Chemistry Paper 22
Oct / Nov 2016·5070·10 questions
Mock exam: 75 min, official timing
Question paper
Question A1
Question A2
Question A3
Question A4
Question A5
Question A6
Question B7
Question B8
Question B9
Question B10
Mark scheme
Question A1
A1(a)[1]
SO2/sulfur dioxide (1)
1
A1(b)[1]
C3H8/propane (1)
1
A1(c)[1]
ZnSO4/zinc sulfate (1)
1
A1(d)[1]
CO/carbon monoxide (1)
1
A1(e)[1]
Na3PO4/sodium phosphate (1)
1 Total: 5
Question A2
A2(a)[2]
NH4 + (1)
SO4 2– (1)
2
A2(b)[2]
warm with sodium hydroxide (1)
(damp red) litmus turns blue/ammonia produced turns red litmus blue (1)
2
A2(c)[1]
OH– + H+ → H2O (1)
1 Total: 5
Question A3
A3(a)[2]
One mark each for any two of :
A3(b)[2]
H H H H H H H │ │ │ │ │ │ │ H – C – C – C – C – H (1)
H – C – C – C – H (1)
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ H H H H H │ H H – C – H │ H 2
A3(c)(i)[2]
One mark each for any two of:
A3(c)(ii)[1]
any value between –25 (°C) and –45 (°C) (inclusive of these values) (1)
1
A3(d)(i)[2]
C5H12 + 8O2 → 5CO2 + 6H2O correct formulae (1)
correct balance dependent on correct formulae (1)
2
A3(d)(ii)[2]
Any two of: carbon monoxide/carbon/water (1)
carbon monoxide is toxic/carbon monoxide is poisonous (1)
2 Total: 11
Question A4
A4(a)[3]
propane: increases (rate)/doubling concentration doubles rate (1)
iodine: no effect (on rate) (1)
hydrochloric acid: increases (rate)/doubling concentration doubles rate (1)
3
A4(b)[2]
particles move faster/particles have more energy (1)
more particles have (energy greater than) the activation energy/more successful collisions (1)
2
A4(c)[1]
atom(s) with same number of protons and different number of neutrons/atom(s) of the same element with different number of neutrons (1)
1
A4(d)[1]
I2 + 2At – → At2 + 2I– (1)
1
A4(e)[1]
they lose electrons/they are oxidised/they give electrons (to hydrogen peroxide)/the oxidation number of iodine increases/the oxidation number of oxygen is decreased (1)
1 Total: 8
Question A5
A5(a)[2]
34.5% (2)
If two marks not scored, 171 (for molar mass of nickel carbonyl) scores 1 mark 2
A5(b)[3]
mol nickel carbonyl = 1.71 171 OR 0.01 (mol) (1)
mol gases = (0.01) × 5/idea of multiplying mol × 5 (1)
volume of gases = 1.2 dm3/1200 cm3 (units must be correct) (1)
3
A5(c)[2]
low melting point/low boiling point (1)
does not conduct electricity (1)
2
A5(d)[2]
isotopes (1)
cobalt has greater proportion of heavier isotopes than nickel/nickel has lower proportion of lighter isotopes than nickel (1)
2
A5(e)[1]
acid that is completely ionised/acid that is completely dissociated/acid that releases all ionisable hydrogen (1)
1 Total: 10
Question A6
A6(a)[1]
electrons move (throughout the structure)/mobile electrons (1)
1
A6(b)[2]
One mark each for any two of:
A6(c)[2]
rubidium hydroxide (1)
hydrogen (1)
2
A6(d)[1]
sodium more reactive (than titanium) ORA/sodium higher in reactivity series (than titanium) ORA (1)
1 Total: 6
Question B7
B7(a)[1]
vanadium pentoxide/vanadium(V) oxide/V2O5 (1)
1
B7(b)[1]
four bonding electrons between the two oxygen atoms AND four non-bonding electrons on each oxygen atom (1)
1
B7(c)(i)[3]
little/no change in % yield at low temperature (1)
yield decreases as temperature increases (1)
reaction is exothermic so equilibrium moves to the left as temperature increases/increasing temperature favours the endothermic reaction (1)
3
B7(c)(ii)[2]
at 250 °C reaction is slow(er)/at 450 °C reaction is fast(er) (1)
idea of compromise temperature/idea of balance between lower yield and faster rate (1)
2
B7(d)[2]
(position of) equilibrium moves to the right/(position of) equilibrium moves towards the product side (1)
more (gas) molecules on left than right of the equation/fewer (gas) molecules on right of equation than left (1)
2
B7(e)[1]
SO3 + 2HBr → SO2 + Br2 + H2O (1)
1 Total: 10
Question B8
B8(a)[3]
reactants labelled on left and products labelled on the right AND product level below reactant level (1)
enthalpy change labelled and shown by downward arrow (1)
activation energy shown as upward arrow from left hand energy level to energy ‘hump’ above the highest energy levels of both products and reactants (1)
3
B8(b)[1]
C=C double bond/it is unsaturated (1)
1
B8(c)[2]
CN │ CH – CH2 (1)
extension bonds shown (1)
2
B8(d)(i)[2]
One mark each for any two of:
B8(d)(ii)[2]
Mo(s) + 3Cl2 (g) → MoCl6 (s) correct formulae (1)
correct state symbols, dependent on correct formulae (1)
2 Total: 10
Question B9
B9(a)[1]
magnesium loses (outer shell) electrons more easily than copper/copper cannot give (outer shell) electrons to hydrogen ions but magnesium can ORA (1)
1
B9(b)[1]
the more zinc the greater the strength/the more copper, the lower the strength (1)
1
B9(c)[3]
layers (of atoms/ions) in copper can slide (when a force is applied) (1)
atoms/ions of zinc are different size to those of copper/atoms of zinc disrupt the copper lattice (1)
layers (of atoms/ions) in alloy cannot slide (as easily) (1)
3
B9(d)[3]
two rods dipping into a liquid and joined to a power supply (1)
electrolyte labelled as ‘aqueous copper ions’/named solution of soluble copper salt e.g. aqueous copper sulfate/solution of copper sulfate (1)
copper anode/positive electrode AND steel cathode/ negative electrode (1)
3
B9(e)[2]
Cu2O (2)
If two marks not scored, mol Cu = 9.86 64 AND mol O = 1.23 16 scores 1 mark 2 Total: 10
Question B10
B10(a)[3]
filter (off excess copper oxide) (1)
evaporate (filtrate) to crystallisation point/leave in warm place to crystallise/heat (solution) until saturated (1)
dry with filter paper/dry in a drying oven (1)
3
B10(b)[3]
mol sulfuric acid = 15 2.0 1000 × OR 0.03 (1)
molar mass of hydrated copper sulfate = 250 (1)
mass of hydrated copper sulfate = 7.5 g (1)
3
B10(c)[2]
(light) blue precipitate (1)
dark blue solution (in excess) (1)
2
B10(d)[2]
anode: oxygen/O2 (1)
cathode: copper/Cu (1)
2 Total: 10

