Chromatography + Easy 3rd Form Flashcards
What is the equation for calculating the RF value?
Distance traveled by solute / distance traveled by solution
What is meant by RF value?
The ratio of distance moved by a compound to the distance moved by the solvent
What is relative atomic mass? And how is it calculated?
The average mass of an element
(Number x percentage) + (number x percentage)
What is a solution?
The mixture of the solute and solvent
What mixture would be separated using simple distillation?
Salt and water
What did James Chadwick prove?
The existence of neutrons within the nucleus
What is an isotope?
Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons
Why do element in the some groups in the periodic table have similar properties?
Have same number of outer electrons in their outer shells