Chemistry GCSE
Evidence for no new substance
What Evidence for no new substance means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Evidence for no new substance
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No new substances are made during filtration, crystallisation, simple distillation, fractional distillation or chromatography.
Topics that use Evidence for no new substance
- Mixtures (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Chemical versus physical properties
- Chromatography
- Conservation of chemical identity in mixtures
- Contrast between mixtures and compounds
- Crystallisation
- Evidence from characteristic reactions and tests
- Filtration
- Mixture
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