Chemical Analysis - Y11 Flashcards
What is a pure substance?
A single element or compound, not mixed with any other substance
What is key about a pure substance?
It will melt or boil at a specific temp
Where could you get the MP and BP of a substance?
From a data book
How can you test the purity of a substance?
- By measuring its MP AND BP and comparing it with MP and BP of the pure substance (from data book)
- The closer measured value is to actual MP or BP, the purer the sample is
What do impurities in your sample do?
- Lower the MP
- Increase the melting range of your substances
- Increase the BP - may result sample boiling at a range of temps
What are formulations?
Mixture that has been designed as a useful
product
How are formulations made?
by mixing the components in carefully measured quantities to ensure
that the product has the required properties
What are paints formulations composed of?
- Pigment -eg titanium oxide to give white pigment
- Solvent- used to dissolve the other components + alter viscosity
- Binder (resin) - forms a film that holds pigment in place after its been painted on
- Additives - added to further change physical/chemical properties of the paint
What affects the chemicals used and their amounts so paint is right for the job?
Its purpose
What industry are formulations important in? How?
- Pharmaceutical industry
- By altering the formulation of a pill, chemists can make sure drug is delivered to a certain part of the body at the right conc, thats its consumable and has a long enough shelf life.
Where can formulations be found in everyday life?
- Cosmetics
- fuels
- cleaing products
- fertilisers
- food/drink
- metal alloys
How can you find a products formulation?
On the info on the packaging - info about its composition
eg ratio or percentage of each component tells you its formulation
also lets you choose a formulation with the right composition for your particular use
What is chromotography?
- Used to separate mixtures
- give info to help identify substances
What does chromotography involve?
- Stationary phase - paper (doesnt move)
- Mobile phase - solvent (moves)
What will a pure compound produce in chromotography?
a single spot in all solvents
What will a compounds in a mixture produce in chromotography?
seperate into diff spots depending on the solvent
Why do you draw starting line in chromotography in pencil?
If it was in pen, ink would move up the paper with the solvent
What state is the mobile phase always in?
Liquid or gas
What state is the stationary phase always in?
solid or really thick liquid
What chemicals in a chromotography will move further?
Chemicals that spend more time in the mobile phase than the stationary phase
What does the amount of time the molecules spend in each phase depend on?
- How soluble they are in the solvent
- How attracted they are to the paper
What molecules will move further up the paper?
- They spend more time in the mobile phase
- they have a higher solubility in the solvent
- and which are less attracted to the paper
What is the result of a chromotography analysis called?
chromatogram
What is an Rբ value?
- Ratio between the distance travelled by dissolved substaance and distance travelled by solvent
- the further through the stationary phase a substance moves, the larger the Rբ value