Chemistry A-Level
Product isolation and purification
What Product isolation and purification means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Product isolation and purification
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Obtaining the crude product using a separating funnel or filtration under reduced pressure, then purifying it by distillation or recrystallisation and checking purity against a quoted melting point.
Topics that use Product isolation and purification
Related terms
- Basicity of amines
- Carbonyl group distinction
- Comparison with literature data
- Distillation
- Distillation apparatus
- Filtration under reduced pressure
- Functional group identification
- Functional group recognition
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