Chemistry GCSE
Evidence from characteristic reactions and tests
What Evidence from characteristic reactions and tests means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The particles of each substance remain unchanged, so their reactions and characteristic tests are the same as when the substance is pure, such as oxygen in air still supporting combustion.
Topics that use Evidence from characteristic reactions and tests
- Mixtures (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
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- Chromatography
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- Evidence for no new substance
- Filtration
- Mixture
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