Chromatography Lab Essay

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Type your CER for Experiments 8A and 8B in the space below, following these directions.

Claim: The substances in Experiment 8 A and B were both mixtures that we were able to separate by using physical methods of separation.

Evidence:
Experiment A: In the first step of this procedure we put 1.5 grams of sulfur, a yellow grainy substance into a test tube and added 5 grams of clear water. We then stoppered the test tube and shook the sulfur and water substance together. Once the sulfur and water was shaken thoroughly, it was clear that the two substances were a heterogeneous mixture. There were still visible bits of the yellow grain substance in the clear liquid. We then poured the contents of the test tube (the sulfur and water) into another …show more content…

We know this because the original substance which was a black liquid was separated by filtering, and was proved to be a mixture because when we looked at the chromatograph paper after “filtering it” we saw the blue, yellow, and pink pigments that made up the green/black liquid. We started out by pouring the black ink into a filter and the substances were not separated. Because filtering the black liquid didn’t separate the substance, we then used chromatography paper to separate the ink. Chromatography paper is a method used to separate colored substances. We put a small line of black ink on the paper then put the tip in the water and let the ink slowly separate. The black ink was proved to be a mixture when we came in the next day and you could see the yellow and pink and blue in that came from the black line of ink. Then when we cut up the pieces and them in water and the water turned green which proved that those three colors made up the dark green/black ink. In conclusion, we can tell that the black ink was a mixture because the chromatography paper showed all the different types of substances that made the mixture, and we know it was separated by physical means because the chromatography paper was acting like a

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