Foundation: C8 - Chemical Analysis Flashcards
Pures substances are substnace that only contain one type of _____ or ______
Element
Compound
Melting and boiling point can be used to determine if a substance is pure. Explain why.
If a substance is pure it will melt and boil at specific temperatures.
If it melts or boils above or below this temperature it is not pure (contains impurities).
What is a formulation?
- A mixture with specific proportions/concentrations of some of the components.
- For example, milk is a mixture but chocolate milkshake is a formulation as it has specific concentrations of some of the components.
Which of the following are formulations?
- Petrol
- Crude oil
- Sea water
- 0.5 M hydrochloric acid
- Paint
- Orange juice (staright from an orange)
- Perfume
- Steel
- Petrol
- 0.5 M hydrochloric acid
- Paint
- Perfume
- Steel (it’s an alloy which is a mixture of metals with specific proportions of some of the components)
What is chromatography used for?
Seperating different substances (solutes) in a mixture (e.g seperating different chemical in ink or food dye)
Chromatography:
What are the two phases called in chromatography?
What is each pahse made from?
Mobile phase: A solvent (e.g water)
Stationary phase: Usually a solid (e.g paper)
Chromatography:
During chromatography some substances move further along the stationary phase (e.g paper) than others, explain why this happens?
Substances that are more soluble move further because they spend longer in the mobile phase.
Chromatography:
In the image shown (the right part of it) , how many substances did the ink contain? How can you tell?
3 (or more): Because there are 3 spots
Chromatography:
In the image shown, which substance (purple, blue or red) was the most soluble? How can you tell?
Blue: It travelled the furthest
Chromatography:
In the image shown, which substance (purple, blue or red) would have the highest Rf value?
Blue
Chromatography:
In the image shown, which substance (purple, blue or red) was the least soluble? How can you tell?
Red: It travelled the least far
Chromatography:
In the image shown, which substance (purple, blue or red) would have the lowest Rf value?
Red
Chromatography:
Chromatography was used to seperate the substances in four different inks. What can you conclude about the substances in the four inks from looking the chromatogram below?
- Ink 1, 2 and 3 contained 1 substance.
- Ink 1, 2 and 3 contained different substances
- Ink 4 contained 2 substances.
- The substance in ink 1 was the least soluble.
- The substance in ink 3 was also in ink 4.
- The substance in ink 3 was the most soluble substance.
In the exam they often show you examples of people doing chromatography where they have made mistakes.
What are the common types of mistakes they show? Why are these mistakes a problem?
- The line is drawn in ink: Ink is soluble
- The solvent is above the start line (spots of ink/dye): The ink or dye ill move into the solvent not up the paper.
- The wrong solvent (e.g water instead of ethanol) is used: The substances are insoluble in the solvent.
Chromatography:
Rf value =
Rf value = distance travelled by substance ÷ distance travelled by solvent