Chemistry

Is Matter Around Us Pure?

Question:

What are the constituents of brass?

Answer:

Brass is an alloy and is a mixture of Zinc(30%) and Copper (70%).
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Is Matter Around Us Pure?

Q 1.

What is the general name of the process by which tea-leaves are separated from prepared tea ?

Q 2.

Choose one term from the following which includes the other three :
aerosol,
emulsion,
colloid,
sol

Q 3.

Name the property of any one of the components which can be used for separating the following mixture : Salt and Camphor

Q 4.

What are the physical states of dispersed phase and dispersion medium of a fog?

Q 5.

What are the properties of a colloid?

Q 6.

Name any two solid substances whose mixture can be separated by sublimation.

Q 7.

Name the property of one of the constituents which can be used to separate a mixture of salt and iodine

Q 8.

What is meant by solute and solvent?

Q 9.

What are aqueous solutions?

Q 10.

What is saturated solution? Explain with an example.

Q 11.

What are the physical states of dispersed phase and dispersion medium of a cloud?

Q 12.

Classify the following as physical or chemical changes :
(i) Cooking of food

Q 13.

On the basis of composition, how matter is classified?

Q 14.

What is a solution? What are the properties of a solution?

Q 15.

A solution contains 40 mL of ethyl alcohol mixed with 100mL of water. What is the concentration of the solution in terms of volume by volume percentage?

Q 16.

What are pure substances ? Give two examples of pure substances.

Q 17.

Define mixture.

Q 18.

What are suspensions? Explain with an example.

Q 19.

What principle is applied in centrifugation? Give examples where this method is applied to separate mixtures.

Q 20.

How crystallization is better than evaporation?

Q 21.

Name one pair of liquids which can be separated by using a separating funnel.

Q 22.

Name one pair of substances whose mixture can be separated completely by distillation.

Q 23.

When we open the cap of a cola drink (or any carbonated beverage), why does excess of bubbles come out?

Q 24.

To make a saturated solution, 36 g of sodium chloride is dissolved in 100 g of water at 293K. Find its concentration at this temperature.

Q 25.

What are the reasons for separating the constituents of a mixture?

Q 26.

Define Brownian movement in colloids.

Q 27.

Name the following :
(a) a lustrous liquid metal.
(b) a liquid non-metal
(c) a metal which can be cut with a knife
(d) a non-metal which is good conductor of electricity.
(e) an element which melts when kept on the palm.
(f) the best conductor of heat.

Q 28.

What is an emulsion? Give examples

Q 29.

What is the general name of the materials which contain at least two pure substances and show the properties of their constituents ?

Q 30.

Give two reasons for supposing that water is a compound and not a mixture.

Q 31.

Fill in the following blanks :
(a)Milk is a.........solution but vinegar is a.......solution.
(b)A colloid is a........mixture and its components can be separated by the technique known as........

Q 32.

Name two properties of a substance to check its purity?

Q 33.

What are the constituents of brass?

Q 34.

State the differences between compounds and mixtures.

Q 35.

Why air is a mixture not a compound? Give reasons.

Q 36.

What is an unsaturated solution?

Q 37.

Explain with an example what is a colloid?

Q 38.

What is Chromatography?

Q 39.

(a) What is meant by a solution ? Give two examples of solutions.
(b)What is a suspension ? Give two examples of suspensions.
(c)

Q 40.

Name the process you would use to separate ammonium chloride from a mixture of sodium chloride and ammonium chloride.

Q 41.

Name one pair of substances whose mixture can be separated by fractional distillation.

Q 42.

Name the process which can be used to separate a mixture of salt solution and sand.

Q 43.

(a) Name the process by which common salt is obtained from sea-water.
(b) Name the process by which common salt is purified.

Q 44.

How will you separate iron pins from sand ?

Q 45.

What are the characteristics exhibited by a pure substance?

Q 46.

What are the kinds of mixture?

Q 47.

Based on the type of solvent, how solutions are classified?

Q 48.

What are non-aqueous solutions?

Q 49.

How are sol, solution and suspension different from each other?

Q 50.

What do you mean by strength of the solution?