Collins Workbook (Mixtures and Separations)

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Mixtures and separations

o a) i) Complete the following table, which compares a pure substance and a mixture.

Pure substance Mixture

Composition fixed and constant

Properties

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ii) Distinguish between an element and a compound.

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b) Using EACH of the following properties, give the difference between a suspension
and a colloid.
i) particle size

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ii) sedimentation of particles

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iii) passage of light

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c) i) What is a solution?

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ii) What do you understand by the term 'solubility'?

[1]

d) The graph below shows how the solubility of compound Z varies with temperature.
Use the graph to answer the following questions.

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temperature (DC)

i) What is the solubility of Z at 28 DC?

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ii) At what temperature would 26 g of Z saturate 100 g water?

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Mixtures and separations (cont.)

iii) What mass of Z would crystallise out of a solution containing 100 g of water that
is saturated at 76°C, if the solution is cooled to 10 °C?

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iv) What is the minimum mass of water that would be needed to dissolve 45 g of
Z at 62°C?

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v) What mass of Z would be required to saturate 350 g of water at 55°C?

[2J

o a) You are given a container of sea water, which also contains some sand.
i) Draw a labelled diagram of the apparatus you would use to remove the sand
from the sea water.

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ii) Name the method you would then use to obtain pure water from the sea water.

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iii) Name the key component of the apparatus used to obtain the pure water in ii)
above and explain its function.
Name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Function: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

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b) You are given a second mixture of ethanol and water.

i) What technique would you use to separate the ethanol from the water?

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ii) Complete the following sentence.

Ethanol and water are separated based on their different _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

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c) i) What piece of apparatus could you use to separate oil from water?

[1]
ii) What TWO properties do oil and water have that make it possible to separate
them using the apparatus you named in i) above?
1. _______________________________

2. ________________________________
[2]
d) Joyann, a forensic scientist, has a sample of black ink from a crime scene and she
wants to find out whether the ink came from Joe's pen or Sam's pen.

i) What technique could Joyann use? _________________ [1]

ii) The diagram below shows Joyann's results.

0 0 0
0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0
0 0 0
black Joe's Sam's
ink pen pen

Whose pen did the black ink come from? [1]

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Mixtures and separations (cont.)

iii) What TWO factors determined how far EACH dye in the inks moved up the paper?
1. ____________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________
[2]

o The flow diagram below shows the main steps in the extraction of sucrose from
sugar cane.

cutting and
precipitation
crushing

vacuum
crystallisation
distillation

a) Complete the diagram by filling in the two empty boxes.


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b) What is added to the juice to cause precipitation in the second step?

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c) What happens during vacuum distillation?

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