ANALYSIS OF THE 2003-2009 SPM CHEMISTRY PAPER 2

TOPIC/
YEAR
1-5 F4-6 & F5-3 Acid & Base Salt 9 & 13 Rate of
Reaction
Carbon
Compound
Thermochemistry
2003
1.Empirical formula
(MgO)
2.Periodic Table
5.Ox & Rd:
Br
2
+ Fe
2+

Mg + Cu
2+

(Redox)
9.Electrolyte cell,
Cu-Cu vs Voltaic cell
Zn-Cu,
Electroplating, Iron
key.
10.Test salt,
Pb
2+
, CO
3
2-
,
prepare salt, Mg
Cl
2
.

3.Contact process
8.Food, cleaning
action soap vs
detergent.
7.Factor-size,
temperature, catalyst,
Mg + HCl ,
sketch graphs,
collision theory.
4.Esterification
(ethanol, ethanoic
acid, concentrated
sulphuric acid).
6.Heat of Displacement,
Cu + AgNO
3

2004
1.Substance,
chemical formula,
atom, ions, molecule,
state, naphthalene.
7.Electron
arrangement, isotope,
ionic & covalent
3.Electrolysis dilute
CuSO
4
(aq)
10.Rusting(Redox)
exp describe
electrochemical
series.
5.Prepare salt,
titration, H
2
SO
4

+ KOH
K
2
SO
4
, CuSO
4

2.Prepare soap,
compare cleaning
soap vs detergent,
medicine, strc.
aspirin.
9.Contact process,
pollution, hardness
alloy experiment.
6.Production
Margarine.
8.Determine type of
carbon, start with
propanol, molecular
formula, compare
different alkene vs
alkane
4.Heat of precipitation,
AgNO
3
+ NaCl
2005
1.Periodic Table
10.Uses of Isotope,
electron arrangement,
ionic & covalent
6.Electrolysis
NaSO
4
(aq)
Ox & Rd:
Mg + O
2

9.Rusting,
electrolysis &
chemical cell.
8. pH value HCl vs
CH
3
COOH
4.Naming salt
precipitation
formed, Na
2
SO
4

+ Pb(NO
3
)
2

calculation.

2.Prepare soap,
Cleaning soap vs
detergent.
7.Factor effect, size,
temperature, CaCO
3

+ HCl, collision
theory, calculation.

2.Palm oil, prepare
soap.
3.Heat of Displacement,
Zn + CuSO
4

5.Heat of combustion of
alcohol, methanol vs
ethanol, propanol.
2006
2.Atomic model
Dmitri Mendeleev,
Isotope
3.Electron
arrangement, ionic &
covalent.
8. Electron
arrangement, ionic &
covalent, group 17.
9.Atom(proton,
neutron), atomic
model James
Chadwick.
7.Ox. num, Al
2
O
3
,
Cu
2
O, U-tube,
FeSO
4
, KMnO
4
/H
+


4.Concentration,
molarity, prepare
standard solution,
NaOH 0.2 M.
Use:
M
1
V
1
= M
2
V
2

5.Forming/
prepare salt
NH
4
NO
3

1.Medicine, ginger,
tranquilizer.
5.Haber process
6.Factor effect, size,
HCl + CaCO
3
,
compare graph,
collision theory.




ANALYSIS OF THE 2003-2009 SPM CHEMISTRY PAPER 2

TOPIC/
YEAR
1-5 F4-6 & F5-3 Acid & Base Salt 9 & 13 Rate of
Reaction
Carbon
Compound
Thermochemistry
2007
3.Empirical
formula (MgO,
PbO)
4.Substance, state,
melting point,
electricalconductivi
ty
5.No proton,
periodic table,
calculate mole.
8.Atomic model,
proton, neutron,
electron, heating
curve.
6.Rusting. 7.a)i) from
K
2
SO
4
, PbSO
4
,
ZnSO
4
, identify
soluble and
insoluble.
b) with
diagram,
crystallization
method o
prepare
insoluble salt
7(a)i) .
c)Testing of
i)nitrate salt
ii)Pb
2+
, Al
3+

1.Preparing soap,
cleaning soap vs
detergent.
2.Haber, contact
process, prepare
NH
4
SO
4
.
10.Zn + acid
Energy profile
diagram,
calculation,
collision theory.
9.Different alkene
vs alcohol vs
carboxylic acid.

2008
2.Periodic Table,
electron
arrangement.
3.Movement of
bromine particle in
air, kinetic theory.
8.Electrolysis of
NaCl(aq), exp
describe
electrochemical
series.
9.Rusting exp.
10.pH value of 2
acid solution
why different?
10.Prepare
salt, PbSO
4
.
1.Contact process.
7.Food, medicine,
headache, bacteria
inflection, cleaning
action soap vs
detergent.
5.Zn + HCl, to
analysis the curve.

4.C
2
H
5
OH, Heat
C
2
H
5
OH, C
2
H
5
OH
react with ethanoic
acid, dehydration
to produce ethene.
6.Heat of
neutalisation, HNO
3

+ NaOH
2009
2.Element Li, O,
period, group,
compound formed,
property.
3.Empirical
formula of
copper(II)oxide.












8.a)Potential
difference for the
pair of metals.
b)Voltaic cell,
CuNO
3
, Cu(-),
Metal Q.
c)Electrolytic cell,
0.0001 moldm
-3
vs
1.0 moldm
-3
KI,
Half equation.
9.a)Redox: FeCl
3
+
Metal
b)Plans an exp: U-
tube: Iodide ions as
are good reducing
agent.
10.a)CH
3
COOH
+ NaOH
write balance
equation.
b)Zn +HCl
which solvent
can produce
bubbles.

10.c)
Confirmatory
tests of salt:
Fe(NO
3
)
3
and
FeCl
3
.[10m]

1.Alloy, copper ,
bronze.
5. HCl + CaCO
3

factor - SIZE,
calculation,
collision theory,
sketch graph.
4.Alkene, compare
ethene, propene,
butene.
7.a)Compare 3
alcohol, ethanol,
propanol, butanol.
b)Determine
compound X-
ethanoic acid.
c)Ethene vs Ethane
6.Heat of
neutralization HNO
3

+ NaOH