Archive for February 4th, 2009


Week 2 of MP4: First Quiz

Distillation ApparatusWe are finishing week 2 of the second marking period with a quiz on the macro properties of matter.

   It will involve review of physical/chemical properties and changes, the law of conservation of mass, and the newer concepts like solubility and separating a mixture.  Remember, we completed the sand/iron/ salt lab to separate a heterogeneous mixture and the distillation lab to separate a homogeneous mixture. 

Quiz Helper:  The final question on the quiz will be: 

Compare and Contrast the methods used to separate a homogeneous mixture and those used to separate a heterogeneous mixture?

Also, you will need to understand this diagram fully:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Simple_distillation_apparatus.svg

compliments of wikipedia.

Lastly, I have a virtual lab with extra credit problem from Chem Collective that you could try.

http://www.chemcollective.org/assignments.php#solubility

I am interested in you solving any of the problems at on Salts and Solubility for points towards the quiz.