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Unit 1 & 2- States Of Matter/ Methods Of Separating And Purifying Substances Flashcards

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What are the three states of matter?

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Solid, liquid and gas

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What is the arrangement of particles in gas?

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Random and far apart

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Describe the movement of particles in a gas

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Fast in all directions

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Describe the arrangement of particles in a liquid

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Random and close together

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Describe the movement of particles in a liquid

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Move around each other

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Describe the arrangement of particles in a solid

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Regular and close together

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Describe the movement of particles in a solid

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Vibrate about fixed position

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What type of changes of state changes?

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Physical changes

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What does not change during state changes

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The chemical properties

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What changes during a state change?

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The arrangement and movement of the particles

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How are particles held together in a solid?

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Through many weak forces of attraction

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How does a substance melt

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Energy is used to overcome the forces

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What happens during evaporation

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The remaining attractive forces are overcome by more heat

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Where does energy for melting and evaporation come from

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The surroundings

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What happens to the energy in particles during condensing and freezing

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It is transferred from the particles to the surroundings

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When is the temperature of a substance constant?

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During state changes

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The composition of a pure substance…

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Cannot be changed and is the same in all parts of a piece of the substance

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What types of substances are pure

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Compounds and elements

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Can pure substances be separated using physical methods?

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No

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What is a mixture?

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A substance that contains elements and/or compounds that are not chemically bonded together

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How can you separate mixtures into different substances?

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Using physical processes

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What does a fixed composition mean?

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Any piece of the substances will have the same amount of elements in it

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What are the forces holding the particles together in a solid?

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Weak forces of attraction

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At what point does a substance changes from a solid to a liquid?

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At the melting point

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Why does a pure substance have a precise melting point?
Because it has the same composition in every part of it so it’s physical properties of this same
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Why do mixtures not have a precise melting point?
Because there a different compositions within the substance
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How do filters separate some mixers
They let smaller pieces or liquids through but trap bigger pieces or insoluble substances
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The three examples of every day filters
Cars, vacuum cleaners and air-conditioning systems
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What is a solution
A mixture made of solutes (dissolved substances) in a liquid called solvent
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How can solutes be separated from a solution
By evaporating the solvent and leave the solute behind
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What is crystallisation
When the solvent of a solution is evaporated leaving solute separated from the solvent.
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How do you sizes of crystals fairy
If the crystal form slowly the particles have longer to form an ordered pattern
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What is solution mining
Water is pumped into layers of salt underground dissolving the salt in the water. The solution is then heated which evaporates leaving only the salt.
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What is a saturated solution
A solution that contains the maximum amount of solvent in the amount of solute at that temperature
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How can you filter solutions in a laboratory
Using a filter funnel lined with filter paper
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What is the residue
Bits of insoluble substances left on the filter paper
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How can crystallisation be used in the laboratory
A Bunsen burner is used to evaporate the filtrate carefully. It must not be overheated as the hot crystals spit out and can cause crystals to change chemically.
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What is a hazard
Something that could cause harm
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Give a hazard and solution of crystallisation
There is a risk of the solution spitting which can burn. People should wear eye protection and use a low flame to gently heat the solution
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What is paper chromatography
A simple technique that is used to find out which coloured compounds the mixtures contain
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Explain paper chromatography
A solvent moves along a strip of paper and carries the different substances in the mixture at different speeds so they are separated
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In paper chromatography what is the mobile phase and what is the stationary phase
The mobile phase is this solute and the stationary phase is the paper
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What is a chromatogram
The paper with the separate components.
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What is the RF value
The distance the compound has risen divided by the distance the solvent has risen
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What is the Rf value always below
1
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What can paper chromatography be used for
Distinguishing pure and impure substances Identifying substances by comparing the pattern on the chromatogram with the patterns formed by known substances Identifying substances by calculating their Rf values.
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How do you separate pure water from the dissolved solids
Distillation
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Describe how distillation works
Water is evaporated which leaves the solid minerals behind. If the water vapour is then condensed it turns back into water which is now pure.
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What are the two physical processes in distillation
Evaporation and condensation
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Why is a condenser more efficient during distillation
It means that almost all the water vapour is condensed into water
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What distillation is used to separate two or more liquids
Fractional distillation
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How does fractional distillation work
The liquid mixture is heated. Different liquids will evaporate faster than others. The first fraction of collected condensated vapour has the lowest boiling point
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How can fractional distillation separate to gases
The gases of cold down until they are liquid and then they are heated up slowly again
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Give three uses of fractional distillation
To separate the different products in crude oil To make alcoholic drinks such as whiskey and vodka To separate the gases in the air
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What happens in the fractional column
The hot water vapour rises but at first when is hits the cool glass it drips back down into the flask. As the column heats up there will be a temperature gradient. It will be hotter at the bottom and colour at the top. The faction with the lowest boiling point reach the top of the column first and the vapour will then pass into the condenser. If you keep heating factions with higher boiling points will then rise up the column and can be collected later.
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Core practical: describe the stages of simple distillation for investigating inks
Put the ink in the flask and vapours can be led away to be condensed. Heat the flask of ink using a Bunsen burner. Continue heating until you have collected a few centimetres of distillate. Note the maximum temperature obtained.
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Core practical: describe the stages of paper chromatography for investigating inks
Draw a pencil line on a piece of chromatography paper about 2 cm from the bottom. Add a small spot of ink to the pencil line Add water to a container about 1 cm Placed the paper into the container so the paper is supported Take the paper out before it has reached the top and immediately mark where the solvent travelled Calculate the Rf value
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What is the process of producing pure water from the sea
Desalination
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How is water separated from dissolve salts
Using simple distillation
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Why is simple distillation not usually a suitable method for producing large volumes of drinking water
Because a lot of energy must be transferred to the sea
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Where might they use simple distillation for desalination of large volumes
When energy resources are plentiful and cheap
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Why should pure water be used for chemical experiments
Because any salts dissolved in the water can affect the results of the experiment
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What does freshwater from reservoirs contain
Objects such as leaves and twigs, small and soluble particles such as grit and silt, soluble substances including salts, pesticides and fertilisers, bacteria and other organisms that may be harmful ro health.
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What are the main stages of purifying drinking water
Coarse filtration, sedimentation, fine filtration, chlorination

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