Chromatography Flashcards
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What is chromatography?
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The collective term for the separation of mixture. Allowing us to separate inks and dyes such as those found in pens, markers, clothing and even candy shells. Helping us find the chemical composition.
2
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Paper Chromatography
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Used to separate the components of inks, dyes, plant compounds (chlorophyll), make-up and other substances.
3
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Solutions (Chroma)
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Are mixtures in which a substance is dissolved into another.
4
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What are the two parts of solutions? (Chroma)
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Solute - The substance that is dissolved.
Solvent - The substance that does the dissolving.
5
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What is solubility? (Chroma)
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A measure of how much a substance will dissolve in liquid - either being insoluble or soluble/
