Chemistry C8 (Chemical Analysis)

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What is a pure substance?
a single element or compound, not mixed with any other substance.
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How do pure substances melt/boil?
at specific temperatures
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In everyday language, what can a pure substance mean?
a substance that has had nothing added to it
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What is a formulation?
a mixture that has been designed as a useful product
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How are formulations made?
By mixing components in carefully measured quantities (so product has required properties)
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What are examples of formulations?
fuels, cleaning agents, paints, medicines, alloys, fertilisers and foods
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Which type of separation method can be used to separate mixtures to help identify substances
chromatography
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What 2 phases does chromatography involve?
stationary and mobile phases
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How can the Rf value be calculated?
distance moved by substance/ distance moved by solvent
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What type of compound will produce a single spot in all solvents
pure
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How do you test for hydrogen?
squeaky pop from burning splint
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How do you test for oxygen?
glowing splint relights
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How do you test for CO2?
limewater (calcium hydroxide) goes milky (cloudy)
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How do you test for chlorine?
damp litmus paper bleaches and turns white
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What can flame tests be used to produce distinctive colours of?
metal ions
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What colour flame does lithium compounds go to?
crimson
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What colour flame does sodium compounds go to?
yellow
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What colour flame does potassium compounds go to?
lilac
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What colour flame does calcium compounds go to?
orange-red
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What colour flame does copper compounds go to?
green
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what solution can be used to identify positive ions?
sodium hydroxide (NaOH)
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what colour precipitate is formed for magnesium, aluminium and calcium ions in NaOH?
white
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which ion dissolves in excess NaOH?
aluminium
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what colour precipitate is formed by copper from NaOH?
blue
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what colour precipitate is formed by iron(ll) from NaOH?
green
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what colour precipitate is formed by iron(lll) from NaOH?
brown
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what do carbonates react with to from CO2?
dilute acids
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how can CO2 be identified?
if limewater goes milky
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what charge to halide ions have?
- (negative)
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what 2 solutions are needed for halide ions to be identified?
silver nitrate solution and dilute nitric acid
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what colour are chlorides?
white
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what colour are bromides?
cream
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what colour are iodides?
yellow
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what 2 solutions are needed for sulfate ions to be identified?
dilute hydrochloric acid and barium chloride solution
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what colour precipitate is produced from sulfate ions in solution?
white
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what sort of methods can elements and compounds be identified by?
Instrumental methods
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what are instrumental methods like?
accurate, sensitive and rapid
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what is an example of an instrumental method used to analyse metal ions?
Flame emission spectroscopy
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What is a formulation?

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