c1 - atomic structure Flashcards
What does the periodic table show ?
-The periodic table shows us all the elements .
-There are over 100 elments .
What is an element ?
A substance made up of only one type of aotm .
What are compounds ?
Compounds contain two or more different elemnts chemically bonded .
-Combined in a fixed proportion .
Key fact about compounds .
Compounds usually have totally different properties from the elemts that theya re made from .
-If we want to separate a compound , back into its elemnts , we need to use a chemical reaction .
What is a mixure ?
We have different elemnnts or compounds which are not chemically combined togther
-If we want to sepearate a mixture , then we use physical techiniques rather than chemcil rections .
What is a molecule ?
A molecule has anyy elemnts chemically joined .
What does a chemical formula show ?
Tells us all the elents in a molecule and also the number of atoms in each eement .
-you cannot change the small number in a chemical formula as this producs a different molecule .
What is the law of conservation of mass ?
The total number of products formed in a reaction is equal to the total number of reactants .
Physical separations can be used to separate ?
Mixtures , but cannot be used for elements in a compound .
Gieva few examples of Physical separation techniques :
-Filitriation
Crystalisation .
-Distillation
-Chromatoraphy
When is fitiration used ?
Filtriation is used to separate an insoluble soild from a liquid .
(insoluble means solid won’t dissove in a liquid ) .
Conditions for filitration .
Solid and LIquid (check state symbolds)
-Need a filter funnel and filter paper .
Stage one of filitiration .
Pour mizure into filter paper .
-The liquid passes through the tiny pores in filter paper . (fitrate)
Stage two of filtiration .
HOwever solid material can’t pass through the filter paper and so is trapped . (residue)
-In the end liquid is separated form the soild .
When is crystalisation used ?
Used to separae a soluble solid from a liquid . Aqueous solution need (aq) check state symbols .
What is one way of doing crystalisation ?
-Leave the solution for a few days and water will evaporate leaving crystals of ur thing sodium chloride eg .
What to do if you want crysalisation to happen faster ?
-Heat the solution to evaportae out water .
-Bbe careful that the chemical we are trying to crystalise is not effected by the heating . Certain chemcials break down when heated .
What is simple distillation ?
Used to separate a liquid from a solid if we want to keep the liquid .
How does simple distialltion work ?
First we evaporate the liquid by heating ,
-We then condense the vapour by cooling
How does simple distillaiotn work ?
-Heat the solution
-vapour now rises up glass tube
-vapour now passes into the condeser (kept cold as cold water circulates the condseer ).
How does simple distillaton work (2) ?
-This mens vapour condenses turning vapour into a liquid .
-collect liquid in a beaker , Left with crystals of solid in a flask and liquid in a beaker .
What happens in fractional distilaiton ?
We sepeare a mixture of different liquids .
KEY POINT - these liquids must have different boiling points .
first stage of fractional distillation ?
1.Start by gently heaitng the mixtures .
second stage of fractional distillation ?
the liquids start to evaporate , But one with lower boiling point will evaporate more easily .
third stage of fractional distillation ?
When the vapours hit the fractonationg column , they condense and drip back into the falsk . The lquids hthen evaporate agaon .
fourth stage of fractional distillation ?
The repeated evaporation and cndensation increasing the amount of lower boiling point chemical in the fractonaitng column .
fifth stage of fractional distillation ?
As warm vapours pass up the coluumn they reach the thermoemter and temperature of it begins to rise .
-meaning a mixture of 2 different vapours are passing over the thermomeer .
sixth stage of fractional distillation ?
both vapours now pss into condenser and turn into a liquid .
-comes a point where temperature on thermoemter reaches bioling point of first chemical and it stops rising .
seventh stage of fractional distillation ?
now only one chemical in the condenser , so this is collected in a beaker .
eighth stage of fractional distillaiton
then the temperture rises agaom until reaches boiling point of second chemical , colect this in a second beaker .
What is the porblem if the liquids have very similar points in fractional distillation ?
-much harder to sepearte the liquids , might need multiple rounds of fractional distillaition .