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7H Solutions (solubility, salt purification and chromatography etc.)

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In this unit you should learn to ...

  • extend your knowledge of dissolving and the separation of the components of a solution and relate this to particle theory
  • begin to distinguish between a ‘pure’ substance and a mixture
  • apply the particle model of solids, liquids and gases in a range of contexts
  • make measurements of temperature and mass
  • describe and interpret patterns in graphs and chromatograms
  • make predictions from graphs and data about solubility
  • investigate, and explain, how a sample of pure salt can be obtained from a sample of rock salt, evaluating the method in terms of salt obtained
  • classify some solids as soluble or insoluble and explain the meaning of the term ‘urated solution’
  • describe how mixtures can be separated by distillation and chromatography
  • use the particle model to explain what happens when a solid dissolves in water, explaining why mass is conserved

Its handy if you ...

  • have had experience of dissolving solids in water and know that not all are soluble
  • have separated mixtures of solids and liquids
  • know that not all liquids contain water
  • know that all materials are made up of very small particles

Some important words for you to understand, use and spell correctly ...

  • words and phrases relating to dissolving, eg solution, solute, solvent, soluble, insoluble, saturated solution
  • words and phrases relating to the separation of mixtures, eg filtration, distillation, chromatography, chromatogram
  • words and phrases relating to explanations using the particle model, eg particle, attracted, mixing, mingling
  • words and phrases relating to scientific enquiry, eg prediction, evaluate, interpret
  • words with similar spelling but different meanings, and use them in a consistently correct way, eg affect, effect

How can we tell whether a liquid is a mixture?

  • that some solids dissolve in liquids and others do not
  • that many common materials are mixtures and mixtures can be separated
  • selection of liquids, eg distilled water or deionised water, seawater, a suspension of chalk in water, ethanol, copper sulphate solution, and ask is it water? is it pure?
  • devise techniques, eg filter, evaporate to dryness, to find out whether a liquid is a mixture or not
  • learn the terms ‘soluble’, 'solvent', 'solution‘, 'insoluble’ and ‘solute’
  • name some solids that dissolve in water and some that do not
  • identify the components of some mixtures, eg seawater is water with salt and other solids dissolved in it

How much salt can we get from rock salt?

  • use knowledge about separating mixtures to obtain a sample of salt from rock salt
  • that salt comes from a variety of sources and has many uses
  • although the salt dissolves, it doesn’t disappear!
  • the occurrence, extraction and uses of salt - relate this to processes used in the laboratory
  • explain why the mass of the salt sample was less than the mass of rock salt

What happens to the solute when a solution is made?

  • that when a solute dissolves, mass is conserved
  • that when a solute dissolves, the solute and solvent particles intermingle
  • draw the water particles (solvent) before and after the addition of salt (solute) and use this to explain, eg that mass is conserved, or why filtering will not separate the salt
  • mixing two liquids, eg ethanol and water or oil and water - which mix/dissolve in each other?

How can we separate solvents from solutes?

  • distillation can be used to separate a liquid from the solids which are dissolved in it eg ink solution
  • distillation is a process in which evaporation/boiling of a liquid is followed by condensation by cooling
  • it is often very important to separate and collect the liquid, eg in purifying water.
  • how they could you obtain drinkable water from seawater?, eg in an area where there is a lot of seawater, but no fresh water.
  • describe how the solvent could be separated from the solute by distillation
  • distillation separation works because the solvent changes to a gas and back to a liquid, but the solute does not evaporate
  • find out about desalination plants or how distillation is used to separate liquids, eg crude oil.

How can chromatography separate and identify substances in mixtures?

  • that a mixture of two or more solutes which are soluble in a particular solvent can be separated and identified by chromatography
  • how to separate the different coloured compounds in an ink mixture on blotting or filter paper, using a wick of the paper dipped into the solvent (water).
  • why do different coloured ink solids travel different distances?
  • use particle ideas to explain how chromatography works
  • find out at home whether food or sweet colourings, inks in felt-tip pens or markers are single dyes or mixtures of dye.
  • how chromatography can be used to compare mixtures of solutes
  • how scientists use evidence from chromatography - forensic science, medical analysis
  • chromatography can be used with non-coloured solutes - but you need to make the different solutes 'show up' in some way eg add a chemical that makes them coloured or shine on ultra-violet light to make them 'glow'

Is there a limit to the amount of solid that will dissolve in a liquid?

  • when a solid is added to a liquid, eventually no more will dissolve (a saturated solution) - there is limit to how much can dissolve in a particular volume of solvent - how can you tell no more dissolves?
  • that different masses of different solids dissolve in the same volume of a particular solvent
  • that solids can dissolve in liquids other than water
  • state that some solids dissolve more in some liquids than others - different solvents, different solubility

What else affects solubility?

  • that many solutes are more soluble at higher temperatures
  • you can use tables of data to calculate quantities of material to use (see examples)
  • to make comparisons, identify patterns and make predictions from graphs  (see examples)
  • cooling a saturated solution, eg of benzoic acid, which forms crystals as it cools.
  • state that a saturated solution has been formed when crystals appear
  • state the solubility at a particular temperature, eg at 70°C, 3g of the solid dissolved in 100g of water
  • it is important to draw the distinction between dissolving in terms of  ‘how much’ and ‘how fast’.

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