

the conical flask until there is no more acid present.

step 6 Add approximately 20 cm3 of aqueous potassium iodide, KI(aq), to the conical flask. A
white precipitate forms as well as a brown solution of aqueous iodine, I2(aq).

step 7 Fill a burette with 0.100 mol dm–3 sodium thiosulfate solution, Na2S2O3(aq), so it is ready

for the titration in step 8.

step 8 Carry out a titration of the aqueous iodine produced in the conical flask against the
0.100 mol dm–3 Na2S2O3(aq).

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(a) Outline how the student should accurately weigh by difference in step 1 in order that the exact
mass of brass transferred into the small glass beaker is known. Include a results table, with
appropriate headings, ready for the student to fill in.

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(b) Suggest why it is necessary to do step 2 in a fume cupboard.

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(c) Outline how the student should carry out step 3. Include the name and capacity of the suitable
piece of apparatus in which solution B should be prepared.

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(d) Name the apparatus needed to transfer solution B into the conical flask in step 4.

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(e) State how the student would know there was no more acid present in the mixture in step 5.

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(f) The student is given 200 cm3 of 0.100 mol dm–3 Na2S2O3(aq).

Outline how the student should use this solution to fill the burette in step 7 so it is ready for
titration. Include any relevant procedures the student should follow to ensure the burette is
correctly filled before any readings are taken.

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(g) The titration table the student used is shown.

(i) Complete the table and calculate the mean titre to be used in calculating the percentage
of copper in brass.
Show your working.

titration number rough 1 2 3

final burette reading / cm3 20.50 40.25 19.90 39.65

initial burette reading / cm3 0.00 20.60 0.00 19.90

titre / cm3

 mean titre = .............................. cm3 [2]

(ii) The burette used by the student has graduations of 0.10 cm3.

Determine the percentage error in the titre measured in titration number 2.

Show your working.

 percentage error = .............................. [1]

(iii) Other than a change in apparatus, suggest one change to the experiment which would
lead to a reduction in the percentage error in a measured titre.

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(h) 
Steps 1–8 were repeated, this time using 1.88 g of brass. The end-point of the titration was
found to be 16.50 cm3.

The equations for the reactions occurring are shown.

equation 1 2Cu2+(aq) + 4I–(aq) → 2CuI(s) + I2(aq)

(step 6)

equation 2 I2(aq) + 2S2O32–(aq) → 2I–(aq) + S4O62–(aq)

(step 8)

(i) Determine the number of moles of I2 formed when excess KI(aq) was added to 25.00 cm3
of solution B in step 6.

Use the data from the repeated experiment in your calculations.

 moles of I2 = .............................. [2]

(ii) Use your answer to (h)(i) to determine the mass of Cu2+ ions in solution A and therefore
the percentage by mass of copper in this sample of brass.
If you were unable to obtain an answer to (h)(i), assume the number of moles of I2 to be
8.85 × 10–4 mol. This is not the correct value.
[Ar: Cu, 63.5]

 percentage by mass of copper in the sample of brass = .............................. [3]

(i) A small percentage of silver is sometimes found in some brass alloys.

In step 2, when concentrated nitric acid is added, silver metal is oxidised to silver ions, Ag+(aq).

At the end of step 6 the Ag+(aq) ions no longer remain in solution.

Explain why.

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The activation energy, Ea, of the reaction between aqueous manganate(VII) ions, MnO4–(aq), and
2 
aqueous ethanedioate ions, C2O42–(aq), can be determined as follows.

step 1 Use a pipette to transfer 10.00 cm3 of 0.0200 mol dm–3 MnO4–(aq) into a boiling tube.

step 2 Use a second pipette to transfer 10.00 cm3 of 0.0500 mol dm–3 C2O42–(aq) into a second
boiling tube.

step 3 Place both boiling tubes into a water-bath at approximately 50 °C and allow the temperature
of both solutions to become equal and constant.

step 4 Record this constant temperature.

step 5 Pour the C2O42–(aq) solution into the boiling tube containing the MnO4–(aq) solution and
immediately start the timer. Continue to stir the mixture during the reaction.

step 6 When the reaction finishes, stop the timer and record the time.

step 7 Repeat the experiment at different temperatures and record the results.

The student used their recorded data to complete columns 1–3 of the table.

average temperature
experiment 1 –1
of reaction mixture (T ) time (t) / s  / K log t
number T
/ K

1 333 11

2 323 35

3 315 76

4 310 145

5 304 284

(a) An extra procedural step in the method is required in order to be able to calculate the average
temperature of the reaction mixture throughout each experiment.

State the extra procedural step that needs to be done.

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(b) 
Complete the empty columns in the table, giving all values to three significant figures.[2]

(c) Suggest why an experiment with an average temperature of 70 °C (343 K) would produce a
result that is less accurate than the other experiments.

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(d) Identify the dependent variable.

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(e) Plot a graph on the grid to show the relationship between log t and T . Use a cross (×) to plot
each data point. Draw a line of best fit.

2.60

2.40

2.20

2.00

log t

1.80

1.60

1.40

1.20

1.00
0.00295 0.00300 0.00305 0.00310 0.00315 0.00320 0.00325 0.00330 0.00335
1 –1
/K
T
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(f) The equation for the line of best fit is shown.

Ea
log t = + constant
2.303 RT


R = 8.314 J mol–1 K–1

(i) Use your graph to determine the gradient of the line of best fit.

State the coordinates of both points you used in your calculation. These must be selected
from your line of best fit.

Give the gradient to three significant figures.

coordinates 1 ............................................. coordinates 2 .................................................

 gradient = .............................. K
[2]

(ii) Determine the activation energy, Ea, of this reaction.

Give your answer to three significant figures. Include units.

 Ea = ..............................

 units = ..............................
[2]

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