Brandon Laferriere

Mr. Slate
Period C
Adv. Chemistry I

Marker/Pen Color Pigment Color Separation Alcohol/H20

Marker Blue Pure No separation H20
Marker Green Yellow/Blue Yes separation H20
Pen Black Blue Undetermined H20
Pen Blue Pure No Separation H20
Pen Red Yellow/Red No Separation H20
Pen Black Purple/Black Yes Separation Alcohol
Pen Blue Purple/Blue Yes Separation Alcohol
Pen Red Pink/Yellow Yes Separation Alcohol
Marker Blue Pure No Separation Alcohol
Marker Green Blue/Yellow Yes Separation Alcohol

Questions –
1. a. Stationary phase- saddle point approximation.
b. Mobile Phase- the part of the chromatographic system which carries the
solutes through the stationary phase
c. Analyte- a chemical substance that is the subject of a chemical analysis
2. Pure- Blue Pen, Blue Marker
Mixed- Green Marker, Black pen, Red pen
3. Yes because for them to be chemically changed they could not switch back to
there original colors and therefore it is done by physical means.
4. If a pure substance were to be identified by a piece of chromatography paper
the paper would only show one band of color.
5. Different solvents are used for chromatography because different types of
solvents will make the colors spread out more.
6. The possible reason behind this is that the colors do not have a specific order
on which they can rise and therefore when one color is at the top it will stay
ahead of the other color.
7. First off the forensic person could get samples from a Chevy and a Ford and
see if one of their paints is a mixed color and if the painted chip is a mixed
color it will determine which car it is.
8. A magnet could separate components in a mixture or boiling the component to
get the different mixtures.