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miners e Only @ ‘The set-up shown below is used to study the dehydration of hyctrated copper(I) sulphate crystals. | @ a SECTION A “Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided. hydrated copper(II) sulphate crystals ea L ‘Write the chemical equation for the dehydration znd state the expected observation. ‘Suggest why the test tube should be held in a slanting position as shown, 39 wit in he margin 1 2 @ ai 2006-CE-CHEM 1-5 (b) Concentrated sulphuric acid can be used as a toilet bowl cleaner, However, many cleaners contain granular sodium hydrogensulphate (NaHSO,) as the active ingredient instead of concentrated sulphuric acid, Page total Please stick the barcode label here. (a) A student wrote the following notes about the Contact Process for the manufacture of sulphuric acid when doing his homework assignment: ‘Treat sodium sulphite with dilute sulphuric acid to produce sulphur dioxide. | At Latm and room temperature, allow sulphur dioxide to react with oxygen in air in the presence of vanadium(V) oxide as catalyst to produce sulphur trioxide, . Pass the sulphur trioxide in water to obtain concentrated sulphuric acid, There are THREE mistakes in the above notes. Please correct these mistakes. (3 marks) bowl Write the chemical equation for the formation of sodium hydrogensulphate from sulphuric acid. State ONE advantage of using granular sodium hydrogensulphate over using concentrated sulphuric acid as a toilet bow! cleaner. (2 marks) Please do not write in the margin, 2 © Please stick the barcode label here. LPege ter A student suggested using the set-up shown below to separate hex-l-ene from a mixture of] hhex-I-ene and hexane. (At atmospheric pressure, the boiling points of hex-I-ene and hexane are 64°C and 69°C respectively.) | — thermometer water out i condenser round-bottomed mixture of hex-I-ene flask ‘and hexane anti-bumping granules t water in heat in a water bath (Explain why itis dangerous to use the above set-up to carry out the experiment. Suggest ‘a modification to the set-up so that the experiment can be carried out safely. (ii) After the set-up has been modified as suggested in (i), can it be used to separate hex-I-ene from hexane effectively ? Explain your answer. Gi) Suggest a chemical test to distinguish hex-I-ene from hexane. (5 marks)| Please do not write in the margin.

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