Chemistry A-Level
Washing and drying a crude solid
What Washing and drying a crude solid means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The solid is washed with a little cold solvent to remove soluble impurities and mother liquor, and air is drawn through it to help drying.
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