Chemistry A-Level Techniques and Procedures

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1. ____ the balance
zero
2. place a ____ ____ on the balance
weighing bottle
3. accurately record the mass of the ____ plus the weighing bottle
solid
4. empty the solid into the ____ and accurately reweigh the empty weighing bottle
glassware
5. ____ mass of empty weighing bottle from mass of solid + weighing bottle
subtract
1. rinse pipette with ____ ____ and then a small volume of the solution to be pipetted
distilled water
2. using a ____ ____ draw enough liquid into the pipette until it is exactly the right volume
pipette filler
you will know it's the right volume when the ____ __ __ ____ is level with the mark
bottom of the meniscus
3. ____ the outside of the pipette
dry
4. run the liquid from the pipette to the ____
glassware
5. touch the tip of the pipette to the ____ of the glassware
inside
1. rinse burette with ____ ____ and then a small volume of the solution to be used
distilled water
2. close the ____ ____
burette tap
3. pour the solution into the burette using a ____. fill to above the zero line
funnel
4. use a ____ to hold your burette in place
clamp
5. open the tap and allow the solution to run into a beaker until there are no ____ ____
air bubbles
6. record the start reading to the nearest ____ cm^3
0.05
7. carry out the titration and record the end reading to the nearest ____ cm^3
0.05
8. find the ____ by subtracting the initial reading from the final reading
titre
1. use an ____ ____ to collect the gas over water
inverted burette
the system must be ____ ____
gas tight
2. the ____ ____ delivers gas to the burette
delivery tube
3. the burette is inverted in a ____ ____ and itself filled with water initially
water trough
4. the ____ will enter the burette and you can take a reading
gas
1. put the reactants in a ____ ____ flask
pear-shaped/round-bottomed
2. add ____ ____ ____ (stop large bubbles forming suddenly and allow for a smooth boiling process)
anti bumping granules
3. vertically attach a ____ so the water flows in at the bottom and out at the top
condenser
4. heat with a ____ ____ so the reaction mixture boils gently
heating mantle
5. vapours should reach no more than ____ up the column before condensing back into a liquid
halfway
1. mix the organic product with another ____ liquid such as water
immiscible
2. allow the layers to separate and dispose of the aqueous layer using a ____ ____
separating funnel
3. if acid impurities are present, add ____ ____ ____ solution and shake well to remove them
sodium hydrogen carbonate
4. if the crude product is alkaline and needs neutralising, add a ____ ____ until it's neutral
dilute acid
5. dry the crude product by adding ____ ____ ____ and swirling
anhydrous sodium sulfate
6. the pure product can then be separated by ____
distillation
1. carry out an ____ ____ ____ to find how much acid solution is needed to neutralise 25cm^3 alkaline solution
acid base titration
2. transfer 25cm^3 alkaline solution to a clean ____ ____
conical flask
3. use a ____ to add the correct amount of acid to neutralise the alkali
burette
4. transfer the neutralised solution to a clean ____ ____
evaporating basin
5. heat over a Bunsen burner to evaporate the water until ____ start to appear
crystals
6. filter the mixture and wash the residue with cold ____ ____
distilled water
7. transfer the residue to a ____ ____ and heat in an oven to dry the solid
watch glass
8. the oven's temperature should be below the melting point of the ____
salt
9. at regular intervals, remove the watch glass and solid, cool in a ____ and weigh
dessicator
10. heat until the solid has dried to a ____ ____
constant mass
11. leave to cool in a ____ (these allow materials to cool in a dry atmosphere so prevent reabsorption of moisture)
dessicator
1. in a beaker, warm ____ insoluble base in dilute acid
excess
2. warm until the solution is ____, adding more solid base if needed
neutral
3. leave to ____
cool
4. filter off excess solid base and transfer the ____ to a clean, dry evaporating basin
filtrate
5. follow the procedure for ____ (given above)
crystallisation
1. add in equal volumes of the desired salt solutions in a beaker to form a ____ of the insoluble salt
precipitate
2. filter and wash the precipitate several times with cold, ____ ____
deionised water
3. transfer the precipitate to a clean watch glass and place in a ____ ____
drying oven
ensure the oven's temperature is ____ the melting point of the salt
below
4. heat to constant mass and then leave to cool in a ____
dessicator
1. put the mixture in a pear-shaped flask and add ____ ____ ____
anti bumping granules
2. the thermometer should read the temperature of the ____
vapour
3. when the vapour temperature is about ____ degrees below the boiling point of the liquid, put the collecting beaker in place
2/two
4. collect the liquid until the temperature of the vapour rises ____ the boiling point of the liquid you are collecting
above
you can repeat this for multiple ____ in a mixture if necessary
liquids/substances
1. spot the test mixture and ____ ____ on a pencil baseline 1cm from the base of the TLC plate
reference samples
2. suspend the plate in a baker containing the ____
solvent
3. cover with a watch glass to prevent ____
evaporation
4. remove the plate when the solvent is near the top and mark the ____ ____ with a pencil
solvent front
5. allow the plate to ____
dry
6. locate spots. you may need to add a stain or view under ____ ____
ultraviolet light
____ is used to detect colourless organic compounds
iodine
____ is used to detect compounds with free amino groups such as proteins, amino acids, and amines
ninhydrin
the TLC plate fluoresces under ____ ____. compounds with aromatic rings or conjugated structures appear as dark spots
ultraviolet light
5. match the calculated ____ values with those in a database
Rf
1. select a solvent in which the desired substance is very soluble at high ____ and insoluble at low ____
temperatures
2. dissolve the mixture in the ____ quantity of hot solvent
minimum
3. filter to remove any ____ ____ and retain the filtrate
insoluble impurities
for this step, use a ____ ____ to retain heat
vacuum filtration
4. leave the filtrate to cool until crystals form and collect the crystals by ____ ____
vacuum filtration
5. rinse the crystals with ____ ____
cold solvent
6. dry the crystals in a ____ ____
drying oven
1. connect a conical flask to a vacuum pump via the ____ ____
side arm
2. dampen a piece of filter paper and place flat in the ____ ____
Buchner funnel
3. switch the ____ ____ on then pour in the mixture to be filtered
vacuum pump
4. this creates a partial ____ so the filtrate is quickly pulled through
vacuum
5. disconnect the flask from the vacuum pump before turning the pump off to prevent ____ ____
suck back
1. seal the end of a glass ____ ____ by heating it to melting in a Bunsen flame
capillary tube
2. tap the ____ end of the tube into a solid so a small amount goes into the tube
open/unsealed
3. tap the tube so the solid falls to the bottom of the ____ end
sealed
4. fix the tube in melting point apparatus and gently heat the surrounding liquid, ____ to ensure even heating
stirring
5. note the temperature at which the solid starts and finishes melting - the difference is the ____ ____
melting range
6. compare the ____ value to the published value
experimental
the wider the melting range, the more ____ the substance
impure
a pure substance melts within ____K of the true melting point
0.5
1. calculate the mass of solute required and weigh out in a ____ ____
weighing bottle
2. pour 100cm^3 ____ ____ into a 250cm^3 beaker
deionised water
3. transfer the weighed ____ into the water
solute
4. ____ the weighing bottle to calculate actual mass in the beaker
reweigh
5. stir the mixture with a ____ ____ to ensure the solute has completely dissolved
glass rod
6. transfer the solution to a clean 250cm^3 ____ ____
volumetric flask
7. rinse the beaker and stirring rod with deionised water, ensuring all ____ go into the flask
washings
8. add deionised water, swirling at intervals to mix the contents, until the level is within about ____ cm^3 of the mark on the flask's neck
1
9. use a dropping pipette to add deionised water so the ____ __ __ ____ is level with the mark on the neck of the flask at eye level
bottom of the meniscus
10. insert a stopper in the flask and ____ it several times to ensure thorough mixing
invert
1. rinse a clean dry beaker with the ____ ____ then half-fill it
stock solution
2. use a pipette filler to pipette 25cm^3 of the stock solution into a 250cm^3 ____ ____
volumetric flask
3. make up to the mark with the usual procedure. you will have diluted your solution by a factor of ____ here
ten
1. rinse and fill the burette with ____
acid
2. pipette 25cm^3 alkaline solution into a ____ ____
conical flask
3. add 2-3 drops of ____ and swirl to mix
indicator
____ is colourless in acidic solutions and pink in basic ones
phenolphthalein
4. run the acid, ____ the flask, until the solution just changes colour
swirling
5. the first titration is the ____ titration to indicate roughly how much acid is required
rough
6. titrate again. run the acid solution to 1cm^3 below the rough titre then add acid ____
dropwise
swirl after each drop until the colour of the ____ just changes
indicator
7. repeat until you have three ____ results within 0.10cm^3 of each other and use the mean
concordant
____ ions are strong enough oxidising agents to oxidise iodide ions to iodine
chlorate
therefore, we can use iodine-thiosulfate titration to find the ____ of a solution of chlorate (I)
concentration
1. pour some chlorate (I) solution into a clean, dry beaker and transfer a 25cm^3 ____ into a conical flask
aliquot
2. add excess iodide ions, using a measuring cylinder to transfer e.g. 15cm^3 of 0.5 mol dm^3 potassium ____ to the conical flask
iodide
3. add excess hydrogen ions by adding 20cm^3 of 1 mol dm^3 ____ ____
sulfuric acid
at this stage, the contents will be ____ due to iodine being produced
brown
4. fill burette with a standard solution of 0.1mol dm^3 ____ ____
sodium thiosulfate
5. put the conical flask on a ____ ____ to make the end point easier to see
white tile
6. carry out titrations. near the end point, the contents of the flask will be a ____ ____ colour
pale straw
at this point, add a few drops of ____ solution
starch
the contents of the flask will turn ____ ____ due to iodine being present
blue-black
7. the end point is where the solution is ____
colourless
1. select the filter with the ____ colour to the test solution
complementary
this allows for the greatest values of ____
absorbance
2. make up a range of ____ ____ of the test solution, both above and below the concentration of the unknown solution
standard solutions
3. zero the colorimeter using a ____ of pure solvent
cuvette
4. measure the ____ of each of the standard solutions
absorbance
5. plot a ____ ____ of concentration against absorbance
calibration curve
6. measure the absorbance of the ____ sample and use the calibration curve to determine its concentration
unknown
1. pour a known volume of water into a copper ____ and record its temperature
calorimeter
2. weigh a ____ ____
spirit burner
keep the cap on to reduce fuel loss by ____
evaporation
3. support the calorimeter over a spirit burner containing the ____ to be tested
fuel
4. surround with a ____ ____ to help reduce energy losses
draught excluder
5. remove the cap of the spirit burner and light the ____
wick
6. carry on heating until the temperature has risen by about ____ to ____ K
15 20/1520/fifteentwenty/fifteen twenty
7. ____ the spirit burner and replace the cap
extinguish
8. keep stirring the water. make a note of the ____ temperature reached
highest
9. weigh the burner again. you can use this to determine ____ ____ __ ____
enthalpy change of combustion
1. use a measuring cylinder to add a known volume of a known concentration of acid to an ____ ____
insulated vessel
2. use a thermometer to take the initial ____
temperature
3. use a ____ ____ to add a known volume of a known concentration of alkali and stir to mix
measuring cylinder/volumetric pipette
4. top the vessel with a ____ with a hole in and place the thermometer through the hole in the ____
lid
5. record changes in ____ every 30 seconds until there is no further change
temperature
6. calculate the maximum temperature reached and use this to determine ____ ____ __ ____
enthalpy change of neutralisation
1. add a known volume of a known concentration of reactant solution to an ____ ____
insulated vessel
2. add a known mass of solid reactant in ____
excess
3. top the vessel with a ____ with a hole in
lid
4. record changes in temperature every 30 seconds until there is no ____ ____
further change
5. plot a graph of temperature against time and ____ to find the theoretical maximum temperature change
extrapolate
1. pass an electric current through the ____
electrolyte
you may need to collect ____ products
gaseous
if so, do this by filling test tubes with water as these will ____ the water
displace
if electrolysis to be carried out to ____ a metal:
purify
the ____ will need to be made of the impure metal
anode
the electrolyte must contain ____ of that metal
ions
the ____ should be made of the pure metal
cathode
1. set up apparatus, place several test tubes of water in the ____ ____
collection trough
2. strongly heat the ____
catalyst
this ensures that when the hydrocarbon vapour passes over it, the temperature is high enough for any ____ reactions to take place
cracking
3. heat the ____ gently, collecting any gases that pass into the collection tubes
hydrocarbon
4. change and cork any full tubes to prevent ____ ____ and continue to heat
suck back
5. discard the first tube of gas because this will just be ____ air
displaced
6. continue heating until no more ____ is produced
gas
7. remove the ____ ____ from the collection trough before stopping heating to prevent suck back
delivery tube
8. leave to ____, then dismantle
cool
9. test any liquid product with ____ ____. it should remain orange/brown
bromine water
10. test the gas by shaking with bromine water. it should ____
decolorise
add a few drops of ____ ____
bromine water
if an alkene is present, the bromine water will change from orange/brown to ____
colourless
similar to a ____ in that a light source is passed through a sample and absorbance or transmission is measured
colorimeter
in the case of a colorimeter, the coloured light used as a source can only be selected from a specific number of different ____
wavelengths
a visible spectrophotomer can give data for absorption or transmission for any given value of the ____ ____
visible spectrum
1. construct the ____ ____ whose electrode potential is to be measured
half cell
for a metal ion/metal half cell, the ____ will be made from the solid metal
electrode
if the reaction involves two ions of the same element in different oxidation states, the electron should be ____
platinum
in that case, the solution will contain a ____ of the two ions
mixture
in all cases, ensure ____ ____
standard conditions
2. connect the half-cell to a ____ ____ ____ ____
standard hydrogen half cell
3. connect the two electrodes to a ____ ____ ____
high resistance voltmeter
ensure the reading on the voltmeter is ____
positive
this ensures that the half-cell connected to the ____ ____ of the voltmeter is the positive electrode
positive terminal
if the reading is ____ switch the connections on the voltmeter
negative
4. take the voltmeter reading to find ____ ____ (or standard ____ ____ in this case
electrode potential
you need to ___ the pH electrode for temperature because pH is dependent on temperature
calibrate
1. wash the electrode with ____ ____
deionised water
2. transfer into a ____ ____ of pH 7.00
buffer solution
3. check the bulb of the electrode is completely immersed, then wait for the reading to ____
stabilise
ensure the ____ reads 7.00 and adjust to that value if necessary
meter
calibrate to pH ___ for acidic solutions
4.00
calibrate to pH ___ for alkaline solutions
10.00
to measure both acidic and alkaline solutions with a wide range of values, calibrate with acidic, alkaline and neutral ____
buffers
first, prepare a ____ ____ in deionised water
saturated salt
1. warm deionised water in a small conical flask and add the salt, ____ frequntly
shaking
2. keep adding ____ until no more dissolves
solute
3. leave the mixture to cool to ____ ____
room temperature
4. filter and discard the ____
residue
Ksp is ____ dependent, so take the ____ of the solutions you're working with
temperature
the second stage is determining ____ of one of the ions in solution
concentration
just one is sufficient because the concentration of one ion is ____ to the other
proportional
for a basic solution, concentration can be determined using acid-base titration with the ____ ions
hydroxide
for a coloured solution, it can be determined by ____
colorimetry
1. allow a mixture to reach ____
equilibrium
2. determine ____ of one of the components in the equilibrium mixture
concentration
3. use this to work out the other concentrations and calculate ____ using the equation
Kc
a measure of the closeness of agreement between an individual test result and the accepted reference value
accuracy
the closeness of agreement between independent measurements made under the same conditions
precision
the difference between an individual measurement and the true value or accepted reference value of the quantity being measured
error
an estimate attached to a measurement which characterises the range of values within which the true value is asserted to lie
uncertainty
the opposite of uncertainty (if uncertainty is great, the measurement is unreliable)
reliability
uncertainty is usually taken to be ____ a division on either side of the smallest scale on the scale you're using
half
percentage uncertainty = uncertainty x number of measurements x 100 divided by ____ ____
measured quantity
when you use a ____ measuring device, you should record all the figures shown on the instrument
digital
when using a non-digital device, you should record all the figures that are certain plus one that is ____
estimated
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