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Required Practical: Investigating Chromatography
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What is paper chromatography used for?

Separating & identifying coloured chemicals

Why must you use a pencil, not ink, to draw the starting line?

Ink would dissolve in the solvent

How far from the short edge should you draw the starting line?

2 cm

How deep should the solvent be in the beaker?

About 1 cm deep

Where should the ink spot be when you place the paper in the beaker?

Just above the solvent surface

What should you use to cover the beaker during the experiment?

A watch glass

When should you remove the paper from the beaker?

When solvent is 1 cm from top of paper

What should you mark with pencil after removing the paper?

The solvent front

When measuring ink spots, where should you measure from?

Centre of each spot

What is the formula for calculating RfR_f value?

Distance by spotDistance by solvent\frac{\text{Distance by spot}}{\text{Distance by solvent}}

What does the RfR_f value help to do?

Identify different chemicals in ink

Why must the ink spot not touch the solvent initially?

It would dissolve before separating

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