UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

International General Certificate of Secondary Education

MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2009 question paper

for the guidance of teachers

0620 CHEMISTRY
0620/31 Paper 31 (Extended Theory), maximum raw mark 80

This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of
the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not
indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began,
which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers.

Mark schemes must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the
examination.

• CIE will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes.

CIE is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2009 question papers for most IGCSE,
GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level
syllabuses.

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR MARKING

• Error carried forward may be allowed in calculations. This will be discussed in the mark
scheme. This is not applied when the candidate has inserted incorrect integers or when the
answer is physically impossible.

• COND the award of this/these mark(s) is conditional upon a previous mark being awarded.
Example – Is the reaction exothermic or endothermic? Give a reason for your choice.
Mark scheme
exothermic [1]
COND a correct reason given [1]. This mark can only be awarded if the candidate has
recognised that the reaction is exothermic.

• When the name of a chemical is demanded by the question, a correct formula is usually
acceptable. When the formula is asked for, the name is not acceptable.

• When a word equation is required a correct symbol equation is usually acceptable. If an

equation is requested then a word equation is not usually acceptable.

• An incorrectly written symbol, e.g. NA or CL, should be penalised once in a question.

• In the mark scheme if a word or phrase is underlined it (or an equivalent) is required for the
award of the mark.
(......) is used to denote material that is not specifically required.

• OR designates alternative and independent ways of gaining the marks for the question.
or indicates different ways of gaining the same mark.

• Unusual responses which include correct Chemistry which answer the question should
always be rewarded – even if they are not mentioned in the marking scheme.

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1 (a) (i) argon or krypton or helium [1]

Accept xenon and radon even though percentages are very small
NOT hydrogen

(ii) water and carbon dioxide [2]

(b) (i) sulfur dioxide or lead compounds or CFCs or methane or particulates

or unburnt hydrocarbons or ozone etc. [1]

(ii) incomplete combustion [1]

of a fossil fuel or a named fuel or a fuel that contains carbon [1]

(iii) at high temperature or inside engine [1]

nitrogen and oxygen (from the air) react [1]

(iv) it changes carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide [1]

oxides of nitrogen to nitrogen [1]

OR symbol or word equation of the type:

2NO + 2CO → CO2 + N2 [2]

OR a redox explanation – the oxides of nitrogen oxidise carbon monoxide to carbon

dioxide, [1]
they are reduced to nitrogen [1]

OR 2NO → N2 + O2 [1]
2CO + O2 → 2CO2 [1]

[Total: 10]

2 (a) pH < 7 [1]

example [1]

pH > 7 [1]
example [1]
NOT amphoteric oxides Be, Al, Zn, Pb, Sn etc

pH = 7 [1]
example H2O, CO, NO [1]
the two marks are not linked, mark each independently
NOT amphoteric oxides Be, Al, Zn, Pb, Sn etc.

(b) (i) shows both basic and acidic properties [1]

(ii) a named strong acid [1]

a named alkali [1]

[Total: 9]

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3 (a) (i) heat or roast or burn in air [1]

need both points for mark

(ii) ZnO + C → Zn + CO [2]

or 2ZnO + C → 2Zn + CO2
unbalanced ONLY [1]

(b) zinc is more reactive [1]

it loses electrons and forms ions in preference to iron [1]
zinc corrodes not iron [1]
NOT zinc rusts

OR zinc loses electrons and forms ions [1]

the electrons move on to the iron [1]
the iron cannot be oxidised or it cannot rust or it cannot lose electrons [1]
CREDIT correct Chemistry that includes the above ideas

(c) (i) zinc atoms change into ions, (the zinc dissolves) [1]
copper(II) ions change into atoms, (becomes plated with copper) [1]

(ii) ions [1]

electrons [1]

[Total: 10]

4 (a) diffusion [1]

different Mr or ozone molecules heavier than oxygen molecules
or different densities or oxygen molecules move faster than ozone molecules [1]
NOT oxygen is lighter or ozone heavier

OR fractional distillation [1]

they have different boiling points [1]

(b) (i) from colourless (solution) [1]

to brown (solution) [1]

(ii) I– loses electrons (to form iodine molecules) [1]

must be in terms of electron transfer NOT oxidation number

(iii) they (electrons) are accepted by ozone

or it is an electron acceptor [1]

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(c) (i) correct structural skeleton [1]

COND 4bp around both carbon atoms [1]
2bp and 2nbp around sulfur atom [1]
NOTE marks 2 and 3 can only be awarded if mark 1 has been scored

(ii) water
carbon dioxide
sulfur dioxide
all three [2]
any two [1]
Accept correct formulae

[Total: 11]

5 (a) (i) strong

hard
light or low density
high melting point or high fixed points
Accept high strength to weight ratio for [2]
it includes marks 1 and 3
any THREE [3]

(ii) silicon [1]

four [1]

(b) diagram to include:

each germanium atom bonded 4 oxygen atoms [1]
each oxygen to 2 germanium atoms [1]
looks or stated to be tetrahedral [1]
“tetrahedral” scores mark even if diagram does not look tetrahedral
independent marking of three points

(c) (i) structural formula of Ge4H10 all bonds shown [1]

(ii) germanium(IV) oxide [1]

water [1]

[Total: 11]

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6 (a) (i) burn sulfur in air or oxygen [1]

or heat a metal sulfide in air

(ii) bleach for wood pulp/cloth/straw or preserve food or sterilising

or making wine or fumigant or refrigerant [1]
Accept making paper

(iii) vanadium(V) oxide accept vanadium oxide or V2O5

or vanadium pentoxide [1]
oxidation state not essential but if given it has to be (V)

(iv) rate too slow or rate not economic [1]

(v) reaction too violent or forms a mist [1]

(b) (i) add water to yellow powder or to anhydrous salt [1]

it would go green [1]

(ii) change from purple or pink [1]

to colourless NOT clear [1]

(iii) reacts with oxygen in air [1]

(c) number of moles of FeSO4 used = 9.12/152 = 0.06 [1]

number of moles of Fe2O3 formed = 0.03* [1]
mass of one mole of Fe2O3 = 160 g [1]
mass of iron(III) oxide formed = 0.03 × 160 = 4.8 g [1]
number of moles of SO3 formed = 0.03 [1]
volume of sulfur trioxide formed = 0.03 × 24 = 0.72 dm3 [1]
If mass of iron(III) oxide greater than 9.12 g, then only marks 1 and 2 available

Apply ecf to number of moles of Fe2O3* when calculating volume of sulfur trioxide.
Do not apply ecf to integers

[Total: 16]

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7 (a) (i) heat [1]

catalyst [1]

(ii) an equation that gives:

alkene + alkane
or alkene + alkene + hydrogen [1]

a correct and balanced equation for the cracking of decane, C10H22 but not but-1-ene [1]

(iii) water or steam [1]

(b) (i) C4H9OH + 6O2 → 4CO2 + 5H2O [2]

If only error is balancing the oxygen atoms [1]

(ii) butanol + methanoic acid → butyl methanoate + water [2]

correct products or reactants ONLY [1]

(c) (i) correct structural formulae [1] each [2]

accept either propanol and –OH in alcohol and acid
penalise once for CH3 type diagrams
For either C3H8O or C3H6O2 [0]

(ii) to conserve petroleum or reduce greenhouse effect [1]

(d) have same boiling point [1]

[Total: 13]

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