Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Edexcel A Level Chemistry > ✅19 - Modern Analytical Techniques II > Flashcards

✅19 - Modern Analytical Techniques II Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
Periodic Table flashcards Chemistry 101 flashcards AP® Chemistry flashcards Organic Chemistry 101 flashcards
1
Q

What is formed in a mass spectrometer?

A

A molecular ion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

How is a molecular ion formed?

A

When a molecule looses an electron

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What is the m/z value?

A

The mass/charge ratio

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What is the m/z value the same as?

A

The molecular mass

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What does high resolution mass spectrometry measure?

A

Precise masses

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What can high resolution mass spectrometry be useful for identifying?

A

Compounds that appear to have the same Mr when rounded to the nearest whole number

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What information does NMR give you?

A

About the structure of molecules

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What does NMR stand for?

A

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

How does NMR work?

A

A sample of a compound is put into a strong magnetic field and exposed to a range of different frequencies of radio waves
Nuclei of certain atoms absorb energy from the radio waves

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What information does Carbon-13 NMR give you?

A

About the number of carbon atoms that are in a molecule, and the environments that they are in

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What information does High resolution Proton NMR give you?

A

About the number of hydrogen atoms that are in a molecule and the environments that they are in

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What does the amount of energy that a nucleus absorbs depend on?

A

The environment that it is in

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What is a nucleus shielded by?

A

Its surrounding electrons

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What can electron shielding be affected by?

A

The other atoms and groups of atoms around the nucleus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

How would an electronegative element affect the electron shielding?

A

It would reduce it, as the electrons would be drawn away

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What does an atom’s environment depend on?

A

All the groups that it is connected to

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What is used as a standard in NMR?

A

Tetramethylsilane - TMS

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What are absorbances measured relative to?

A

TMS

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Why is TMS used as a standard?

A

Because its absorption peak is at a lower frequency than all other molecules

20
Q

What is chemical shift?

A

The difference in the radio frequency absorbed by the nuclei in the molecule being analysed and by the same nuclei as in TMS

21
Q

What does the number of peaks on a C13 NMR spectrum show you?

A

The number of carbon environments

22
Q

What do the chemical shifts show you?

A

The different carbon nuclei

23
Q

What does proton NMR tell you?

A

The number of hydrogen environments

24
Q

What splits the peaks in C13 NMR?

A

Spin-spin coupling

25
Q

Which hydrogens can affect splitting?

A

Only those on the adjacent carbon

26
Q

What would a triplet peak indicate?

A

That there are two hydrogens in adjacent carbons

27
Q

What do integration traces show?

A

The ratio of protons in each environment - the relative areas under each peak is the relative number of H atoms in each environment

28
Q

What can proton NMR be used to work out?

A

Structures

29
Q

What is chromatography useful for?

A

Separating and identifying things

30
Q

What is a mobile phase?

A

Where the molecules can move, always a liquid or a gas

31
Q

What is a stationary phase?

A

Where the molecules can’t move, must be a solid, or a liquid on a solid support

32
Q

What is the basic principle of chromatography?

A

Mobile phase moves through or over the stationary phase
The distance each substance moves up the plate depends on its solubility in the mobile phase and its retention by or adsorption to the stationary phase
Components more soluble will travel further

33
Q

What does the distance each substance moves depend on?

A

The solubility in the mobile phase and the retention or adsorption to the stationary phase

34
Q

What can Rf values be useful for?

A

Identifying compounds in a mixture

35
Q

How would you calculate an Rf value?

A

Distance travelled by spot/distance travelled by solvent

36
Q

What can affect Rf values?

A

Composition of the paper, the solvent or the temperature

37
Q

Why would spots of two different substances be put on the same paper?

A

Because conditions are difficult to keep identical

38
Q

What is HPLC?

A

High Performance Liquid Chromatography

39
Q

What conditions is HPLC done under?

A

High pressure

40
Q

What is usually the stationary phase in HPLC?

A

Silica bonded to various hydrocarbons

41
Q

What is often the mobile phase in HPLC?

A

A polar mixture of methanol and water

42
Q

Why does HPLC separate the mixture into different parts?

A

Because they are attracted by different amounts to the solid, so take different lengths of time to travel through the column

43
Q

What happens as the liquid leaves the HPLC column?

A

UV light is passed through it and absorbed by parts of the mixture

44
Q

What does a HPLC chromatogram show?

A

The retention times of the components of the mixture

45
Q

What is the mobile phase in gas chromatography?

A

A gas

46
Q

What happens to gases as they move through gas chromatography?

A

They constantly dissolve in the oil or adsorb onto the solid, evaporate back into the gas then redissolve as they travel through

Edexcel A Level Chemistry (20 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions