0620/52·ChemistryIGCSEEXAM MODE

Paper 5 Practical Test

0620/52 · October/November 2025

EXAM CONDITIONS

Your bench has been set out for 0620/52.

Everything on this paper is what the confidential instructions told the technician to put in front of you — the same solutions, the same glassware, labelled exactly as the candidate sees them. You are not told what B, C, D, E or F are. That's the point.

3 tasks · 20 questions · 40 marks

Question 1PRACTICAL

Double-indicator titration

Titrate acidic solution B against two different sodium hydroxide solutions, catching both end-points with two indicators in the same flask.

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Question 2PRACTICAL

Qualitative analysis of two unknown solids

Run the standard test series on solids E and F, record every observation, and name the ions present.

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Question 3WRITTEN ONLY

Planning: comparing alcohols as fuels

Written only — describe how you would investigate which of three alcohols heats water fastest.

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