EOY revision Flashcards
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What is an element?
An element is a substance composed of many identical atoms
What is a compound?
A compound is a substance containing 2 or more elements chemically combined in fixed proportions (ratio)
What is a mixture?
A mixture is a substance composed of many compounds and elements, which are NOT chemically conjoined and can easily be separated using a physical separation technique
What are all of the separation techniques?
The separation techniques are: filtration, distillation (simple and fractional) crystallisation, chromatography
What is a molecule?
A molecule is like a compound however the elements conjoined can be the same or different. ALL COMPOUNDS ARE MOLECULES BUT NOT ALL MOLECULES ARE COMPOUNDS
What does a chemical formula do
A chemical formula tells you the elements in a molecule and the number of atoms of each element
What do brackets mean in chemical formulas?
Brackets in chemical formulas show that all of the elements inside of the are multiplied by the subscript next to them
What is filtration used for?
Filtration is used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid
What is the process of filtration?
1) Fold filter paper and place into funnel
2) Pour mixture into funnel
3) The water (filtrate) will pass through the filter paper into the beaker underneath while the solid (residue) will be left behind in the filter paper
What is crystallisation used for?
Crystallisation is used to separate a soluble solid from a liquid
What is the process of crystallisation?
1) Place solution into a basin on top of a bunsen burner
2) Gently heat the solution until crystals form
3) Turn off the bunsen burner
4) All of the water would have evaporated, leaving only the separated solute
What is the purpose of distillation?
To separate a soluble solid from a lilquid while keeping the liquid
What is the process of simple distillation?
1) Place solution with dissolved solid and liquid into the flask
2) Heat solution using a bunsen burner until it boils
3) liquid will evaporate into vapour and pass into the condenser
4) The cooling jacket will lower the temp of the vapour and cause it to condense back into a liquid
5) Liquid is collected in the beaker
What is the purpose of fractional distillation?
The purpose of fractional distillation is to separate a mixutre of liquids with different boiling points
What is the process of fractional distillation?
1) Pour solution into a flask
2) heat using a bunsen burner
3) mixutre of both liquids will evaporate ( with the liquid of lower boiling point “Liquid A” evaporating easier)
4) Liquids pass into the fractionating column, where they are repeatedly condensed and fall into the flask where they are evaporated again. (increasing the amound of liquid A in the fractionating column.)
5) Liquids slowly move up the column, until they reach the thermometer, causing temp to rise
6) Mixture of both liquids (containing mainly Liquid A) passes into the cooling jacket and condenses and is collected
7) The thermometer temp will eventually stop rising, at Liquid A’s boiling point
8) Now mainly Liquid A will pass into cooling jacket, condensing and being collected IN A NEW BEAKER
9) Eventually the temperature will begin to rise again
10) Mixture of both liquids (containing mainly liquid B) condenses, collected in another beaker
10) Finally, when the temperature stops again (at liquid B’s boiling point) mainly liquid B will be condensed and collected in it’s own beaker.
What makes fractional distillation more diffiicult?
similar boiling points between liquids and large volumes of liquid make fractional distillation more difficult.
What is the purpose of chromatography?
The purpose of chromatography is to separate substances with different solubilities.
What is the process of chromatography?
1) Draw a line in pencil near the bottom of the chromatography paper (Stationary phase)
2) Place dot of first colour “Colour A” on the line with a dot of the second colour “Colour B” next to it
3) Place the bottom of the paper into a solvent (Mobile phase)
4) The solvent dissolves Colour A and Colour B, taking them up the paper
5) Let the paper dry
6) Colour A has produced 1 spot of concentrated colour, while Colour B has 2 spots of 2 different colours (This may differ with other samples)
7) This shows that Colour A is made of 1 pure colour while Colour B is a combination of 2
How do pure and mixed substances differ in chromatography?
A pure substance will only produce 1 spots in all solvents while a mixed substance will produce multiple spots depending on the solvent
Why is the line drawn in pencil in chromatography?
The line in chromatography is drawn in pencil as if it were in pen, it would dissolve and travel up the paper aswell when not wanted
Describe how an atom is presented in the plum pudding model:
The plum pudding model shows an atom as a ball of positive charge with many electrons embedded in it.
What was the process of the alpha scattering experiment?
1) A thin layer of gold foil was hung up facing the source of the particles
2) Particles were the fired at the gold foil
3) Most of the particles passed straight through the foil without changing direction, though sometimes a particle would change direction after passing through or just be reflected off of the sheet.
What are alpha particles?
An alpha particle is a particle with a positive charge.
What did the results from the alpha particle experiment show scientists?
1) The alpha particle experiment showed scientists that atoms are mainly empty space, due to how most particles passed through the atoms of the gold sheet.
2) It also showed that atoms had a positive center, due to how the positive alpha particles were deflected off of it.
3) It also showed that the center of an atom had a lot of mass (for a particle) due to how some alpha particles bounced back off of it.