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The document discusses the concepts of pure substances and mixtures through various tasks. It includes examples of how to identify pure materials and mixtures using jars with different contents, and describes an experiment to determine if a sample of stearic acid is contaminated. The expected results for pure and contaminated samples are also outlined.

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Pure substances

Task A: Pure substances


Look carefully at the pictures.

1) Is the term pure being used scientifically?


No, pure is not being used scientifically on this
label.

2) Justify your answer.


Your answer might include:
● It contains several chemicals. For example:
carbohydrates, proteins, vitamin C, and
potassium.
● It must be ‘shaken well before serving’,
suggesting parts need to be mixed together.

Task B: Mixtures
Use the words pure, mixture, or impurity to write a sentence describing each model
shown.

a b c d
Your answers may be similar to these:

● Jar A is a model of a pure material because it only contains one grain - popcorn kernels.

● Jar B is a model of a mixture because it contains two grains - lentils and rice - which can
be separated.

● Jar C is a model of a mixture because it contains three substances - brown rice, black beans
and white beans - which can be separated.

● Jar D is a model of a mixture because it contains two substances which can be separated;
however, it appears to have an impurity of a few darker grains.

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Task C: How to identify pure substances and mixtures


A lab technician has two jars of stearic acid, which is a
waxy solid at room temperature.

She suspects the stearic acid in one of the jars is


contaminated with an impurity.

1) Describe an experiment you could perform to decide if one of the jars is


contaminated.
She can let you have 2 g from each jar.

Heat the stearic acid sample until it melts and measure the temperature (or temperature
range) at which this happens.

stearic acid
sample

2) What result would you expect if the sample is pure?


The pure sample will melt at a specific temperature.

3) What result would you expect for a contaminated sample?


The contaminated sample will melt over a range of temperatures, because it is a mixture -
stearic acid and an impurity.

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