Chemistry GCSE
Filtration
What Filtration means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Separates an insoluble solid from a liquid using filter paper and a funnel, because the solid particles are too large to pass through the filter paper pores.
Separates an insoluble solid from a liquid using filter paper and a funnel, because the solid particles are too large to pass through the paper.
Separating the excess solid from the salt solution, with the filter paper trapping the unreacted solid while the solution passes through.
The step that separates crystals already formed from the remaining solution.
Topics that use Filtration
- Mixtures (AQA GCSE)
- Soluble salts (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Crystallisation
- Acid reactions with insoluble bases
- Chemical versus physical properties
- Chromatography
- Conservation of chemical identity in mixtures
- Contrast between mixtures and compounds
- Evidence for no new substance
- Evidence from characteristic reactions and tests
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