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Chromatography and gas tests Flashcards

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What is a pure substance

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It is a single element or compound which isn’t mixed with any other substance,

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State properties of pure substances

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Pure substances melt and boil at specific temperatures, heating graphs can be used to distinguish pure substances from impure.
Melting point of a pure substance has straight lines on graph
Melting point of an impure substance has curvy lines on graph

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What is a formulation

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It is a mixture that has been designed as a useful product

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How are formulations made

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By mixing chemicals that have a particular purpose in carefully designed quantities.

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State examples of formulations

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Fuels, cleaning agents, paints, medicines and fertilisers.

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What is chromatography?

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It can be used to separate mixtures and help identify substances

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What does chromatography involve?

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A mobile phrase (e.g water or éthanol) and a stationary phase (e.g chromatography paper)

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What are Rf values

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The ratio of the distance moved by a compound to the distance moved by the solvent

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How are Rf values calculated?

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Distance moved by substance / distance moved by solvent (mobile phase, water)

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How are pure substances distinguished in comparison to impure substances on chromatography paper?

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Pure substances will produce a single spot in all solvents whereas an impure substance produces multiple spots.

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State 5 ways to separate mixtures

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Chromatography
Filtration
Crystallisation (evaporation)
Distillation
Fractional distillation

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In paint, what is known by the terms ‘binder’ ‘solvent’ and ‘pigment’

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Binder - helps the paint attach itself to an object
Solvent - helps the binder and pigment spread by thinning them out
Pigment - to provide colour.

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In cleaning fragrances, what is meant by the terms ‘water’ ‘surfactant’ ‘colouring / fragrance’ and ‘rinse agent’ ?

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Water - thins out the mixture so it can be sprayed easier from the bottle
Surfactant - the actual detergent that helps the remove stains or grease
Colouring / fragrance - improves appeal to customers
Rinse agent- helps water drain off crockery.

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What can chromatography help detect?

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Drugs, explosives, dyes and paints

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15
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The resulting pattern of colour in chromatography is called…

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A chromatogram

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16
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State the 7 steps to chromatography

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1- draw a pencil line on a piece of chromatography paper
2- pour some water into beaker
3-stand paper in beaker (water must be below pencil line)
4-spot the mixture needed to be separated
5- let the spot dry
6- leave until water has almost reached top of paper
7- remove the paper and hang chromatogram up to dry

17
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What do we refer an unknown as in chromatography?

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U

18
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What is a stationary and mobile phase?

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Stationary - isn’t moving
Mobile- moving

19
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What is an unknown substance?

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A substance nor shared between multiple in common substances.

20
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How can a substance be identified on a database?

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The Rf of an unknown substance is compared with values of other substances on an online database.

21
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What is a solvent front?

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The point where the solvent stops moving

22
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What does soluble mean?

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Ability to be dissolved

23
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What does solution mean?

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A homogenous mixture of two or more substances

24
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What is a solute?

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A solid, liquid or gas which is dissolved to make a solution

25
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What is a solvent

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Any substance, tropically a liquid, which is capable of dissolving one or several substances, thus creating a solution.

26
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What is the test for chlorine gas?

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Litmus paper is used, and if chlorine is present the damp blue litmus paper turns red, and then bleached it white.
Chlorine also makes damp starch- iodide paper turn blue / black
Toxic

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What is the test for oxygen

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Small amount of manganese oxide is placed in 15cm ³ of hydrogen peroxide, a blown out splint will relight in the conical flask.

28
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What is the test for carbon dioxide?

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When carbon dioxide is shaken or bubbled through limewater, the limewater turns cloudy (/milky) a solid calcium carbonate has been formed

29
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What is the test for hydrogen?

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A burning splint held near a flask of pure hydrogen gas ignited with a squeaky ‘pop’ sound

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