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General Certificate of Education

Advanced Level Examination
June 2012

Chemistry
Unit 6T

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Written Test
For submission by 15 May 2012
For this paper you must have:
l the Periodic Table/Data Sheet provided at the end of this paper
l the Task Sheet and your Candidate Results Sheet
l a ruler with millimetre measurements
l a calculator.

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Section A
These questions are about the task, an investigation of salicylic acid.
You should use your Task Sheet and your Candidate Results Sheet to answer them.
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

The tests used in the Task were repeated using a solution of salicylic acid. The
observations are shown below.

salicylic acid

Bromothymol
blue
yellow
solution

Copper(II)
carbonate
effervescence
blue solution

Barium
chloride solution
no visible change

Use the observations in the table and your results from the Task to deduce which one
of the solutions, A, B, C or D, contains salicylic acid.
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(1 mark)
2

Use your results from the Task to suggest which one of the solutions, A, B, C or D,
contains sulfuric acid. Give a reason for your choice.
Solution ..............................................................................................................................
Reason ...............................................................................................................................
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(2 marks)

Use the observations in the table and your results from the Task to select the pH range
in which bromothymol blue indicator changes colour.
l
l
l

25
58
811

Give a reason for your choice.

pH range ............................................................................................................................
Reason ..............................................................................................................................
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A test using sodium chloride and silver nitrate solutions can be used to identify the
solution containing ammonia.
Give brief details of this test and include the observations that would be made.
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(2 marks)

When 1.00 mol dm3 solutions of salicylic acid and sodium hydroxide are mixed a
buffer solution can be formed. Salicylic acid is a monoprotic acid that can be
represented by the formula HA.

5 (a)

Select a mixture from the table below that would produce a buffer solution. Give a
reason for your choice.

Mixture

Volume of 1.00 mol dm3

salicylic acid solution / cm3

Volume of 1.00 mol dm3

sodium hydroxide solution / cm3

25

75

50

50

75

25

Mixture ...............................................................................................................................
Reason ...............................................................................................................................
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(2 marks)
5 (b)

Another mixture, formed by adding 50 cm3 of 1.00 mol dm3 salicylic acid solution to
25 cm3 of 1.00 mol dm3 sodium hydroxide solution, can be used to determine the pKa
of salicylic acid. State one measurement that must be made for this mixture and
explain how this measurement can be used to determine the pKa of salicylic acid.
Measurement .....................................................................................................................
Explanation ........................................................................................................................
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Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

A student was given a task to determine the percentage purity of a sample of salicylic
acid. The method used by the student to prepare a solution of salicylic acid is
described below.
l
l
l
l

6 (a)

0.500 g of an impure sample of salicylic acid was placed in a weighing bottle.

The contents were tipped into a beaker and 100 cm3 of distilled water were
added.
Salicylic acid does not dissolve well in cold water so the beaker and its contents
were heated gently until all the solid had dissolved.
The solution was poured into a 250 cm3 graduated flask and made up to the
mark with distilled water.

Give two additional instructions that would improve this method for making up the
salicylic acid solution.
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(2 marks)

6 (b)

The pH of this solution was measured and a value of 2.50 was obtained.
Calculate the concentration of salicylic acid in this solution.
Assume that salicylic acid is the only acid in this solution. The Ka for salicylic acid is
1.07 103 mol dm3. You may represent salicylic acid as HA.
Show your working.
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(3 marks)

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6 (c)

Use your answer to part 6 (b) to calculate the mass of salicylic acid (Mr = 138.0)
present in the original sample.
(If you were unable to complete the calculation in part 6 (b), assume that the
concentration of salicylic acid is 8.50 103 mol dm3. This is not the correct answer.)
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(2 marks)

6 (d)

Use your answer to part 6 (c) to calculate the percentage purity of the salicylic acid
used to make the solution.
(If you were unable to complete the calculation in part 6 (c), assume that the mass of
salicylic acid is 0.347 g. This is not the correct answer.)
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(1 mark)

Salicylic acid can be used to make aspirin. Before using a sample of salicylic acid to
make aspirin, a student purified the acid by recrystallisation. The method for
recrystallisation is outlined below.
Step
Step
Step
Step

1:
2:
3:
4:

The
The
The
The

sample is dissolved in a minimum volume of hot water.

solution is filtered hot.
filtrate is cooled in ice to form crystals.
crystals are collected by filtration, washed with cold water and left to dry.

Explain the purpose of each underlined point.

Minimum volume ...............................................................................................................
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Hot water ...........................................................................................................................
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Filtered hot .........................................................................................................................
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Cooled in ice ......................................................................................................................
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Washed with cold water ....................................................................................................
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Aspirin can be made by reacting salicylic acid with ethanoic anhydride as outlined
below.

OH

C
OH

CH3

C
O

CH3

C
O

8 (a)

OH

O
C

O
O
C

CH3

CH3

C
OH

In an experiment, after purification by recrystallisation, 1.76 g of aspirin (Mr = 180.0)

were produced from 2.00 g of salicylic acid.
Calculate the percentage yield for this experiment.
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(2 marks)

8 (b)

Suggest one practical reason why the yield of purified aspirin is less than 100%.
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Salicylic acid, C6H4(OH)COOH, reacts with magnesium to produce magnesium

salicylate and hydrogen.

9 (a)

Complete the equation for this reaction.

C6H4(OH)COOH

(1 mark)
9 (b)

In an alternative method for determining percentage purity, a student reacted a solution

of salicylic acid with an excess of magnesium and collected the hydrogen gas that was
released.
Complete the diagram below to show an apparatus that could be used to collect and
measure the volume of hydrogen gas produced.

Salicylic acid solution

and magnesium

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GCE Chemistry Data Sheet

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(3)

38

37

41

89

actinium

90 103 Actinides

104

rutherfordium

Rf

(6)

(7)
Mn

54.9

25

Tc

[98]

43

Pr

Ce

(8)

(9)

(10)

Pt

77

(11)

Sm

150.4

109

Pa
protactinium

91

Th

thorium

90

U
92

uranium

93

neptunium

Np

[237]

61

94

plutonium

Pu

[244]

62

60
238.0

59
231.0

58

78

Ds

[281]

Rg

[280]

79

gold

Au

197.0

47

silver

Ag

107.9

29

copper

Cu

63.5

95

americium

Am

[243]

63

europium

Eu

152.0

110

96

curium

Cm

[247]

64

gadolinium

Gd

157.3

111

meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium

Mt

[276]

platinum

Ir
iridium

195.1

46

palladium

Pd

106.4

28

nickel

Ni

58.7

192.2

45

rhodium

Rh

102.9

27

cobalt

Co

58.9

samarium

Pm

[145]

108

hassium

Hs

[270]

76

osmium

Os

190.2

44

ruthenium

Ru

101.1

26

iron

Fe

55.8

praseodymium neodymium promethium

232.0

cerium

144.2

140.9

140.1

Nd

107

bohrium

Bh

[272]

75

rhenium

Re

186.2

106

seaborgium

Sg

[271]

74

tungsten

183.8

42

molybdenum technetium

Mo

96.0

24

chromium manganese

Cr

52.0

105

dubnium

Db

73

tantalum

Ta

180.9

[268]

Lanthanides

88

87

* 58 71

Ra

radium

Fr

Nb

niobium

72

57

[227]
Ac

56

[226]

55

[223]

francium

23

92.9

[267]

Hf

vanadium

hafnium

La *

178.5

40

zirconium

Zr

91.2

(5)

50.9

lanthanum

Ba

barium

Cs

caesium

39

138.9

137.3

132.9

yttrium

Sr

strontium

Rb

rubidium

21

88.9

20

87.6

19

85.5

22

Ti

titanium

Sc

Ca

calcium

potassium

(4)

47.9

(12)

97

berkelium

Bk

[247]

65

terbium

Tb

Ge

49

81

thallium

Tl

204.4

82

lead

Pb

207.2

50

tin

Sn

In
indium

118.7

32

germanium

114.8

31

gallium

Ga

14
72.6

13
69.7

83

bismuth

Bi

209.0

51

antimony

Sb

121.8

33

arsenic

As

15
74.9

phosphorus

31.0

nitrogen

14.0

(15)

84

polonium

Po

[209]

52

tellurium

Te

127.6

34

selenium

Se

16
79.0

sulfur

32.1

oxygen

16.0

(16)

85

astatine

At

[210]

53

iodine

126.9

35

bromine

Br

17
79.9

chlorine

Cl

35.5

fluorine

19.0

(17)

86

radon

Rn

[222]

54

xenon

Xe

131.3

36

krypton

Kr

18
83.8

argon

Ar

39.9

10

neon

Ne

2
20.2

Es

[252]

67

holmium

Ho

164.9

98

99

californium einsteinium

Cf

[251]

66

dysprosium

Dy

162.5

100

fermium

Fm

[257]

68

erbium

Er

167.3

101

mendelevium

Md

[258]

69

thulium

Tm

168.9

102

nobelium

No

[259]

70

ytterbium

Yb

173.1

103

lawrencium

Lr

[262]

71

lutetium

Lu

175.0

Elements with atomic numbers 112-116 have been reported but

not fully authenticated

158.9

80

mercury

Hg

200.6

48

cadmium

Cd

112.4

30

zinc

Zn

65.4

Si
silicon

aluminium

Al

6
28.1

27.0

atomic (proton) number

scandium

45.0

12

40.1

11

39.1

Mg

magnesium

Na

sodium

24.3

23.0

12.0
carbon

Be

beryllium

Li

lithium

10.8
boron

symbol

9.0

6.9

(14)

helium

(13)

(18)

hydrogen

4.0

He

1.0

name

relative atomic mass

(2)

(1)

Key

The Periodic Table of the Elements

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