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1
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What is a pure substance?

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A substance that only contains one element or compound

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How can you identify a pure substance?

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By its melting/boiling point

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How can you tell if a substance is impure?

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If its melting/boiling point is over a range of temperatures

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4
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What is chromatography used for?

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The separation of mixtures to identify their components

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What is the stationary phase in chromatography?

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The paper

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6
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What is the mobile phase in chromatography?

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The water or solvent

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7
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How do you calculate the Rf value in chromatography?

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Distance moved by substance / distance moved by solvent

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How do you test for hydrogen?

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A burning splint is held at the open end of a test tube of the gas, if hydrogen is present it will make a squeaky pop sound

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How do you test for oxygen?

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A glowing splint is inserted into a test tube of the gas, the splint will relight if oxygen is present

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How do you test for carbon dioxide?

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Bubbling the gas through limewater (calcium hydroxide), the limewater will turn from clear to cloudy if carbon dioxide is present

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How do you test for chlorine?

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Damp litmus paper is put into the gas, it will bleach and turn white if chlorine is present

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What are the two ways you can test for metal ions?

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Flame tests and drops of sodium hydroxide solution

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13
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What colour does each metal burn:
Lithium
Sodium
Potassium
Calcium
Copper

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Crimson
Yellow
Lilac
Orange-red
Green

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14
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Why might a flame test not work?

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If the substance is impure then some colours can be masked by other brighter colours

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What is the method for a flame test?

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1) Dip the end of the wire in concentrated hydrochloric acid and heat it in a bunsen flame to clean it
2) Put the wire into the solid/compound
3) Hold the wire in the flame to see what colour is produced

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16
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When a few drops of sodium hydroxide are added, which metals produce a white precipitate?

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Aluminium, calcium and magnesium

17
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When a few drops of sodium hydroxide are added, what colour precipitate does iron (II) produce?

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A green precipitate

18
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When a few drops of sodium hydroxide are added, what colour precipitate does iron (III) produce?

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A brown precipitate

19
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When a few drops of sodium hydroxide are added, what colour precipitate does copper produce?

A

A blue precipitate

20
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What metal produces a precipitate that then dissolves if sodium hydroxide is added in excess?

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Aluminium

21
Q

How would you produce ammonia?

A

By adding sodium hydroxide and warming the solution gently; the ammonium ions should produce ammonia

22
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How would you test for ammonia / tell if it’s present?

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It has a very strong smell however is colourless
It would also turn damp litmus paper blue

23
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How would you test for a carbonate?

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Any carbonate will produce CO2 when a dilute acid is added and then you would use the limewater test

24
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What is the word equation for the limewater test?

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Calcium hydroxide + carbon dioxide → calcium carbonate + water

25
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Why does the limewater turn from clear to cloudy when CO2 is present?

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Because calcium carbonate is produced which is a solid, turning it cloudy

26
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How do you test for a halide ion?

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You add silver nitrate solution (with dilute nitric acid) to a sample of the halide

27
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What precipitate is formed when silver nitrate solution is added to chlorine?

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A white precipitate of silver chloride

28
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What precipitate is formed when silver nitrate solution is added to bromine?

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A cream precipitate of silver bromide

29
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What precipitate is formed when silver nitrate solution is added to iodine?

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A yellow precipitate of silver iodide

30
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How do you test for sulphates?

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You add hydrochloric acid and barium chloride solution, a white precipitate of barium sulphate will form if the sulphate is present

31
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What are some examples of instrumental analysis?

A

Mass spectrometry
Flame emission spectroscopy
Gas chromatography

32
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What are the pros and cons of instrumental analysis?

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Pros-
Uses smaller samples
Fast
Accurate
Gives a lot of information

Cons-
Machines / instruments can be expensive

33
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What are the pros and cons of chemical analysis?

A

Pros-
Often simple to do

Cons-
It uses up the sample

34
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What is flame emission spectroscopy used for and how is it better than a flame test?

A

To identify different ions in mixtures; this makes it more useful than flame tests which only work for substances that contain a single metal ion

35
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How does flame emission spectroscopy work?

A

By measuring the specific wavelength of the light emitted by each ion

36
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What is a formulation?

A

A mixture of different substances that forms a useful product

37
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What is each part of a formulation called?

A

A component

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