Separation Lab Purpose: This lab was based on the separation of the components of a mixture. A mixture can be defined as a physical combination of two or more pure substances. Separation techniques are used to separate components that are not chemically combined. All of these techniques involve changes in the physical state of a chemical compound rather than chemical changes. Sea sand‚ table salt‚ and two other unknown substances will be separated using the separation techniques in order to demonstrate
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Experiment 1 Separation of Mixtures Summary of Principles: Most of the materials we encounter in everyday life are not pure substances. Many materials such as sand are formed from physical combination of various substances‚ and are called mixtures. Mixtures can be classified into homogeneous and heterogeneous. The purpose of this lab is to learn how to separate individual components from a mixture through decantation‚ filtration‚ distillation‚ and crystallization. Pre-Lab Questions: Attached
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09/18/2012 09/19/2012 Title: Separation of Mixtures and Solids Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to practice the process of separating mixtures of different solids. Procedure: This experiment consisted of different processes to separate a mixture of solids into the four individual solids: sand‚ benzoic acid‚ iron fillings‚ and sodium chloride. To remove the iron fillings from the mixture I used a magnet and scanned it across the entire mixture and the magnet forced picked up
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Gorman and Tyler Kui) Lab #1: Separation of a Mixture Mr. Mejia 10/3/14 Separation of a Mixture Lab Report Abstract The purpose of the experiment was to separate an initial heterogeneous mixture composed of 5.00 grams of salt‚ 2.00 grams of sand‚ 50.0 mL of water‚ 15.00 grams of pebbles‚ and 1.00 gram of iron filings‚ and leave as much salt as possible remaining. Using separation techniques including magnetizing‚ evaporation‚ filtration‚ etc. the heterogeneous mixture was thoroughly separated
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The Separation of Mixtures This lab demonstrates the difficult task of separating mixtures using different types of methods. This study is performed because it helps you understand the concept of separation and certain characteristics of elements. Previous knowledge in which already exists in this lab would be the process of filtration‚ distillation‚ magnetism‚ and evaporation. The specific hypotheses of this experiment was that the iron would separate through magnetism‚ the salt would separate
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February‚ 9 2011 Lab report on separation of mixtures Purpose- The purpose of this lab is to separate or isolate the desired product from large amounts of solvent and by-products. It is also followed by a purification step that removes trace amounts of other substances from the final product. One of the experimental techniques that we used in the lab to separate or purify mixture is fractional crystallization. In the experiment we used fractional crystallization to resolve a mixture of salicylic acid
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PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY LAB I Experiment 2 Separation Of Mixtures INTRODUCTION A mixture can simply be defined as a substance that is made up or consists of two or more elements and/or compounds that are physically combined but that have not reacted chemically to form new substances. A mixture may be a solid‚ liquid‚ gas‚ or some combination of those states. Mixtures can be found almost every wher in our everyday lifes and some common examples are * sand and water * salt and water
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SEPARATION OF MIXTURE OBJECTIVE: To separate the components of a mixture based upon physical characteristics of each component within the mixture. Secondly‚ to determine the mass of each component by using the knowledge of separation techniques. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS: Do Not Pipette By Mouth Read the Chemical Safety Information Dress Appropriately Identify the Safety Equipment Don’t Taste or Sniff Chemicals Don’t Casually Dispose of Chemicals Down the Drain MATERIALS:
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Samantha Smith Organic Chem 255 Lab M/W 12:30-4:30 Hyejin Cho 12 June 2013 Separation of a Mixture Abstract: In this experiment‚ the three processes of extraction‚ sublimation and recrystallization will be used to separate a mixture of salicylic acid and naphthalene. The first part of extraction will be to separate the salicylic acid from the naphthalene using diethyl ether and aqueous sodium bicarbonate. The naphthalene will reside in the ether and be the top layer‚ while the
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Separation of Mixtures 9/11/11 * Introduction: A compound is a pure chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemical elements that can be separated into simpler substances by chemical reactions. Unlike a compound‚ a mixture is a material system made up by two or more different substances which are mixed together but are not combined chemically. There are two kinds of mixtures‚ homogeneous and heterogeneous. Homogeneous mixtures have the same composition and appearance throughout
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