Experimental Design and Separation Techniques

Name:_____________ Grade 8 Sec.........

Section A
Q.1: Multiple Choice Questions.
1.The diagram shows how to obtain pure water from seawater. Where do water
molecules lose energy?

2. Some chemical compounds are purified by recrystallisation.

What can be used to test the purity of the crystals?
A melting point
B colour of crystals
C size of crystals
D solubility

3.In an experiment, a student needs to measure out 36.50 cm3 of a solution.

Which piece of apparatus would measure this volume most accurately?
A beaker
B burette
C measuring cylinder
D pipette

4. A coin is dissolved in an acid. Chromatography is used to test the solution formed.

The diagram shows the chromatogram obtained.

What is the coin made from?

A a metal element
B a non-metal element
C a mixture of metals
D a mixture of non-metal

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 Section B (Structure Questions)
(d).Three dye mixtures, J, K and L, were spotted onto a piece of chromatography
paper. Three pure dyes, X, Y and Z, were also spotted onto the same piece of paper.

(i) Suggest why the base line was drawn in pencil and not in ink.
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(ii)Which dye mixture, J, K or L, contains a dye which did not move during this
chromatography?
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(iii) Which dye mixture, J, K or L, contains both dye X and dye Y?
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(iv) Which dye mixture, J, K or L, does not contain dye Z?
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Q.2. (d) The apparatus shown is used to get pure water from impure mineral water.

(i) Complete the diagram by putting the correct labels in the three boxes. [3]

(ii) Describe how this apparatus separates pure water from dissolved ionic solids.
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(iii) Water purity is important in everyday life.
Describe one other area of everyday life where purity of substances is important.

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Q.3A list of techniques used to separate mixtures is given below.

Fractional distillation Simple distillation Crystallization
Filtration Diffusion
From the list choose the most suitable technique to separate the following.
1. Water from aqueous copper(II) sulphate……………………………….
2. Helium from a mixture of helium and argon…………………………………
3. Copper(II) sulphate from aqueous copper(II) sulphate………………………….
4. Ethanol from aqueous ethanol……………………………………………………
5. Barium sulphate from a mixture of water and barium sulphate…………………
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Q.4Lavandulol is found in lavender plants. The formula of lavandulol is shown below.

(a) State the names of the two products formed when lavandulol is burnt in
excess oxygen.

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(d) Lavandulol can be extracted from lavender flowers by distillation using the
apparatus shown below. The lavandulol is carried off in small droplets with the
steam.

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(i) State the name of the piece of apparatus labelled A.

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(ii) What is the temperature of the water at point X in the diagram?

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(iii) The lavandulol and water are collected in the beaker.
What information in the diagram shows that lavandulol is less dense than water?

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(c) Lavender flowers contain a variety of different pigments (colourings).
A student separated these pigments using paper chromatography.
The results are shown in the diagram below.

(i) Put an X on this diagram to show where the mixture of pigments was placed at the
start of the experiment. [1]
(ii) How many different pigments have been separated?

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(iii) Draw a diagram to show how the chromatography apparatus was set up.
On your diagram label
• the solvent
• the origin line

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(iv) During chromatography, the solvent evaporates and then diffuses throughout the
chromatography jar.
What do you understand by the term diffusion?

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Q.6.The apparatus below was used to separate ethanol from water.

(a) Complete the empty boxes to name the pieces of apparatus. [3]

(b) Indicate by an arrow where heat is applied. [1]

(c) Name this separation process.

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