Chemistry A-Level
drying and washing the product
What drying and washing the product means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The distillate is usually washed in a separating funnel, releasing pressure often if carbon dioxide is produced, then dried with anhydrous calcium chloride.
Topics that use drying and washing the product
- Elimination (AQA A-Level)
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- competing reactions
- condenser water direction
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- elimination of water
- elimination to an alkene
- Functional group
- Homologous series
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