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A mixture of salt and sugar has to be separated, using the solvent ethanol. Draw a diagram to show how you will separate the salt.

Important Questions on Separating Substances

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A mixture of salt and sugar has to be separated, using the solvent ethanol. How could you obtain sugar crystals from the sugar solution, without losing the ethanol?
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A mixture of salt and sugar has to be separated, using the solvent ethanol. Draw a diagram of the apparatus used in the experiment of obtaining sugar crystals from the sugar solution, without losing the ethanol.
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In a chromatography experiment, eight coloured substances were spotted on a piece of filter paper. Three were the basic coloured red, blue and yellow. The other was unknown substances, labelled A-E. This shows the resulting chromatogram :

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Which one of substance A-E contains only one basic colour?

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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In a chromatography experiment, eight coloured substances were spotted onto a piece of filter paper. Three were the basic coloured red, blue and yellow. The other were unknown substances, labelled A-E. This shows the resulting chromatogram :

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Which contains all three basic colours?

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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In a chromatography experiment, eight coloured substances were spotted on a piece of filter paper. Three were the basic coloured red, blue and yellow. The other was unknown substances, labelled A-E. This shows the resulting chromatogram :

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The solvent was propanone. Which of the three basic colours are the most soluble in propanone?

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The diagram below shows a chromatogram for a mixture of amino acids. 

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The solvent was a mixture of water, butanol and ethanoic acid. Using the table of Rfvalues given, identify the two amino acids.

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The diagram below shows a chromatogram for a mixture of amino acids.

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The solvent was a mixture of water, butanol and ethanoic acid. Which of them is less soluble in the solvent?

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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The diagram below shows a chromatogram for a mixture of amino acids. 

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Amino acid Rf value
Cysteine 0.08
Lysine 0.14
Glycine 0.26
Serine 0.27
Alanine 0.38
Proline 0.43
Valine 0.60
Leucine 0.73

The solvent was a mixture of water, butanol and ethanoic acid. How will the Rfvalues change if the solvent travels only 6cm?