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Quick questions on Tests for purity and identifying substances: N(A)-Level Chemistry

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What is reading a chromatogram?
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A chromatogram is the paper after chromatography has finished. You read it like this:
What are tests for gases?
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You must know the test and the result for each common gas. The result is what you would see or hear.
What is q1?
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State the result you would see if you tested a sample of pure water with anhydrous copper(II) sulfate. [1 mark]
What is q2?
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A solid melts over the range 60 C60\ ^\circ\text{C} to 66 C66\ ^\circ\text{C}. The pure solid should melt at 68 C68\ ^\circ\text{C}. What does this tell you?
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Describe how you would test an unknown gas to show that it is ammonia. [2 marks]

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