Chemistry GCSE
Physical versus chemical separation methods
What Physical versus chemical separation methods means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Physical methods such as filtration, distillation, crystallisation and chromatography separate mixtures by differences in physical properties and do not break chemical bonds, whereas only a chemical change can split a compound into its elements.
Topics that use Physical versus chemical separation methods
- Atoms, elements and compounds (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Balanced chemical equation
- Balanced equation
- Chemical change
- Chemical symbol
- Decomposition reactions
- Endothermic
- Exothermic
- Fixed composition and atom ratios
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