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2. Experimental Techniques Flashcards

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What can time be measured with?

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Time can be measured using a stopwatch or stop-clock which are usually accurate to one or two decimal places

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What unit is used for time?

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The units of time normally used are seconds or minutes although other units may be used for extremely slow reactions (e.g. rusting)

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What can temperature be measured with?

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  • Temperature is measured with a thermometer which can normally give readings to the nearest degree Celsius
  • Digital thermometers are available which are more precise than traditional thermometers
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How do traditional thermometers work?

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Traditional thermometers rely upon the uniform expansion and contraction of a liquid substance with temperature;

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Is a traditional or a digital thermometer more accurate?

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Traditional thermometers tend to be more accurate than digital thermometers which often need to be re-calibrated

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What unit is used for temperature?

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degrees Celsius (ºC)

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What can mass be measured with?

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Mass is measured using a digital balance which normally give readings to two decimal places. These must be set to zero before use

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What unit is used for mass?

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The standard unit of mass is kilograms (kg) but in chemistry grams (g) are most often used

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What can the volume of a liquid be measured with?

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The volume of a liquid can be determined using several types of apparatus, depending on the level of accuracy needed

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What apparatus can be used for approximate volumes?

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For approximate volumes where accuracy isn’t an important factor, measuring cylinders are used. These are graduated (have a scale so can be used to measure)

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What is the most accurate way of measuring a fixed volume of a liquid?

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Using a pipette

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What is the most accurate way of measuring a variable volume of a liquid?

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Burette

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How can a the volume of a gas be measured?

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The volume of a gas sometimes needs to be measured and is done by collecting it in a graduated measuring apparatus

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What apparatus is used in measuring the volume of a gas?

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A gas syringe

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What determines whether the graduated cylinder is inverted or can be used upright?

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  • A graduated cylinder inverted in water may also be used, provided the gas isn’t water-soluble
  • If the gas happens to be heavier than air and is coloured, the cylinder can be used upright
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When is paper chromatography used?

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This technique is used to separate substances that have different solubilities in a given solvent (e.g. different coloured inks that have been mixed to make black ink)

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How is the paper set up?

paper chromatography

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A pencil line is drawn on chromatography paper and spots of the sample are placed on it.

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Why is pencil, not pen used to draw a line? (paper chromatography)

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Pencil is used for this as ink would run into the chromatogram along with the samples

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What is the paper lowered into?

paper chromatography

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The paper is then lowered into the solvent container

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What is important to remember when lowering the paper into the solvent?
(paper chromatography)

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making sure that the pencil line sits above the level of the solvent so the samples don’t wash into the solvent container

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How does the solvent travel up the paper?

paper chromatography

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The solvent travels up the paper by capillary action, taking some of the coloured substances with it

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What causes the different substances to travel at different rates and what does this from?
(paper chromatography)

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Different substances have different solubilities so will travel at different rates, causing the substances to spread apart.

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What correlation is there between the solubility of a substance and the distance it travels?
(paper chromatography)

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Those substances with higher solubility will travel further than the others

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What does paper chromatography show?

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This will show the different components of the ink / dye

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If substances are the same, will they produce the same chromatograms?

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YES

If two or more substances are the same, they will produce identical chromatograms

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What will happen to a substance during paper chromatography if it is a mixture?

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If the substance is a mixture, it will separate on the paper to show all the different components as separate spots

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How can you tell the difference between a pure and impure substance using paper chromatography?

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An impure substance will show up with more than one spot, a pure substance should only show up with one spot

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What is the difference between the boiling point of pure substances and mixtures?

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  • Pure substances melt and boil at specific and sharp temperatures
  • Mixtures have a range of melting and boiling points as they consist of different substances that melt or boil at different temperatures
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How can an unknown pure substance be identified?

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An unknown pure substance can be identified by experimentally determining its m.p and b.p and comparing to data tables

30
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Why do mixtures melt over a range of temperatures?

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Mixtures melt over a range of temperatures as they contain two or more substances

31
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What does a pure substance consist of?

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A pure substance consists of only one substance and contains nothing else.

32
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Where and why is it important to have pure substances?

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To have a pure substance for food and drugs is very important as impurities could be dangerous even in small amounts

33
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What is routinely assessed during the production of food and drugs?

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Melting and boiling point analysis is routinely used to assess the purity of food and drugs

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What are Retention Factor (Rf) values used to identify?

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These values are used to identify the components of mixtures

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Is the Rf value of a particular compound always the same?

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Yes

36
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What does calculating Rf values allow scientists to do?

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Calculating the Rf value allows chemists to identify unknown substances because it can be compared with Rf values of known substances under the same conditions

37
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How do you calculate the Rf value?

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Retention factor = distance moved by compound ÷ distance moved by solvent

38
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Does the Rf value have units?

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NO

- The Rf value is a ratio and therefore has no units

39
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When are locating agents used and what do they do?

paper chromatography

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Locating agents are substances which react with the sample and produce a coloured product which is then visible

40
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What substances are hard to see using paper chromatography?

What is used to solve this problem?

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invisible samples such as proteins

A locating agent

41
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When is the locating agent applied to the chromatogram?

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The chromatogram is treated with the agent after the chromatography run has been carried out, making the sample runs visible to the naked eye

42
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What does the choice of the method of separation depend on?

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the nature of the substances being separated

43
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What is one similarity between all separation methods?

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All methods rely on there being a difference of some sort, usually in a physical property such as b.p., between the substances being separated.

44
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To separate mixtures of solids, what differences can be used to carry this process out?

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Differences in density, magnetic properties, sublimation and solubility can be used

45
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If using a difference in solubility to separate a mixture of solids, what must be taken into account?

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For a difference in solubility, a suitable solvent must be chosen to ensure the desired substance only dissolves in it and not other substances or impurities

46
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What are immiscible liquids?

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two or more liquids which do not mix together

47
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How can immiscible liquids be separated?

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Immiscible liquids can be separated using a separating funnel or by decanting (pouring carefully)

48
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When is filtration used?

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Used to separate an undissolved solid from a mixture of the solid and a liquid / solution ( e.g. sand from a mixture of sand and water

49
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What is placed in the funnel?
(filtration)
1.

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Filter paper is placed in a filter funnel above another beaker

50
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  1. What is poured into the funnel?

filtration

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Mixture of insoluble solid and liquid is poured into the filter funnel

51
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  1. How does the filter paper allow filtration to be carried out?
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Filter paper will only allow small liquid particles to pass through as the filtrate

52
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  1. What is left behind in the filter paper and funnel?

filtration

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Solid particles are too large to pass through the filter paper so will stay behind as a residue

53
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When is crystallisation used?

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Used to separate a dissolved solid from a solution, when the solid is much more soluble in hot solvent than in cold (e.g. copper sulphate from a solution of copper (II) sulphate in water)

54
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  1. What is the first step of crystallisation?
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The solution is heated, allowing the solvent to evaporate to leave a saturated solution behind

55
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  1. How can you test the solution to see if it’s saturated?

crystallisation

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Test if the solution is saturated by dipping a clean, dry, cold glass rod into the solution. If the solution is saturated, crystals will form on the glass rod

56
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  1. What is done with the saturated solution?

crystallisation

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The saturated solution is allowed to cool slowly and solids will come out of the solution as the solubility decreases, and crystals will grow

57
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  1. How are the crystals collected?

crystallisation

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Crystals are collected by filtering the solution

58
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  1. What is done with the collected crystals?

crystallisation

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They are then washed with cold, distilled water to remove impurities and allowed to dry

59
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When is simple distillation used?

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Used to separate a liquid and soluble solid from a solution (e.g. water from a solution of saltwater) or a pure liquid from a mixture of liquids

60
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  1. What is the first step in simple distillation?
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The solution is heated and pure water evaporates producing a vapour which rises through the neck of the round-bottomed flask

61
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  1. What happens to the vapour?

fractional distillation

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The vapour passes through the condenser, where it cools and condenses, turning into pure liquid H2O which is collected in a beaker

62
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  1. What happens after all the water is evaporated from the solution?
    (crystallisation)
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After all the water is evaporated from the solution, only the solid solute will be left behind

63
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When is fractional distillation used?

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Used to separate two or more liquids that are miscible (can mix) with one another (e.g. ethanol and water from a mixture of the two)

64
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  1. To what point is the solution heated?

F distillation

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The solution is heated to the temperature of the substance with the lowest boiling point

65
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  1. Which substance will rise first and what will happen to it?
    (F distillation)
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This substance will rise and evaporate first, and vapours will pass through a condenser, where they cool and condense, turning into a liquid that will be collected in a beaker

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  1. Once this substance is fully evaporated, what is left behind?
    (F distillation)
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All of the substance is evaporated and collected, leaving behind the other components(s) of the mixture

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