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JANUARY2015

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE"'

EXAMINATION

CHEMISTRY

Paper 032 - General Proficiency

Alternative to SBA

2 hours 10 minutes

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

I. Answer ALL questions in this booklet.

2. Write your answer to EACH question in the space provided in th is answer

booklet.

3. Do NOT write in the margins.

4. You may use a silent, non-programmable calcuia•,·,z- t:: answer items.

5. Return this booklet at the end of the examination.

6. You are advised to take some time to read through the paper and plan your
answers.

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origina l page, you must use the extra lined page(s) provided at the back of th is
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in the box provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant,
include the question part beside the answer.

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Answer ALL questions.

I. In each of seven experiments, a different volume of dilute sulfuric acid is added from a burette to
50 em ' of a 0.50 mol dm ' si lver nitrate so lution in a beaker.

In each experiment. the precipitate formed is filte red, washed, dried and we ighed.

The volume of sulfuric acid and the corresponding mass of the precipitate obtained are shown in
Figure I and are to be recorded in Table I .

2.5 cml sulfuric acid added 5.0 cm3 sulfuric acid added

Expt #1 Mass or empty Expt #2 Mass or container Expt #3 Mass or container

container + precipitate +precipitate

10.0 cm3 sulfuric acid added 13.0 cm3 sulfuric acid added 15.0 cm 3 sulfuric acid added

Expt #4 Mass or container Expt #5 Mass of container Expt #6 Mass of container

+ precipitate + precipitate + precipitate

16.0 cm3 sulfuric acid added

Expt #7 Mass or container

+ precipitate

Figure I. Mass of precipitate obtained when different volumes of sulfuric acid are added

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(a) Write a balanced equation, including state symbo ls, for the reactio n between s ulfuric acid
and s ilver nitrate.

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(b) Using the results shown in Figure 1, complete Table I to show the mass of the container
and the precipitate, and the mass of the precipitate obta ined in each experime nt.

Table 1: VOLUME OF SULFURIC ACID ADDED AND MASS OF PRECIPITATE FORMED

Volume of Mass of Mass of Mass of

Experiment E mpty Precipitate
Sulfuric Acid Container
Number Container Obtained
Used and Precipitate
(cm3) (g) (g) (g)

I 0 ................. 2.3 ·················

2 2.5 2.3

3 5.0 2.3

4 10.0 2.3

5 13.0 2.3

6 15.0 2.3 3.9

7 16.0 2.3 3.9
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(c) Using the axes provided on page 5, plot a gra h of them ..

volume of sulfuric acid added. Your gra h ~ ld . ass of p~ec1p1tate obtained agai nst
p s ou mclude two mtersecti ng lines.
(4 marks)
(d) Use the data from your graph to determine the MIN IMUM
to precipitate AL L the s il ver ions from th . • vol~me of s ulfuric acid required
e s11ver nttrate solution.

Volume o f sulfuric acid = ................................. cm3

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(e) (i) Calculate the number of moles ofs"1lver .tons .m 50 c 3 0 f h
. 3
nttrate so lution . m t e 0.50 mol dm- s il ver

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Calculate the number of mo les o f sulfuric acid in ~he m~nimum volume you obtained
(ii)
in (d) on page 4. (Make use o f the equation wntten '"(a).)

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(ii i) Calculate the number of mo les of s ul furic acid in I dm of solution.

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(iv) Ca lc u la te t he n umber of moles of s ilver precipitate (RMM = 3 12) in

Experiment 4.

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( f) Identify TWO possible sources of error in this experirne!<t.

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(g) List TWO safety precautions that should have been taken during this experiment.

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A student carr1es
. out a number of tests on a sample of Compound A and Compound B· The tests ld
and m•erences
• r-. • Table 2. Complete the table by inserting the observaf ons that wou
are recorded 1n
have been made based on the information recorded. 1

TABLE 2: RESULTS OFTESTS ON COMPOUNDS A AND B

Test
(i) To a solution of Observation Inference _
Compound A, add AP•, caz•, Pb2+, Zn2+ possibly
aqueous sodium hydroxide present.
dropwise until in excess.

AP+, Pbz+, z nz+ possibly

(2 marks) present.
(ii) Heat the mixture from (i)
above. NH 3 (g) was g iven off.

Hold moist red and blue

litmus paper at the top
of the test tube during
heating. NH4- present in Compound A.

(2 marks)
(i ii) To a solution of •
AP+, Pb2+, Zn2+ possibly
Compound A, add aqueous present.
ammonia solution drop-
w ise until in excess. •
Zn2+ present.

(2 marks)
(iv) To a solution ofCo~pound • SO42 or SO32 possibly
A, add aqueous banum present.
nitrate.
•
Followed by aqueous nitric
acid . SO4 2 possibly present.
(2 marks)
(v) To Compound B, add . • N02 given off.
aqueous sodium hyd~o~lde,
a few pieces of alummiUm
and heat the mixture •
carefully.
Acidic gas given off. N0 -
3
Hold moist red and blue (2 marks) present.
litmus paper a t the top of
the test tube·

Total tO marks
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3. You are provided with a bottle of sea water which also contains some sand.

(a) Plan and design an experiment to recover the solid 'sea salt' from the mixture. Your answer
should include the following:

(i) A suggested list of apparatus to be used fo r recovering the solid sea salt from the
sandy sea water

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(ii)
An outline of the steps for the procedure to be used

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A list of the main ob .
e xpenment
. servatiOns tha t wouId be expected at EACH stage of the

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(b) A student s uggests that solid se . . .

chloride io ns in the l"d a salt contams chl onde 1ons. Outl ine a method to test fo r
so 1 sea salt .

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Total 12 marks

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