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1 Describe how to separate the following. In each example, give a description of the procedure used
and explain why this method works.
0620/31/O/N/15 Q 2
(a) Copper powder from a mixture containing copper and zinc powders.
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(b) Nitrogen from a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen.
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(c) Glycine from a mixture of the two amino acids glycine and alanine. Glycine has the lower Rf
value.
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(d) Magnesium hydroxide from a mixture of magnesium hydroxide and zinc hydroxide.
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2 An important aspect of chemistry is purity and methods of purification.
0620/32/O/N/14 Q 2
(a) Give an example of substances used in everyday life which must be pure.
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(i) From the list, choose the most suitable technique to separate the following.
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3 A list of techniques used to separate mixtures is given below.
(e) silver chloride from a mixture of silver chloride and water .......................................... [1]
From this list, choose the most suitable technique to separate the following.
(a) methane from a mixture of the gases, methane and ethane .................. [1]
(c) glycine from a mixture of the amino acids, glycine and lysine ................... [1]
(d) iron filings from a mixture of iron filings and water .................. [1]
(e) zinc sulfate crystals from aqueous zinc sulfate .................. [1]
(f) hexane from a mixture of the liquids, hexane and octane .................. [1]
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5 Strontium chloride-6-water can be made from the insoluble compound, strontium
carbonate, by the following reactions.
0620/31/O/N/12 Q 7(b)
SrCO3(s) + 2HCl (aq) SrCl 2(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)
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(ii) Why is it necessary to filter the mixture in step 2?
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(iii) In step 3, why partially evaporate the filtrate rather than evaporate to dryness?
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6 Some grass is crushed and mixed with the solvent, propanone. The colour pigments are
extracted to give a deep green solution.
0620/31/M/J/09 Q1
(a) (i) Draw a labelled diagram to describe how you could show that there is more than
one coloured pigment in the green solution.
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(ii) Given a pure sample of chlorophyll, how could you show that the green solution
from the grass contained chlorophyll?
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From the list choose the most suitable technique to separate the following.
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