ChemistryCode 5070
Experimental design
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- Name suitable apparatus for measuring time, temperature, mass and volume, including: (a) balances (b) burettes (c) gas syringes (d) measuring cylinders (e) stop-watches (f) thermometers (g) volumetric pipettes
- Suggest the benefits and drawbacks of experimental methods and equipment
- Describe each of these terms: (a) solvent, the substance a solute dissolves in (b) solute, the substance that dissolves in a solvent (c) solution, a mixture in which one or more solutes are dissolved in a solvent (d) saturated solution, a solution with the maximum concentration of solute that the solvent can dissolve at a particular temperature (e) residue, the substance left behind after evaporation, distillation, filtration or a similar process (f) filtrate, the liquid or solution that comes out after passing through a filter