UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

General Certificate of Education

Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level
CHEMISTRY 9701/03
Paper 3 Practical Test
October/November 2006

CONFIDENTIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Great care should be taken to ensure that any confidential information given does
not reach the candidates either directly or indirectly.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

1 Access to the examination paper is not permitted before the examination.

Supervisors are asked to carry out any confirmatory tests included in the Instructions to
ensure the materials supplied are appropriate.

The ‘General Apparatus’ requirements and the ‘Particular Requirements’ are printed separately. It is
especially important that the details of page 4 are kept secure.

2 Supervisors are advised to remind candidates that all substances in the examination should be
treated with caution. Only those tests described in the question paper should be attempted. Please
also see under ‘General Apparatus’ on the use of pipette fillers and safety goggles.

In accordance with COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) Regulations, operative in

the UK, a hazard appraisal of the examination has been carried out.

Attention is drawn, in particular, to certain materials used in the examination. The following codes are
used where relevant.

C = corrosive substance F = highly flammable substance

H = harmful or irritating substance O = oxidising substance

T = toxic substance

The Supervisor’s attention is drawn to the form on page 7 which must be completed and
returned with the scripts.

If you have any problems or queries regarding these instructions, please contact CIE
by e-mail: International@cie.org.uk
by phone: +44 1223 553554
by fax: +44 1223 553558
stating the Centre number, the nature of the query and the syllabus number quoted above.

This document consists of 8 printed pages.

SP (NF) T20259/3
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Safety

The attention of Supervisors is drawn to any local regulations relating to safety and first-aid.
‘Hazard Data Sheets’, relating to materials used in this examination, should be available from your
chemical supplier.

General Apparatus

1 In addition to the fittings and reagents ordinarily contained in a chemical laboratory, the apparatus
and materials specified below will be necessary.

2 It is assumed that the following are available.

bench solutions (2 mol dm–3) of hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide and aqueous
ammonia
the reagents and equipment to enable tests to be performed to detect the gases listed
in the syllabus

3 Pipette fillers and safety goggles should be used where necessary.

For each candidate

2 × 50 cm3 burettes
2 × stands and burette clamps
1 × small funnel for filling burettes
1 × 25 cm3 pipette
1 × pipette filler (or equivalent safety device)
1 × 250 cm3 graduated flask (labelled FA 5)
2 × titration (conical) flasks (250 cm3)
1 × measuring cylinder (to measure 25 cm3)
1 × white tile
1 × filter funnel
2 × medium grade filter papers
1 × Bunsen burner
1 × heat proof mat
1 × test-tube rack
1 × test-tube holder
4 × test-tubes
5 × boiling-tubes
1 × 250 cm3 beaker
2 × teat (squeeze) dropping pipettes
1 × wash bottle of distilled water
1 × paper towel
1 × spatula

Particular Requirements

1 As a possible aid to maintaining security, the descriptions of the particular chemicals required are
given under two headings:

(a) overall specifications are given on page 3;

(b) the actual identities are given on page 4.

2 Materials with an FA code number should be so labelled for the candidates’ benefit, without the
identities being included on the label – where appropriate, the identity of an FA coded chemical is
given in the question paper itself.
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Chemicals Required

1 The chemicals required per question are described in general terms below.

2 Where quantities are specified for each candidate, they are sufficient for the experiments described
in the question paper to be completed.

In preparing materials, the bulk quantity for each substance should be increased by 25% as
spare material should be available to cover accidental loss.

More material may be supplied if requested by candidates, without penalty.

3 The specific qualitative analysis reagents needed for Question 2 are identified on page 4.

4 Solutions

[H] FA 1 60 cm3

[H] FA 2 150 cm3

FA 3 60 cm3

FA 4 150 cm3

distilled water 400 cm3

Bromophenol blue indicator 10 cm3

Solids

[H] FA 6 about 3.0 g

(provided in a stoppered boiling-tube)

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Detailed Identities of Chemicals Required

1 It is especially important that great care is taken that the confidential information given below does
not reach the candidates either directly or indirectly.

2 The identities of the chemicals with an FA code number are as follows.

[H] FA 1 is 1.00 mol dm–3 hydrochloric acid, HCl.

Prepare the solution by diluting 86 cm3 of freshly purchased concentrated hydrochloric
acid to 1 dm3.

[H] FA 2 is 0.0230 mol dm–3 potassium iodate(V), containing 4.93 g of KIO3 in each dm3 of
solution.

FA 3 is a 10% (w/v) aqueous solution of potassium iodide, prepared by dissolving 100 g

of KI in 1 dm3 of water.

FA 4 is aqueous sodium thiosulphate prepared by dissolving 34.0 g of Na2S2O3.5H2O in

each dm3 of solution.

It is recommended that distilled water from which carbon dioxide has been excluded
is used in preparing FA 3 and FA 4. Boil the water for a short period to drive off
dissolved gases, then allow to cool while covered (e.g. in a beaker covered with
“cling-film” or “glad-wrap”).

[H] FA 6 is a mixture of ammonium chloride and manganese(II) carbonate containing 2 parts

by mass of NH4Cl to 1 part by mass MnCO3.
It is recommended that a fresh bottle of manganese(II) carbonate is used.

Bromophenol blue indicator.

0.40 g of the solid indicator should be dissolved in 200 cm3 of ethanol and the solution
diluted to 1 dm3 with distilled water.

3 Reagents and materials (e.g. wooden splints) should be available to allow candidates to
test for the gases specified in the syllabus.

In addition to those listed on page 2, the qualitative analysis reagents specifically required are set
out below. If necessary these reagents may be made available from a communal supply: however
the attention of the Invigilators should be drawn to the fact that such an arrangement may enhance
the opportunity for malpractice between candidates.

[T] 0.10 mol dm–3 lead(II) nitrate containing 33.30 g dm–3 of Pb(NO3)2

[C] 0.05 mol dm–3 silver nitrate containing 8.50 g dm–3 of AgNO3

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COLOUR BLINDNESS

With regard to colour-blindness – a minor handicap, relatively common in males – it is permissible

to advise candidates who request assistance on colours of, for example precipitates and solutions
(especially titration end-points). Please include with the scripts a note of the index numbers of such
candidates.

Experience suggests that candidates who are red/green colour-blind – the most common form – do
not generally have significant difficulty. Reporting such cases with the scripts removes the need for a
‘Special Consideration’ application for this handicap.

Accuracy of Solutions

1 All the solutions are to be labelled as shown and they should be bulked and mixed
thoroughly before use to ensure uniformity.

Every effort should be made to keep the concentrations accurate to within one part in two
hundred of those specified.

If the concentrations differ slightly from those specified, the Examiners will make the necessary
allowance. They should be informed of the exact concentrations.

2 It should also be noted that descriptions of solutions given in the question paper may not
correspond exactly with the specification in these Instructions. The candidates must assume the
descriptions given in the question paper.

3 In view of the difficulty of the preparation of large quantities of solution of uniform concentration,
it is recommended that the maximum number of candidates per group be 30 and that separate
supplies of solutions be prepared for each group.

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Responsibilities of the Supervisor

(i) The Supervisor, or other competent chemist must carry out the experiments in question 1
and complete the table of readings on a spare copy of the question paper which should be
labelled ‘Supervisor’s Results’.

This should be done for:

each session held and each laboratory used in that session, and
each set of solutions supplied.

N.B. The question paper cover requests the candidate to fill in details of the examination
session and the laboratory used for the examination.

It is essential that each packet of scripts contains a copy of the applicable Supervisor’s
Results as the candidates’ work cannot be assessed accurately without such
information.

(ii) The Supervisor must complete the Report Form on page 7 to show which candidates attended
each session. If all candidates took the examination in one session, please indicate this on
the Report Form. A copy of the Report Form must accompany each copy of the Supervisor’s
Results in order for the candidates’ work to be assessed accurately.

(iii) The Supervisor must give details on page 8 of any particular difficulties experienced by
a candidate, especially if the Examiner would be unable to discover this from the written
answers.

Each envelope returned to Cambridge must contain the following items.

1 The scripts of those candidates specified on the bar code label provided.

2 A copy of the Supervisor’s Report relevant to the candidates in 1.

3 A copy of the Report Form, including details of any difficulties experienced by candidates (see
pages 7 and 8).

4 The Attendance Register.

5 A Seating Plan for each session/laboratory.

Failure to provide appropriate documentation in each envelope may cause candidates to be

penalised.

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REPORT FORM

This form must be completed and sent to the Examiner in the envelope with the scripts.

Centre Number ...................................................... Name of Centre .....................................................

1 Supervisor’s Results

Please submit details of the readings obtained in Question 1 on a spare copy of the question
paper clearly marked ‘Supervisor’s Results’ and showing the Centre number and appropriate
session/laboratory number.

2 The index numbers of candidates attending each session were:

First Session Second Session

3 The Supervisor is required to give details overleaf of any difficulties experienced by particular
candidates, giving names and index numbers. These should include reference to:

(a) any general difficulties encountered in making preparation;

(b) difficulties due to faulty apparatus or materials;

(c) accidents to apparatus or materials;

(d) assistance with respect to colour-blindness.

Other cases of hardship, e.g. illness, temporary disability, should be reported direct to CIE on the
normal ‘Application for Special Consideration’ form.

4 A plan of work benches, giving details by index numbers of the places occupied by the
candidates for each experiment for each session, must be enclosed with the scripts.

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Report on any difficulties experienced by candidates.

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University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department
of the University of Cambridge.

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