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Unit 4 Glossary Flashcards

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1
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Define accuracy

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A measure of the agreement between a measurement and the true or correct value

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Define actual yield

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The quantity of a product that is obtained from a chemical reaction

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Define anomalous data

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Data with unexpected values that do not match the relationship observed in previous measurements

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Define atom economy

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A ratio of the total mass of atoms in the desired product to the total mass of atoms in the reactants

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What is a back titration

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A titration pre-formed when an insoluble and so reacting reagent is treated with an excess of an acid or base

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Define chromatography

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Attend technique for analysing or separating mixtures of gases liquids or dissolved substances based on differential solubility in two phases

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What is a colorimeter

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An instrument used to measure the intensity of colour in a solution

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Define concentration

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The ratio of amount of a substance dissolves in a given volume of solution

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What is a dependent variable

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The variable that is measured during an investigation

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What is emission spectroscopy

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The study of emission spectra produced by excited substances

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What is gravimetric analysis

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A method of quantitive analysis for finding the Composition and formula of compound is based on an accurate weighing of reactants and products

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What is an independent variable

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The variable that is manipulated or change during an investigation

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Define literature value

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A value from the chemical literature or a physical constant or experimental measurement

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What is a mobile phase

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Liquid or gas which personally through or along stationary phase during chromatography

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Define percentage error

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And Erin expressed as a percentage of the value measured or the true value

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Define percentage uncertainty

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Random uncertainty/actual measurement times 100

17
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Define percentage yield

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The actual yield as a percentage of the theoretical yield

18
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Define precision

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The total amount of random error present in a measurement indicates how close together a series of measurements are

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Define qualitative analysis

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Analysis used to identify the substance but not the quantity of the substance

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Define quantitative analysis

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Analysis used to determine the quantity of each component of the material or substance

21
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What is a redox reaction

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Reaction involving reduction or oxidation which results in one or more electrons being transferred and is accompanied by changes in oxidation numbers

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What is a redox titration

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A titration used to determine the concentration of a solution of an oxidising or reducing agent

23
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Define retention time

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The time between injection of a substance into a chromatography column and the appearance of the peak

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What is a separating funnel

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Fun over the top at the lower end of the stopper in the tool used to separate immiscible liquids

25
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What is solvent extraction

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A method for separating a compound from a mixture by causing it to move to another solvent

26
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What is a standard solution

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A solution his concentration is actually known and which does not change with time

27
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What is the stationary phase

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One of the two faces forming a crow much to graphic system which may be solid jail or liquid

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What is steam distillation

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A technique used to purify organic substances that are immiscible with water and which would decomposed if distilled

29
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Define systematic error

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An error which bias is your measurements in some predictable way

30
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What is theoretical yield

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The maximum amount of mass of a particular product that can be formed when the limiting reactant is completely consumed and there is no losses or side

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Define titration

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A chemical technique in which one solution is used to analyse another solution and find its concentration or amount

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What is vacuum filtration

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A mixture of solid and liquid is poor through a filter paper in Büchner funnel the solid is trapped by the filter and the liquid is drawn through the funnel into the flask bellow by a vacuum

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Define water of crystallisation

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Water molecules contained in the crystal lattice of organic salts when Play crystallise from aqueos solution

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