Mark Scheme (Results)

January 2012



GCE Chemistry (6CH08) Paper 01
Chemistry Laboratory Skills II (WA)






























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6CH08_01
1201
General Marking Guidance

All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must
mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the
last.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be
rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than penalised
for omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according
to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme
should be used appropriately.
All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the
answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be
prepared to award zero marks if the candidates response is not
worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the
principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be
limited.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark
scheme to a candidates response, the team leader must be
consulted.
Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.
Mark schemes will indicate within the table where, and which strands
of QWC, are being assessed. Questions labelled with an asterix (*)
are ones where the quality of your written communication will be
assessed.

















6CH08_01
1201
Using the Mark Scheme

Examiners should look for qualities to reward rather than faults to
penalise. This does NOT mean giving credit for incorrect or inadequate
answers, but it does mean allowing candidates to be rewarded for
answers showing correct application of principles and knowledge.
Examiners should therefore read carefully and consider every response:
even if it is not what is expected it may be worthy of credit.

The mark scheme gives examiners:
an idea of the types of response expected
how individual marks are to be awarded
the total mark for each question
examples of responses that should NOT receive credit.

/ means that the responses are alternatives and either answer should
receive full credit.
( ) means that a phrase/word is not essential for the award of the mark,
but helps the examiner to get the sense of the expected answer.
Phrases/words in bold indicate that the meaning of the phrase or the
actual word is essential to the answer.
ecf/TE/cq (error carried forward) means that a wrong answer given in an
earlier part of a question is used correctly in answer to a later part of the
same question.

Candidates must make their meaning clear to the examiner to gain the
mark. Make sure that the answer makes sense. Do not give credit for
correct words/phrases which are put together in a meaningless manner.
Answers must be in the correct context.

Quality of Written Communication
Questions which involve the writing of continuous prose will expect
candidates to:
write legibly, with accurate use of spelling, grammar and punctuation in
order to make the meaning clear
select and use a form and style of writing appropriate to purpose and to
complex subject matter
organise information clearly and coherently, using specialist vocabulary
when appropriate.
Full marks will be awarded if the candidate has demonstrated the above
abilities.
Questions where QWC is likely to be particularly important are indicated
(QWC) in the mark scheme, but this does not preclude others.














6CH08_01
1201

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
1 (a)(i)


A
H
H C H
C O
C H
H
H
(1)

B
H
C H H
H C H
C O
H
(1)

ALLOW non-displayed alkyl groups,
CH
3
, C
2
H
5
.
ALLOW skeletal formulae.
A & B wrong way round scores (1)
2

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
1 (a)(ii)


Either
B because three (sets of)peaks/
three (proton) environments
OR
B because of 5:3:3 splitting pattern
OR
Only the aldehyde has a peak
greater than 9 ppm (1)


Either
A would have only one peak/ one
(proton) environment
OR
A would have singlet (1)

ALLOW ECF on carbonyls only
2





6CH08_01
1201

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
1 (b)(i)

Alkene /carbon-carbon double bond
/C=C (1)

(primary or secondary) alcohol
ALLOW hydroxyl/hydroxyl (1)

Tertiary alcohol/
hydroxide/O-H
alone
2

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
1 (b)(ii) Any two from:
Fizzing/bubbling/effervescence (1)



Sodium dissolves/disappears /
decreases in size (1)


White solid/precipitate formed (1)

Gas/hydrogen
given off
Hisses


Sodium sinks


Reacts vigorously
Exothermic/gets
hot
2

6CH08_01
1201

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
1 (b)(iii)


Any two from:

H C C
H H H
C O H
H
(1)
H H
C C C H
H
H
O
H
(1)

H
H C
H
C
H
C
H
O H
(1)

C C C
H
H
H OH H
H
(1)

ALLOW non-displayed CH
3
and/or OH

ALLOW skeletal formulae
2

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
2 (a)

Iron(II) hydroxide/Fe(OH)
2
/
Fe(H
2
O)
4
(OH)
2
/
[Fe(H
2
O)
4
(OH)
2
] /Fe(OH)
2
(H
2
O)
4
/
[Fe(OH)
2
(H
2
O)
4
] /Fe(OH)
2
xH
2
O
[Fe(H
2
O)
4
(OH)
2
]
2+
[Fe(H
2
O)
6
(OH)
2
]
1

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
2 (b) Ammonia (gas)/NH
3
/ NH
3(g)
Ammonium (gas)
NH
4
(+)
1

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
2 (c) Barium sulfate/Barium sulphate /
BaSO
4

1



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1201
Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
2 (d) Fe
2+
(1)
NH
4
+
(1)
SO
4
2-
(1)

ALLOW: FeSO
4.
(NH
4
)
2
SO
4
(xH
2
O)
(2)
Fe(NH
4
)
2
(SO
4
)
2

(2)

ALLOW a formula containing all three
ions without charges and unbalanced
(1)
NH
3
/ NH
3
+
/ NH
4
If the formula of
D is given rather
than the ions, the
presence of NH
3

scores (0).
3


Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
3 (a)(i)


50 x 0.02 = 0.001 mol I
2

1000

25 x 2 = 0.05 mol (CH
3
)
2
CO
1000

Both quantities correct and
propanone in excess (2)

Both quantities correct but incorrect
or missing excess (1)

One quantity correct (1)
2

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
3 (a)(ii) (Graduated) Pipette ( + filler)
Accept recognisable spelling e.g
pipet
Burette
Measuring
cylinder
1

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
3 (a)(iii) Measuring cylinder
Ignore volumes e.g. 25cm
3
measuring cylinder
Burette/pipette 1








6CH08_01
1201
Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
3 (a)(iv) To quench /slow /stop the reaction
(1)

By reacting with the sulfuric acid /
neutralize (the acid) / remove the H
+

ions (1)

Mark independently
2

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
3 (b)(i) From yellow/orange/red-brown
/brown (1)
To colourless / pale yellow (1)

Second mark is dependent on the
first


... to clear
/yellow
2

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
3 (b)(ii) Starch (1)
From blue / blue-black / black To
colourless (1)

Mark independently

From Purple.
to clear
2

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
3 (b)(iii) As the colour of the iodine solution
begins to fade/turns pale
yellow/straw coloured/just before
the end point (1)
When colourless /
yellow/brown
1

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
3 (c)(i) Iodine concentration is proportional
to the volume of sodium thiosulfate
solution
1












6CH08_01
1201
Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
3 (c)(ii) Axes correctly labelled including units
with sensible scales (more than half
graph paper used in each direction) (1)

Points correctly plotted and best fitting
straight line drawn (1)



Allow - completely correct but axes
wrong way round (1)
Absence of
units


Dots joined
with straight
lines
2

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
3 (c)(iii)

reaction is order zero (1)

rate is constant/gradient is constant/
[iodine] does not affect rate (1)

Mark independently
2

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
3 (d)


Iodine is not involved in the rate
determining step, (because order is
zero with respect to iodine)

If 3ciii is not zero order, the mark is
only awarded if the candidate states
that the order is inconsistent.
1









6CH08_01
1201

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
4 (a)


As liquid(s) vaporise/boil they are
cooled and condense back to
liquid(s) (1)

Any two from:
Used to heat volatile liquids (1)

Prevents escape of flammable
vapours (1)

Prevents escape of reactants/
products/solvents (1)

Allows time to react/Allows complete
reaction/Allows faster reaction/
increases yield (1)


Overcomes
activation energy
3

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
4 (b)(i) To react with/remove (excess)
ethanoyl chloride

IGNORE references to product(s)
dissolving
Dissolve unreacted
reagents/excess
acid/HCl
1

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
4 (b)(ii)


Reaction (with water) is exothermic
/gives out heat/violent/vigorous

Note that the answer may be given
in b(i)
Reaction
explosive
Prevent flask
cracking
1














6CH08_01
1201

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
4 (c)(i)

Buchner/side armed flask (1)




Side arm connected to pump (1)



Buchner funnel with flat filter paper
The filter paper must be labelled or
clearly shown above the pores of the
funnel (1)



Large gap
between
funnel and
flask

Blocked
outlet to
pump
3

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
4 (c)(ii) Faster (1)



Dries solid/precipitate/crystals OR
removes maximum amount of
solution (1)
Reduces transfer
losses

Less product lost
/higher yield
2











6CH08_01
1201

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
4 (d)(i)


A variety of methods may be used.
Either
Crystals in (sealed) capillary tube (1)
Thermometer and capillary in (heated)
oil/water bath or in melting temperature
apparatus heater (1)

Or
Crystals balanced on thermometer (1)

Clamped horizontally in horizontal double
glass skinned test tube (1)


Note crystals in a test or boiling tube
with a thermometer in the tube (1)
2

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
4 (d)(ii) Melting temperature should be
sharp/over a 1-2
o
C range/narrow
temperature range (1)

And at correct value/consistent with
literature (1)
2










6CH08_01
1201

Question
Number
Acceptable Answers Reject Mark
4 (e)

Number of moles of reactant
= 3.5 (1) = 0.02555
137
Either
Number of moles of product
= 2.35 (1) = 0.01313
179
Percentage yield
= 0.01313 x 100
0.02555
=51.4/51 % (1)
ACCEPT 51.5%
Or
Mass of product = 0.02555 x 179(1)
= 4.573 g
Percentage yield = 2.35 x 100
4.573
= 51.4%/51% (1)
ACCEPT 51.5%

ACCEPT answers to 4 or more sf
provided they round to 51.4 or 51.5

Correct answer with no working
scores (3)

ALLOW internal TE




















Answers to 1 sf
3





TOTAL FOR PAPER = 50 MARKS


























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