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CHEMISTRY PAPER 3
FORM IV
TIME: 21/4 HOURS

CEKENAS END OF TERM 2 EXAM-2022

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

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Write your name, admission number in the space provided.
2. Answer all the questions in the spaces provided
3. All working must be clearly shown where necessary.
4. You are not allowed to start working with the apparatus for the first 15 minutes. This time is to
enable you read the question paper and make sure you have all the requirements.
5. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated
and that no questions are missing.

FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

QUESTION MARKS CANDIDATES SCORE

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3 07
TOTAL 40 MARKS

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1. You are provided with the following
Sodium hydroxide solution A
0.1M HCl labelled B
An alkanoic acid labelled C
You are required to
i) Standardize solution A
ii) Determine the mole ratio of reaction between sodium hydroxide and the alkanoic acid
iii) Calculate the molarity of solution C
iv) Determine the molar enthalpy of neutralisation of the alkanoic acid and sodium hydroxide

PROCEDURE 1
Using the pipette, place 25cm3 of solution A into a 250ml volumetric flask .Add distilled water as you
shake up to the 250ml mark .Label the solution formed as D.
Fill the burette with solution B .Rinse the pipette and use it to transfer 25cm3 of solution D into a conical
flask. Add 3 drops of phenolphthalein indicator and carry out titration .Repeat the procedure twice to
obtain concordant values .Record the results below
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Final burette reading (cm )
Initial burette reading (cm3)
Volume of solution B used (cm3)
(4mk)
a) Determine the average titre volume (1mk)
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b) Calculate the number of moles of
i) HCl that reacted (1mk)
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ii) NaOH in the 25cm3 of solution D ( 1/2mk)

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iii) Molarity of NaOH solution A (1mk)

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PROCEDURE 2
Rinse the burette and fill it with solution C .Run 16cm3 of solution C into a 100ml plastic beaker .Using a
thermometer measure its temperature and record it in the table 2 below as initial .Add 4cm 3 of solution A
using a syringe .Stir with the thermometer immediately and note the highest temperature reached .Record
it in the table as final temperature .Repeat the procedure with other volumes of A and C as shown in the
table and complete it . Rinse the beaker and the thermometer after each experiment

Volume of solution (cm3) 16 12 8 6 4 2

Volume of solution A (cm3) 4 8 12 14 16 18
Final temperature (C )
Initial temperature (C)
Change in temperature

d) On the grid below, plot the graph of change in temperature against volume of sodium hydroxide
solution A (3mks)

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e) From your graph determine,
i) The volume of sodium hydroxide solution A required to neutralize the alkanoic acid (1/2mk)
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ii) Highest change in temperature DT (1/2mk)

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f) Determine the volume of the alkanoic acid solution C, used in the neutralization ( 1/2mk)
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g) Calculate the;
i) Concentration of the alkanoic acid solution C, given that the ratio of volume of alkali to the volume of
acid is also the mole ratio (2mks)

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ii) Molar enthalpy of neutralisation of the acid by sodium hydroxide
(2mks)
(C=4.2J/g/k, density of solution =1g/cm3)

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2. You are provided with solid P .Carry out the following tests and write your observations and inferences
in the spaces provided

a)Place all the solid P in a boiling tube .Add about 10cm3 of distilled water and shake the mixture
thoroughly .Filter the mixture into another boiling tube .Retain the filtrate for use in the test 2 (b) below
and dry the residue using a filter paper

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i) Transfer about half of the residue in a dry test tube .Heat the residue strongly and test any gas produced
using a burning splint

Observations Inferences

1mk
1mk

ii) Place the rest of the residue in a dry test tube .Add 2cm3 of 2M hydrochloric acid .Retain the mixture
for test (iii) below
Observations Inferences

1mk 1mk

iii) To the solution formed in (ii) above, add aqueous ammonia drop wise till in excess
Observations Inferences

1mk 1mk

b) i) To above 2cm3 of the filtrate obtained in a) above add aqueous ammonia drop wise until in excess

Observations Inferences

1mk 1mk

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ii) To about 2cm3 of the filtrate, add about 2cm3 of 2M hydrochloric acid
Observations Inferences

1mk 1mk

iii) To 2cm3 of filtrate add two drops of barium nitrate solution (2mks)
Observations Inferences

1 1
/2mk /2mk

3. You are provided with solid E carry out the following test and record your observations and inferences
in the spaces provided
a) Place about one half of solid E in a dry test tube .Retain the other half for use in (b) below .Add all of
the absolute ethanol provided to solid E in a test tube shake the mixture
Observations Inferences

1 1
/2mk /2mk

Divide the mixture formed into two portions

i) Determine the pH of the first portions
Observations Inferences

1 1
/2mk /2mk

ii) To the second portion, add about one half of sodium hydrogen carbonate provided
Observations Inferences

1mk
1mk

b) Place the remaining solid E in a boiling tube 10cm3 of distilled water and shake. Boil the mixture and
divide it into 3 portions while still warm

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i) To the first portion add the remaining sodium hydrogen
Observations Inferences

1 1
/2mk /2mk

ii) The second portion add three drops of acidified K2Cr207 (1mks)
Observations Inferences

1 1
/2MK /2mk

iii) To the third portion add 5 drops of Bromine water (1mk)

Observations Inferences

1 1
/2MK /2mk

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