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1
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What is the relative atomic mass of an atom?

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The mean mass of an atom of an element compared to 1/12 the mass of a Carbon -12 atom

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What does the chemical formula tell you?

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How many atoms of each element there are in a unit of substance

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What is the relative formula mass?

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The mean mass of a unit of substance compared to 1/12 the mass of a Carbon-12 arom

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What is the empirical formula?

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The simplest whole number ratio of each of the atoms of each element in a compound

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What is a “pure” substance?

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A substances that consists of just one element or compound

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How can the melting point be used to determine purity of a substance?

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The greater the difference between the measured melting point and it’s accepted melting point, the lower the purity is likely to be

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How do you determine the melting point?

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Heat the substance slowly
Stir the substance as it melts

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What is a solute?

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The substance that dissolves

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What is the solvent?

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The substance that the solute dissolves in (a liquid)

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What is a solution?

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When one substance dissolves in another

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What happens when a substance dissolves?

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Its particles Speer are and become completely mixed with the particles of the solvent

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What does soluble mean?

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If a substance is soluble, it means that the substance can dissolve in a solvent

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What does insoluble mean?

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The substance cannot dissolve in a solvent

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14
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What is residue (during filtration)?

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The particles that stay behind in the filter paper

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What is the filtrate?

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The particles of a dissolved solute that are small enough to pass through the filter paper

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How does crystallisation work?

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When the solvent evaporates slowly leaving the solute behind -heat too strong and you get powder

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17
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What is the apparatus needed for crystallisation?

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Bunsen burner
Beaker
Tripod
Gauze
Evaporating basin

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What are the apparatus needed for filtration?

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Filter paper
Funnel
Conical flask

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What does simple distillation involve?

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Separating a solvent from a solution

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What does simple distillation rely on?

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The solvent having a much lower boiling point that the solute

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What happens during simple distillation?

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Solution is heated
Solvent boils, solute does not
Solvent escapes from solution in gas state
Cooled and condensed back into a liquid by a condenser
Collected in a test tube

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22
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Why is simple distillation useful?

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You can purify a solvent with it

23
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What is the apparatus needed for simple distillation?

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Round bottom flask
Bung
Thermometer
Test tube
Condenser - cooling water above

24
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What is the purpose of fractional distillation?

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To separate two or more substances in the liquid state

25
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What does fractional distillation rely on?

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On each substance having a different boiling point

26
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What is the apparatus needed for fractional distillation?

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Round bottom flask
Fractionating column
Thermometer
Condenser (cooling water in bottom)
A beaker

27
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How does the fractionating column improve separation of the mixture?

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It has a large surface area on which the vapours can continually condense

28
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What is a stationary phase?

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The substance that doesn’t move

29
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What is the mobile phase?

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The substance that moves

30
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What is the stationary phase in paper chromatography?

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Absorbent paper

31
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What is the mobile phase in paper chromatography?

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Solvent in the liquid state such as water or propanone

32
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What is the stationary phase in TLC?

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A thin layer of silica/alumina powder spread over a plate of glass or plastic

33
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What is the mobile phase in TLC?

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A solvent in the liquid state, such as water or propanone (same as paper chromatography)

34
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What is the apparatus needed for TLC?

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Lid
TLC plate
Tank
Solvent
Sample

35
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What is the stationary phase in gas chromatography?

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Silica or alumina powder packed into a metal column

36
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What is the mobile phase in gas chromatography!

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An unreactive carrier gas such as nitrogen that doesn’t react with the sample

37
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What is the formula for Rf value?

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Distance travelled by substance
———————————————
Distance travelled by solvent

38
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What happens to the sample during gas chromatography?

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It turns into a gas when injected and the carrier gas pushes it through the column - the components take different times to trawl dependent on how strongly they bond to the stationary phase

39
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How does the computer produce a chromatogram in gas chromatography?

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A detector sends a signal to the computer as each component leaves the column

40
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What are the peaks plotted against in a chromatogram?

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Travel time

41
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How would a substance travel UP the plate/paper further in chromatography?

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If it forms STRONGER bonds with the MOBILE phase rather than the stationary phase

42
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Why might a substance NOT travel UP the plate/paper as much in chromatography?

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If it forms STRONGER bonds with the STATIONARY phase rather than the mobile phase

43
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Why is TLC better than paper chromatography?

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It’s faster
More sensitive so a smaller sample can be used
Larger range of stationary phases and solvents to choose from

44
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How would you separate soluble and insoluble substances?

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Dissolving followed by filtration

45
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How you one separate a solute dissolved in a solvent (solution)?

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Crystallisation to obtain solute
Distillation (simple) to obtain solvent

46
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How would one separate 2 or more substances in the liquid state?

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Fractional distillation

47
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How would one separate coloured soluble substances?

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Paper chromatography or TLC

48
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What are the physical properties of metal elements?

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Shiny
High melting/boiling point
Solid at room temp
Malleable (when solid)
Ductile (when solid)
Good thermal and electrical conductors

49
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What are the physical properties for non-metals?

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Dull
Low melting/boiling point
Half solid, half gas at room temp
Brittle
Non-ductile
Insulators

50
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What are the chemical properties of metals?

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They lose electrons to form positive ions
Do not react with each other (mix to form alloys)

51
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What are the chemical properties of non-metals?

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Gain electrons to form negative ions
React with each other to produce compounds

52
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What happens when a metal oxide is dissolved in water?

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It produces an alkaline solution

53
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What happens if non-metal oxides are dissolved in water?

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It produces an acidic solution

54
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What is an ion?

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An electrically charged particle formed when an atom or group of atoms lose or gain electrons

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