Chemical Analysis

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what is a pure substance
it is a single element or compound, not mixed with any other substances
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examples of pure substances
oxygen, water, sodium chloride
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examples of impure substances
air, brine,milk
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what is a formulation
a mixture that has been designed as a useful product
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examples of formulations
lotions, medicines, fertilisers, food, fuel, paints cleaning agents
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what is the test for hydrogen
a lit splint will produce a squeaky pop
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what is the test for oxygen
a glowing splint will relight in the presence of oxygen
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what is the test for carbon dioxide
if you bubble carbon dioxide into limewater it will go from colourless to cloudy white - Ca(OH)2 + CO2 --> CaCO3 + H2O
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what is the test for chlorine
damp blue litmus will turn red then bleaches
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how do we calculate the Rf value in chromatography
Rf = distance moved by substance/ distance moved by solvent
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How do we test for cations
the flame test - nichrome wire
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what cations are we testing for in the flame test
Lithium (Li), Sodium(Na), Potassium(K), Copper(Cu), Calcium(Ca)
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what colour is the flame they produce
Li - crimson red, Na - yellow, K - lilac, Cu - green, Ca - brick red/orange
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what do we test for aluminium, magnesium and calcium
we use sodium hydroxide because aluminium will dissolve in excess sodium hydroxide.
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what compounds form a coloured precipitated in sodium hydroxide
Copper(ii)- blue precipitate, Iron(ii)- green precipitate, Iron(iii)-brown precipitate
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what test do you use to identify chloride , bromide and iodide
you use the halide test - add compound to silver nitrate - chloride - white precipitate, bromide - cream precipitate, iodide - yellow precipitate
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what is the test for sulphates
sulphate ions in solution produce a white precipitate with Barium chloride in presence of HCl
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what are the advantages of the instrumental method
more accurate, more sensitive, more rapid, able to test much smaller samples
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what are the disadvantages of the instrumental method
expensive complex, - special training needed, comparison with known data
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