CHAPTER 02 · STUDENT SPACE
Separating Substances
Review the essentials and check your understanding after your teacher’s explanation.
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Solutions and purity
Distinguish solutions from suspensions and use melting data to assess purity.
Filtration and crystallisation
Recover both an insoluble solid and a dissolved solid from a mixture.
Simple and fractional distillation
Explain how distillation recovers a solvent or separates a mixture of liquids.
Paper chromatography
Set up paper chromatography and interpret a chromatogram.
Rf and colourless substances
Calculate Rf and explain how a locating agent reveals colourless substances.
Consolidation practice
Choose a separation method and explain your choice.
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Consolidation worksheet
A 40-minute support lesson with worked examples, short practice and space for corrections.
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