Forensics Flashcards
(38 cards)
Wht is main gas for causing acid rain
Sulphur dioxide
What can acid rain do
Kill animals and plants
Where does acid rain come from
Factory chimneys
How can acid rain be reduced
Using catalytic converters in cars
Changing to greener methods
Cleaning chimneys in factories
What two diseases can be caused from acid rain
Asthma and bronchitis
How does acid rain get to other countries
Gets blown by winds
What helps make acid rain
Cars
What gas comes out cars
Nitrogen oxide
What is mixing slats and forming others called
Salt swap over
What is the first part of a salt
Metal part
What is the second part of a salt
Acid root
What is sodium chloride
Food salt
What is Calcium carbonate
Chalk
What are soluble salts
Salts that can dissolve or evaporate
Name an insoluble salt
Calcium carbonate
Name 3 soluble salts
Sodium chloride
Calcium chloride
Sodium carbonate
How do you do salt swapover
Mix together solutions of two salts and funnel it. The salt that doesnt funnel is a different salt because it is insoluble and the salt that does funnel is different because the acid has been swapped over
What is paper chromatography
A method for separating liquids from one another
Why is chromatography helpful to forensic scientists
Helps them find out what pen wrote a note at a crime scene
What is used for separating inc using chromatography
Filter paper with a dot of inc on it
1 cm of ethanol
The filter paper is putin the ethanol to separate the inc
What are the two phases in chromatography
Stationary phase and mobile phase
What is a mobile phase
The liquid or gas that moves materials over stationary phase
What is stationary phase
The piece of paper in chromatography
What do carbonates produce when reacted with acid
Carbon dioxide