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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry 2.40C Preparing a Pure, Dry Soluble Salt

Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry 2.40C Preparing a Pure, Dry Soluble Salt
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry syllabusChemistry 4CH1First assessment 2019

Practise describing how titration, controlled evaporation, crystallisation and drying produce a pure soluble salt from an acid and alkali.

How this is tested

  • repeat the titration without indicator using the measured acid and alkali volumes
  • evaporate gently to the crystallisation point, then cool to form crystals
  • filter and dry the crystals without strong heating that could cause decomposition

Question 5(d)(ii)

[Maximum number: 4]

A student does a titration to find the concentration of a solution of sulfuric acid. This is the student's method.
- fill a burette with sulfuric acid and record the reading
- transfer 25.0 cm325.0 \mathrm{~cm}^{3} of potassium hydroxide solution to a conical flask
- add a few drops of methyl orange to the conical flask
- place the conical flask on a white tile
- swirl the flask continuously while adding sulfuric acid from the burette
- keep adding sulfuric acid until the end-point has been reached
- record the rough reading at the end-point

Another student also does the titration.

The student repeats the titration without the methyl orange indicator.

They add exactly 26.50 cm326.50 \mathrm{~cm}^{3} of sulfuric acid to the potassium hydroxide solution.
Describe how the student could obtain pure, dry potassium sulfate crystals from the reaction mixture.