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Keenan Enrilsen Lab 2: Separation of Mixtures 25/2/21

1) The student separated mixtures using filtration and crystallization. Mixtures of NaCl/charcoal and NaCl/CuCl2 were separated by filtration while ethanol helped separate NaCl/CuCl2. 2) NaCl and CuCl2 have similar solubility in water, preventing full separation in part B. Ethanol allowed better separation in part C as the solubility of CuCl2 is lower in ethanol than water. 3) Sources of error included inaccurate balance readings and difficulty seeing crystals form due to heat from the Bunsen burner.

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Keenan Enrilsen Lab 2: Separation of Mixtures 25/2/21

1) The student separated mixtures using filtration and crystallization. Mixtures of NaCl/charcoal and NaCl/CuCl2 were separated by filtration while ethanol helped separate NaCl/CuCl2. 2) NaCl and CuCl2 have similar solubility in water, preventing full separation in part B. Ethanol allowed better separation in part C as the solubility of CuCl2 is lower in ethanol than water. 3) Sources of error included inaccurate balance readings and difficulty seeing crystals form due to heat from the Bunsen burner.

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Keenan Enrilsen Lab 2: Separation of mixtures 25/2/21

Aim- To separate different mixtures using filtration or crystallisation methods.

Experiment and procedure- See page 13 in STAWA Lab.

Results/observations-
Mixture types: Appearance of crystals and/or filtrate
Sodium chloride and charcoal Solid: dark black solid
Filtrate: small translucent particles of salt
Sodium chloride and copper (II) Solid: Green crystals
chloride (partial separation) Filtrate: Transparent green liquid
Sodium chloride and sopper (II) The solid looked a turquoise with hints of white
chloride (full separation) flakes throughout the mixture (NaCl).

Calculate the mass of the solid:

Mass of Sodium Chloride: 2g

Mass of Copper (II) Chloride: 2g

Mass of filter paper: 1.03

Mass of filter paper with solid: 2.91 g

Record the appearance of the crystals that form:

The crystals that formed looked very similar to NaCl, they were white in colour, and
were almost a very fine powder, but some crystals were visible.

Questions-
1) What property enabled you to completely separate that sodium
chloride/charcoal mixture?
The insolubility of the charcoal allowed us to filter it out using filter
paper that let the NaCl solution through but left the charcoal behind.
2) In part B you were able to separate some pure sodium chloride, but the filtrate
contained both sodium chloride and copper (II) chloride. What can you say
about the solubility of these two compounds in water?
Both of these compounds have a similar solubility meaning that they
both dissolve at very similar grams/mL. This is why both CuCl and NaCl
were able to dissolve.
3) In part C you were able to more completely separate the sodium chloride and
the copper (II) chloride using ethanol as a solvent.
a) Explain why this was possible using ethanol but not when water was used
as a solvent in part B.
Keenan Enrilsen Lab 2: Separation of mixtures 25/2/21

b) Calculate the percentage of sodium chloride recovered from the mass of


solid in the weighted filter paper.
(188/200) x 100 = 94%
c) Describe a systematic error in this experimental design that would result in
less that 100% recovery of the sodium chloride from the initial mixture.
A major systematic error could be not stirring the mixture for long
enough which could result in the components not dissolving
meaning that filtration would not occur.

Conclusion-
In conclusion we were able to successfully separate sodium chloride/ charcoal and
sodium chloride/copper (II) chloride mixtures by using filtration. We were able to tell
we had done this successfully because we had observed NaCl and CuCl 2 crystals on
the filter paper and on the filtrate that had been dried/evaporated.

Evaluation-
A possible source of error was the use of the balance inaccurately. Due to the
sensitivity of the balance, as minor things, such as breathing would affect the
reading, which made getting an accurate reading difficult. Another possible source of
error was that when conducting experiment 2A and 2B, we found it hard to determine
whether or not crystals had formed, due to the radiating heat of the Bunsen burner.

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