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Chemistry

Higher
level
Paper 2

Monday 9 November 2020 (morning)

Candidate session number/Name

2 hours 15 minutes

Instructions to candidates
 Write your session number in the boxes above.
 Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
 Answer all questions.
 Answers must be written within the answer boxes provided.
 A calculator is required for this paper.
 A clean copy of the chemistry data booklet is required for this paper.
 The maximum mark for this examination paper is [65 marks].
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Answer all questions. Write your answers in the boxes provided.

1.
a) Sodium reacts with water as follows.

2Na(s) + 2H2O(l)  2NaOH(aq) + H2(g)

1.15 g of sodium is allowed to react completely with water. The resulting solution
is diluted to 250 cm3. Calculate the concentration, in mol dm–3, of the resulting
sodium hydroxide solution.

(Total 3 marks)

b) Calcium carbonate is added to separate solutions of hydrochloric acid

and ethanoic acid of the same concentration. State one similarity and
one difference in the observations you could make.

(2)
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(ii) Write an equation for the reaction between hydrochloric acid and calcium
carbonate.

(2)

(iii) Determine the volume of 1.50 mol dm–3 hydrochloric acid that would react
with exactly 1.25 g of calcium carbonate.

(3)

(iv) Calculate the volume of carbon dioxide, measured at 273 K and

1.01×105 Pa, which would be produced when 1.25 g of calcium carbonate reacts
completely with the hydrochloric acid.
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(2)
(Total 9 marks)

2. An organic compound, A, containing only the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
was analysed.

(a) A was found to contain 54.5 % C and 9.1%H by mass, the remainder being
oxygen. Determine the empirical formula of the compound.

(3)

(b) A 0.230 g sample of A, when vaporized, had a volume of 0.0785 dm3 at

950C and 102 kPa. Determine the relative molecular mass of A.
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(3)

(c) Determine the molecular formula of A using your answers from parts (a)
and (b).

(1)

(ii) Define the term relative molecular mass.

(2)

(Total 9 marks)
3. Propane and oxygen react according to the following equation.
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C3H8(g) + 5O2(g) 3CO2(g) + 4H2O(g)

Calculate the volume of carbon dioxide and water vapour produced and the
volume of oxygen remaining, when 20.0 dm3 of propane reacts with 120.0 dm3
of oxygen. All gas volumes are measured at the same temperature and pressure.

(Total 3 marks)

4. State and explain what would happen to the pressure of a given mass of gas when
its absolute temperature and volume are both doubled.

(Total 3 marks)

5. Crocetin consists of the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Determine the
empirical formula of crocetin, if 1.00 g of crocetin forms 2.68 g of carbon
dioxide and 0.657 g of water when it undergoes complete combustion.
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(6)

(ii) Determine the molecular formula of crocetin given that 0.300 mole of
crocetin has a mass of 98.5 g

(2)
(Total 8 marks)

6. A solution containing ammonia requires 25.0 cm3 of 0.100 mol dm–3

hydrochloric acid to reach the equivalence point of a titration.
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(i) Write an equation for the reaction of ammonia with hydrochloric acid

(1)

(ii) Calculate the amount (in mol) of hydrochloric acid and ammonia that react.

(2)

(iii) Calculate the mass of ammonia in the solution.

(2)
(Total 5 marks)

7. Copper metal may be produced by the reaction of copper(I) oxide and copper(I)
sulfide according to the below equation.

2Cu2O + Cu2S  6Cu + SO2

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A mixture of 10.0 kg of copper(I) oxide and 5.00 kg of copper(I) sulfide was

heated until no further reaction occurred.

(a) Determine the limiting reagent in this reaction, showing your working.

(3)

(b) Calculate the maximum mass of copper that could be obtained from these
masses of reactants.

(2)
(Total 5 marks)

8. An oxide of copper was reduced in a stream of hydrogen as shown below.

e x c e ss h y d ro g e n
b u rn in g

h y d ro g e n
gas

o x id e o f c o p p e r
in a d is h
H EAT

After heating, the stream of hydrogen gas was maintained until the apparatus had
cooled.
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The following results were obtained.

Mass of empty dish = 13.80 g

Mass of dish and contents before heating = 21.75 g
Mass of dish and contents after heating and leaving to cool = 20.15 g

(a) Explain why the stream of hydrogen gas was maintained until the apparatus
cooled.

(1)

(b) Calculate the empirical formula of the oxide of copper using the data above,
assuming complete reduction of the oxide.

(3)

(c) Write an equation for the reaction that occurred.

(1)

(d) State two changes that would be observed inside the tube as it was heated.
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(2)
(Total 7 marks)

9. 0.502 g of an alkali metal sulfate is dissolved in water and excess barium chloride
solution, BaCl2(aq) is added to precipitate all the sulfate ions as barium sulfate,
BaSO4(s). The precipitate is filtered and dried and weighs 0.672 g.

(a) Calculate the amount (in mol) of barium sulfate formed.

(2)

(b) Determine the amount (in mol) of the alkali metal sulfate present.

(1)

(c) Determine the molar mass of the alkali metal sulfate and state its units.
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(2)

(d) Deduce the identity of the alkali metal, showing your workings.

(2)

(e) Write an equation for the precipitation reaction, including state symbols.

(Total 9 marks)