Suspended and Dissolved Solids(Complete) Flashcards
What are suspended solids?
Particles of dirt, bits of insects, plants.
Any insoluble substances carried in the water.
What occurs if a plentiful amount of suspended solids are found in the water?
The water will become cloudy/ turbid.
How do you measure the amount of suspended solids in water?
Weigh a piece of dry filter paper.
Filter a known volume of water through it.
Dry the filter paper and reweigh.
The difference in weight is the suspended solids.
Multiply this by 1000/volume.
Multiply by 1000 to change to milligrams.
What is the effect of dissolved solids in water?
They affect the hardness and also the taste of the water.
How do you measure the amount of dissolved solids in water?
Weigh a clean dry beaker.
Add a known volume of water.
Evaporate the water and reweigh the beaker.
The difference in weight is dissolved solids.
Multiply this by 1000/volume.
Multiply by 1000 to change to milligrams.
Describe a test to confirm the presence of the chloride ion in aqueous solution.
Add silver nitrate solution and nitric acid.
The white precipitate is soluble in ammonia solution.
