IB MYP Chemistry : Pure and impure substance – chromatography Practice Question

IB myp 4-5 Chemistry – Practice Questions- All Topics

Topic :Pure and impure substanceschromatography

Topic :Pure and impure substances- Weightage : 21 % 

All Questions for Topic : types of mixtures [solutions, oils, alloys, emulsions],separation techniques including: filtration, distillation [including
crude oil],chromatography

Question:

Identify the ions present in Sample 2.

▶️Answer/Explanation

Ans: The metal ions cobalt Co2+ and mercury Hg2+ are present in sample 2.

Question:

Identify the ions present in Sample 3.

▶️Answer/Explanation

Ans: The metal ions nickel Ni2+, cadmium Cd2+ and mercury Hg2+ are present in sample 3.

Question:

Analyze the data and list the ions in the first table from the fastest to the slowest.

▶️Answer/Explanation

Ans: Ni2+, Co2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, Hg2+.

Question:

Sketch the appearance of the chromatography paper of sample 1 after the analysis has been completed.

▶️Answer/Explanation

Ans: The sketch should include a rectangular piece of chromatography paper, with a blue dot positioned 6 cm from the baseline and a yellow dot positioned 7.8 cm from the baseline.

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