Separating Mixtures
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Objective
I can evaluate different separation techniques for purifying a specific chemical substance.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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In extraction, physical properties like solubility or chemical properties like reactivity can be used to separate substances.
- 2
A separatory funnel is used to separate immiscible liquids into layers based on density, allowing for the isolation of different components.
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To recover the original compounds after extraction, salts can be converted back by adding a strong acid or strong base to precipitate the desired product.
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Practice
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What is the primary difference in physical properties that allows for the separation of sodium chloride and cholesterol using extraction?
In the extraction of 4-chloroaniline, benzoic acid, and 1,4-dibromobenzene, what chemical property is exploited to initially separate 4-chloroaniline from the other two compounds?
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Exit ticket
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“You have a mixture of an organic acid, an organic base, and a neutral compound dissolved in ether. Outline the steps you would take to separate these three compounds using extraction, including the reagents you would use and the chemical principle behind each separation.”
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