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U1 T9 Chemical Analysis Flashcards

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1
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What is an element?

A

A substance that contains only one type of atom and cannot be broken down into anything simpler by chemical means

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What is a compound?

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A substance that consists of two or more elements chemically bonded

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What is a mixture

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Two or more substances mixed together, usually easy to separate

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What can be used to measure purity of an element or compound?

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Using data from the melting and boiling point and the chromatography

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What is the melting point?

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The temperature at which a given material changes from a solid to liquid or vice verse

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What is the boiling point?

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The temperature at which a given material changes from a liquid to a gas or vice versa

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What five ways can mixtures be separated?

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Filtration,
Crystallisation, 
Simple distillation, 
Fractional distillation, 
And paper chromatography
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What is chromatography used to separate?

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2 or more substances in a solution e.g food dyes

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How do you measure Rf values?

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Distance moved by sample
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Distance moved by solvent

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What is potable water?

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Water that is safe to drink

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Where do we find potable water?

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Water from fresh water, eg silent valley, and sea water

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What is desalination

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The process of removing dissolved substance from sea water

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What are the disadvantages of producing drinking water through distillation?

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It’s expensive, increases need for non renewable energy, carbon dioxide emissions contribute to global warming

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What colour change does anhydrous copper (II) sultans undergo in the presence of water?

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White to blue

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What colour does lithium burn?

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Crimson

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16
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What colour does sodium burn?

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Yellow or orange

17
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What colour does potassium burn?

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Lilac

18
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What colour does calcium burn?

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Brick red

19
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What colour does copper burn?

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Blue-green

20
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What is a precipitate?

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An insoluble substance formed when 2 aqueous solutions are mixed

21
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Can you give the colour solution, precipitate, and change in excess when adding NaOH to Cu+

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Blue - blue - no change

22
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Can you give the colour solution, precipitate, and change in excess when adding NaOH to Fe2+

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Green - green - no change

23
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Can you give the colour solution, precipitate, and change in excess when adding NaOH to Fe3+

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Orange - brown - no change

24
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Can you give the colour solution, precipitate, and change in excess when adding NaOH to Mg2+

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Colourless - White - no change

25
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Can you give the colour solution, precipitate, and change in excess when adding NaOH to Al3+

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Colourless - White - precipitate dissolves and forms a colourless solution

26
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Can you give the colour solution, precipitate, and change in excess when adding NaOH to Zn2+

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Colourless - White - dissolves and forms colourless solution

27
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What is the generic ionic equation given to sodium hydroxide and metal ions

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Mn+ +nOH- -> M(OH)2

28
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Can you give the colour solution, precipitate, and change in excess when adding NH3 solution to Cu2+

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Blue - blue - precipitate dissolves to give deep blue solution

29
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Can you give the colour solution, precipitate, and change in excess when adding NH3 solution to Fe2+

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Green - green - no change

30
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Can you give the colour solution, precipitate, and change in excess when adding NH3 solution to Fe3+

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Orange - red/brown - no change

31
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Can you give the colour solution, precipitate, and change in excess when adding NH3 solution to Mg2+

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Colourless - White - no change

32
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Can you give the colour solution, precipitate, and change in excess when adding NH3 solution to Al3+

A

Colourless - White - no change

33
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Can you give the colour solution, precipitate, and change in excess when adding NH3 solution to Zn2+

A

Colourless - White - precipitate dissolves

34
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What is a halide?

A

Chloride, bromide, iodide

35
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What can we use to detect halide ions?

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Silver nitrate, AgNO3

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