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Required Practical: Investigating Chromatography
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What is the purpose of paper chromatography?

To separate and identify chemicals

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

Ink would dissolve in the solvent

How far from the short edge should the pencil line be drawn?

2 cm

What depth of solvent should be poured into the beaker?

About 1 cm deep

Why must the ink spot not touch the solvent when placed in the beaker?

It would dissolve before separating

When should you remove the paper from the beaker?

When solvent is 1 cm from the top

What should you cover the beaker with during the experiment?

A watch glass

When measuring how far a spot has moved, where should you measure from?

The centre of the spot

What is the formula for calculating the RfR_f value?

Rf=SpotSolvent FrontR_f = \frac{\text{Spot}}{\text{Solvent Front}}

What does the RfR_f value help you do?

Identify different chemicals

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