The BIG crossword on "Solutions and mixtures" @ doc brown's chemistry
FOR PRINTING OUT ONLY, answers found via KS3 chemistry link above
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| 1. | To remove unwanted materials from a substance. (6) | | 3. | Molecules of a variety of these, can be separated on a paper dipped in a solvent. (7 in UK, not 6 as in the US) | | 6. | A liquid has to be heated to this condition before it can be distilled. (7) | | 7. | A word meaning it is not pure, often used to describe polluted drinking water. (12) | | 8. | The method for
separating the colours from different sweets, but a bit of a mouthful! (14) | | 9. | It dissolves in water, nice on chips! (4) | | 11. | A 'posh' word for the costly process of removing salts to make pure water from seawater. (12) | | 12. | It means just 100% of one substance, nothing extra! (4) | | 15. | Increase this, and with it rises the solubility of most substances in a liquid. (11) | | 16. | Another word for a mixture, but meaning its not 100% of the only material you want. (6) | | 18. | A word meaning how much of solid will dissolves in a liquid solvent. (10) | | 20. | It means a fine particles of an insoluble solid dispersed in a liquid (e.g. muddy water) or not allowed in school! (10) | | 22. | The general name for a liquid that dissolves things. (7) | | 23. | The temperature does this as it heads towards the boiling point. (5) | | 24. | What you do to water to leave the salt. (9) | | 25. | What is formed when a solid dissolves in a liquid. (8) | | 26. | A good cheap solvent for many salts! (5) | | 27. | This can separated into useful fractions by distillation. (5,3) | | 28. | What a mixture! and most water soluble minerals end up as part of it! (8 or 3,5) | | 29. | Converts hot vapour into colder liquid (9) |
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| 2. | One way to remove an insoluble solid from a liquid without heating the mixture. (6) | | 4. | After mixing salt with water, you can then definitely say "the salt was ?". (7) | | 5. | A way of separating a liquid mixture, or maybe a liquid from small quantities of dissolved solid. (12) | | 9. | A general word for the solid that dissolves in a solvent. (6) | | 10. | Petrol is this, so not a good idea to heat in the laboratory! (9) | | 13. | The proper chemical name for an important solvent for organic molecules, usually 'methylated alcohol' to stop people drinking it! (7) | | 14. | The liquid that comes through the filter paper. (8) | | 17. | A substance of two or more materials jumbled together. (7) | | 19. | Sugar ? in water. (9) | | 20. | A word that meaning the 'solution' will not dissolve anymore of the solid or you have been out in the rain too long! (9) | | 21. | It means the solid will not dissolve in a liquid. (9) |
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