Introduction Background Information:States of matter are the different form of matter that exists in the environment.

Mainly four form of matter exist in the environment. They are 1. 2. 3. 4. Solid Liquid Gas Plasma

Matter in the solid state has fixed volume and shape and also have strong force of attraction between the different atoms or molecules. Liquid has fixed volume but shape is not fixed its depend on the container, and have less force of attraction than solid. Gases have neither fixed volume nor shape, and have weakest force of attraction between the molecules. Plasma have variable volume and shape. In chemistry separation process is a mass transfer process that contain a mixture of substances into two or more distinct product mixture, at least one of which is enriched in one or more of the mixture constituent. Separation is carried out based on the differences in chemical properties, or physical properties such as size, shape, mass, density, or chemical affinity between the constituent of a mixture. Evaporation is a type of vaporization of a liquid that occurs from the surface of a liquid into a gaseous phase that is not saturated with the evaporating substance. Filtration is used for the separation of solids from fluids by interposing a medium through which only the fluid can pass. Research Questions:1. 2. 3. 4. How mixtures can be separated? What are the physical properties of matter important in separating mixtures? What occurs during filtration of a mixture? What occurs during evaporation of a mixture?

Hypothesis Mixture will be separated in their pure form by using the evaporation and filtration technique. Iron (II) chloride is soluble in water so it is separated by the method of evaporation while Copper carbonate is insoluble in water so it is precipitated out by method of filtration.

Raw data collection tables Fecl2 ( Iron (II) Chloride) Sample No 1 2 3 Weight (gm) 3 3 5 Color Pale green Pale green Pale green State solid Solid solid

CuCO3( copper carbonate ) Sample No 1 2 3 Processed Data table

Equipment Evaporating dish 44.28 g Watch glass 68.78 g 64.22 g 69.60 g 58.70 g Trial 1 61.26 g Trial 2 60.60 g Trial 3 63.18 g

Weight (gm) 3 5 6

Color Blue-green Blue-green Blue-green

State Solid Solid Solid

Trials

Copper Carbonate (

Iron (II) Chloride ( 3 grams 3 grams 5 grams

1 2 3

3 grams 5 grams 6 grams

Discussion and Evaluation The data collected was sufficient because the result is approximately error free. The precipitate of the copper sulfate is approximately equals to the value taken at the starting to make the mixture. The percentage composition of a mixture is a relative measure of the mass of each different element in the compound. To calculate the percentage mixture of compound 1. Calculate the total mass of a mixture. 2. Calculate the mass of each element. 3. Mass % of a component = (mass of component/ total mass of mixture) * 100 In order to determine the percent composition of a mixture, it is necessary to separate the component quantitatively, without loss of material, and then measure the mass of each recovered component. The sum of the mass % of all components in a mixture equals 100% Precaution: 1. While taking the weight of component of the mixture i.e. the Iron chloride and Copper carbonate watch carefully the readings of electronics balance. 2. Electronics balance should be calibrated. 3. Do not excess heat the evaporating flask. 4. Carefully check that all copper carbonate were precipitated. 5. All the appliances should be neat and clean. 6. Before use wash every appliance with distilled water. 7. Follow each safety measure. The accuracy of this method depends upon the precaution taken in the experiment if the experiment is carried out by taken care of every precaution it can give approximately error free result. Conclusion Mixtures can be separated by using the different separation process. Ores are purified by using the method of separation. The graph cannot be drawn in this experiment because we need a function and a variable to draw a graph. References 1. 2. 3. 4. Mix and Flow chapter 1 text book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron(II)_chloride
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_processes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_matter