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Unit 5.3 What’s in Things?
Students experiment with separating the components of
soft drinks, which they know from everyday life. Through
this they learn about mixture separation and chemical processes.
Video program cues: 15:20 — 29:40
Cherry-Coke distillation laboratory
Al DeGennaro teaches about separation methods using household
solutions.
Activity
Links
- This site applies distillation
to petroleum refining
- A series of interactive pages that explain the composition
of matter. Distillation and chromatography are highlighted.
Readings
Stanitski, C. (1999)' Molecules at an Exhibition: Portraits
of Intriguing Molecules in Everyday Life (by John Emsley),
'Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 76, No. 8, pp:
1065-1066.
Rohrig, B. (2000)' Fizzy Drinks: Stoichiometry You Can Taste,
'Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 77, No. 12,
pp: 1608A-1608B.
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