C1: Separation Techniques Flashcards

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1
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What is an element?

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A substance made of only one type of atom

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What is a compound?

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A substance made of two or more atoms joined together

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3
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What is a mixture?

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made of two or more substances not joined together

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4
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Is the following substance an element, mixture or compound?

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Mixture

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Is the following substance an element, mixture or compound?

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Compound

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Does this melting curve show a pure or impure substance?

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A pure substance as it has a precise melting point

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Does this melting curve show a pure or impure substance?

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An impure substance as it doesn’t have a precise melting point

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8
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Identify parts A and B

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A - Condenser

B - Flask

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9
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Explain how distillation separates a mixture of ink and water?

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Water evaporates first as it has a lower boiling point

The water turns to water vapour

The water vapour is cooled and condenses back to liquid water

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10
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Identify parts A, B and C

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A - Residue

B - Funnel

C - Filtrate

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11
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Describe the trend shown in the graph

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As temperature increases the solubility increases

KNO3​ is more soluble than NaCl above 25oc

NaCl is more soluble than KNO3 below 25oc

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12
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Describe what solubility means?

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The amount of a substance that will dissolve in 100cm3 of a solvent

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13
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what is a solvent?

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A liquid which dissolves a solute

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What is a solute?

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Something that dissolves in a solvent

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15
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What is a solution?

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A mixture of a solvent and a solute?

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16
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What does insoluble mean?

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It doesn’t dissolve

17
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What does soluble mean?

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It does dissolve.

18
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Which technique could you use to separate salt and water?

A

Distillation

or evaporate and condensation

19
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Which technique could you use to separate a mixture of sand and water?

A

Filtering

20
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Which technique could you use to separate a mixture of ethanol and water?

A

Distillation

or evaporation and condensation