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CHEMISTRY
Paper 3 (Practical)
July/ August 2013
Time: 2 ¼ Hours

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)

CHEMISTRY
Paper 3
(Practical)
July/ August 2013
Time: 2 ¼ Hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

 Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above
 Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided.
 Answer all questions in the spaces provided .
 You are not allowed to start working with the apparatus for the first 15 minutes of the 2 ¼ hours allowed for
this paper. This time is to enable you to read the questions paper and make sure you have all the chemicals and
apparatus that you may need.
 All working must be clearly shown where necessary.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

Question Maximum Score Candidate’s Score

TOTAL 40

This paper consists of 6 printed pages . Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and
that no questions are missing

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1. You are provided with sodium hydroxide solution L 1.8g of solid T, Solid T is a dibasic acid 0.36M Solution
of the dibasic acid H2X labelled solution Q.

You are required to determine

i) The molar heat of solution of solid T

ii) The heat of reaction of one mole of dibasic acid with sodium hydroxide.

II. Calculate the heat of reaction of solid H2X with aqueous sodium hydroxide.

Procedure I
Place 40cm3 of distilled water into a 100cm 3 beaker. Measure the initial temperature of the water and record it in table I
below. Add all the Solid T at once. Stir the mixture carefully with the thermometer until all the solid dissolves. Measure
the final temperature reached, record it in table I and complete table I. (2mks)
Table I
Final temperature (oC)
Initial temperature (0C)
Temperature change ∆TI

(b) Calculate the;

-1 o
(i) Heat change when H 2X dissolve in water (Assume the specific heat capacity of the solution is 4.2J g C -1
and density is 1g / cm3 ) (2mks)

(ii)The number of moles of the acid that dissolved.

iii) Molar heat of solution, ∆H1, solution of the acid H2X (1mk)

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Procedure II
Place 40cm3 of solution Q into a 100cm3 beaker. Measure the initial temperature and record it in table II below.
Measure 40cm3 of sodium hygroxide, solution L. Add all the 40cm3 of solution L at once to solution Q in the beaker.
Stir the mixture with the thermometer. Measure the final temperature reached, record it in table II and complete the
table (2mks)
a) Table II
Final temperature
Initial temperature
Temperature ∆T

(b) (i) Calculate the heat change for the reaction (Assume the specific heat capacity of the solution is 4.2J
g -1 oC -1 density is 1g / cm3) (2mks)

(ii) Calculate the number of moles of H2X used (1mk)

(iii)Calculate the heat of reaction ∆H2 of one mole of the acid H2X with sodium hydroxide (1mk)

(c) Given that :

∆H1 is the heat for the reaction. H2X (s) H2X (aq)

∆H2 is the heat for reaction H2X (aq) + 2NaOH (aq) Na2X (aq) + 2H2O (l)

Calculate ∆H3 for the reaction H2X (s) + 2NaOH (aq) 2H2O (l) + Na2X (aq) (2mks)

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2. You are provided with:

- 2.3g of solid N in a boiling tube.

- Solution, 0.03M acidified potassium manganate (VII).

You are required to determine the number of moles of water of Crystallization in solid N.

Procedure (III)
(a) Add 10cm3 of distilled water into the boiling tube containing solid N shake it to dissolve the solid. Transfer the
contents of the boiling tube into a 250cm 3 volumetric flask. Rinse the boiling tube with the distilled water and add it to
the volumetric flask. Add more distilled water to make it to the mark label this solution N.
Fill the burette with solution R. using a pipette and a pipette filler place. 25.0cm 3 of solution N into a conical flask.
Warm the mixture to about 60 oC. Titrate the hot solution N with solution R until a permanent pink colour persists.
Record your readings in table III below . Repeat the titration two more times and complete table III. (Retain solution R
for use in question 3 II f (i) (4mks)
Table III
I II III
Final burette readings (cm3)
Initial burette reading (cm3)
Volume of solution R (cm3)

b) Calculate the :

i) Average volume of solution R used (1mk)

ii) Number of moles of potassium manganate (VII) that reacted (1mk)

iii) Number of moles of N in 25cm3 of solution N, given that 5moles of N reacts completely with 2
moles of potassium manganate (VII) Solution R (1mk)

iv) Relative formula mass of N (1mk)

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 b) The formula of N has the form P. X H2O. Determine the value of x in the formula given that the relative
formula mass of P is 90.0 and atomic masses of hydrogen and oxygen are 1.0 and 16.0 respectively.
(2mks)

2. You are provided with Solid M carry out the tests below. Write your observations and inferences in the spaces
provided.

Place all the solid M in a boiling tube. Add about 10cm 3 of distilled water. Shake until all the solid dissolves.
Divide the solutions into five portions.

i) To the first portion add 2M sodium hydroxide drop wise till in excess.
OBSERVATIONS INFERENCE

(1mk) (1½mk)
(b) To the second portion add ammonia solution drop wise until in excess.

OBSERVATIONS INFERENCE

(1mk) (½mk)
(c) To the third portion add four drops of hydrochloric acid.

OBSERVATIONS INFERENCE

(½mk) (½mk)

d) To the forth portion add 3 drops of lead (ii) Nitrate solution

(½mk) (2mk)

e) Warm the mixture obtained in (d) above

(½mk) (½mk)

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II. You are provided with solid W. Carry out the tests. Write your observations and inferences in the spaces
provided.
(f) Place ¾ of the solid W provided in a boiling tube. Add about 10cm 3 of distilled water and shake until all the
solid dissolves. Divide the solution into portion.
(i) To portion one add 3 drops of solution R
OBSERVATIONS INFERENCE

(½mk) (1mk)
(ii) To the portion two, add 5 drops of acidified potassium dichromate (vi)

OBSERVATIONS INFERENCE

(1mk) (2mks)
(iii) To portion 3, add all the sodium hydrogen carbonate

OBSERVATIONS INFERENCE

(½mk) (½mk)
(iv) To portion 4 add 3 drops of universal indicator and determine the pH

OBSERVATIONS INFERENCE

(½mk) (½mk)
v) Scoop the remaining Solid W using a metallic spatula. Ignite it in a bunsen burner flame.

OBSERVATIONS INFERENCE

( ½ mk) (½ mk)

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