Particles Mastery Booklet
Particles Mastery Booklet
Particles Mastery Booklet
Lesson 1: How can the particle model explain the properties of substances?
Particles
Ancient Greece: Democritus, a Greek philosopher sits on the beach watching the waves move
against the sand. He notices that the tiny sand grains flow in and out as the waves flow over them.
He thinks ‘If the grains of sand can flow like water then maybe the water is also made of tiny
grains?’
Over time he names these tiny uncuttable and invisible particles atoms, from the Greek atomos
meaning uncuttable. He states that:
We often use the word particles to describe the states of matter, this is because sometimes
something is made of single atoms, but other times they are made of many atoms joined together.
Particles are a simplified model that makes it easier for us to explain the properties of matter.
Sugar
All matter is broken up into 3 states. There are solid, liquid and gas. All substances can exist as
these states, depending on their temperature, for example water is a solid below 0 oC, a liquid from
0-100oC and a gas above 100oC. Below is a diagram of the 3 states of matter
Different states of matter have different properties. A property is a characteristic that is typical
for that object. For example, some of the properties of good students are: organised, hardworking,
bringing the correct equipment, being on time to lessons.
Use your knowledge organiser to summarise the properties of solids liquids and gases below by
writing ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in each box.
12. A Child is playing with a bucket of sand. She pours the sand into a pile. Her father says
“look the sand is flowing it must be a liquid.” Explain why the father is wrong.
13. A chocolate bunny is taken from the fridge and left out on a sunny windowsill. As it heats
up it begins to change shape. Explain, using particles, why it had a fixed shape in the
fridge, but began to change shape once it got hot.
Lesson 2
If someone sprays an aerosol in a room the scent spreads around the room. It is smelt by the people
nearest to it first and those furthest away last. The people nearest also smell a stronger scent that
those further away. This happens because the scent particles diffuse. Diffusion is the movement of
a substance from an area of high concentration to and area of low concentration. Concentration is
defined as the number of particles in a fixed area.
The reason diffusion can happen is because of kinetic theory. Low concentration (more area)
Kinetic theory is the idea that all particles are moving constantly. It
also states that the particles solids, liquids and gases move
differently.
Because all particles can move that means that all particles can undergo diffusion. The rate of
diffusion is linked to how fast and easily the particles can move. Below are 3 examples of how
diffusion can occur in solids, liquids and gases.
Diffusion in solids
Because solid particle only vibrate and are held together by strong bonds diffusion happens very
slowly.
14. Potassium permanganate/agar jelly demo: Make notes about what you observe on the
diagram below
Diffusion in liquids
Because the particles of a liquid can move past each other diffusion in a liquid is faster than a solid
15. Lead nitrate/potassium iodide practical: Make notes about what you observe on the
diagram below
Lead Potassium
Nitrate Iodide
Diffusion in gases
16. Hydrochloric acid/Ammonia demo: Make notes about what you observe on the diagram
below
Concentrated
Concentrated
hydrochloric acid
Ammonia
How
Equipment does temperature affect the rate of diffusion?
list:
When we heat particles they move faster. This is because the energy in their kinetic store
increases. As they move more the particles begin to separate. This increases the substances volume
and it expands.
Particles are held together by attractive forces. To change state from a solid to a liquid you need
to increase the kinetic energy store of the particles enough to allow the particles to weaken those
bonds. This allows the particles to be able to slide past each other and behave like a liquid. To
increase the kinetic energy store of particles you need to heat them. This is called melting. If we
continue heating the liquid the kinetic energy store increases even more. The particles in the liquid
begin to move faster and faster. The attractive forces get weaker and weaker until finally the
particles break free and can escape. They begin to bounce around the room randomly hitting the
walls, ceiling and floor. The liquid has now turned into a gas. This is called evaporation (or
boiling).
If you reduce the thermal store, by cooling the particles, they move slower. As they slow the
attractive forces get stronger and the particles become more attracted to each other. Eventually
these forces will hold the particles together. The gas will have turned back into a liquid. This is
called condensation. If we further reduce the thermal store the cooling particles become even
more attracted each other and get fixed in place. They are now a solid. This is called freezing (or
solidification).
Some solid particles have very weak bonds. This means that once the particles get a small amount
of energy in their kinetic store, they skip the liquid state and jump straight into a gas state. This is
called sublimation. The opposite is also true with gases turning straight into solids. This is called
deposition. Carbon Dioxide is a common example of these changes.
19. Complete the diagram below to summarise all the changes of state.
Substances melt and boil at specific temperatures. The best example is water which has a
melting point of 0oC and a boiling point of 100oC. Room temperature is close to 20oC so water is
a liquid at room temperature.
These temperatures are different for each substance because the size of their particles and the
attractive forces between them are different. We can investigate the boiling and melting points
experimentally using equipment shown below.
20°C
23. Argon has a melting point of -189°C and a boiling point of -186°C.
20°C
Explaining what happens at the melting and boiling point
Annotate the diagram below as your teacher explains why the graph changes shape.
24. Look at the graph below for a cooling curve of naphthalene gas
When you want to inflate a balloon what do you do? If you blow into it the rubber will stretch, but
what is creating the force needed to stretch the rubber? What about inflating tyres, do they work
the same?
All the questions above and many more can be explained by using particle and
kinetic theory. The particles in a gas have a large amount of energy in the kinetic
store so they move very quickly. They randomly hit the sides of the contained
they are in, eg the balloon. This impact creates a small force. As there are a huge
number of particles these tiny forces add up. This is what we call air pressure.
When we inflate a balloon, we are adding more air particles. So, there will be
more collisions and the force of the air pressure will increase. The pressure gets
large enough to overcome the tension and stretch the rubber and the balloon
expands.
Another way to increase the pressure is to keep the number of particles the same but increase their
kinetic energy store. If we heat the particles, they will begin to move much faster. This means
they will hit the container with much more force so the air pressure will increase. Below is the
apparatus of the exploding can demonstrating this fact.
d) Use your diagrams and the keywords shown below, to explain why the can exploded
when it was heated:
Collisions/collide; particles; container; kinetic energy
Lesson 5
When you add salt to water it appears the salt vanishes! You can explain what happens using
particle theory. Salt dissolves because it is soluble. Sand is an example of an insoluble substance,
one that does not dissolve. When a soluble substance (also known as a solute) dissolves in liquid
(also known as a solvent) they form a solution. This is summarised below:
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The conservation of mass is an important rule for all chemical and physical processes. The
conservation of mass states:
Water (solvent) Salt solution
-Random -Salt particles fit in the gaps between the
-Moving + Salt (solute)
The mass before a change is equalparticles.
water to the mass after
-Medium -This is why the salt is soluble
This tells us that in a physical or chemical change the particles are never destroyed or made.
You will make a salt solution by mixing some salt and water together.
You will measure the mass of the salt and the mass of water before mixing them.
Method
Mass of beaker + water Mass of salt (g) Mass of beaker + Change in mass (g)
(g) solution (g)
My Results:
Group no. Mass of beaker + water (g) Mass of salt (g) Mass of beaker + solution (g)
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10
Class results:
Reproducibility: Results which show the same pattern when completed separately are said to be
reproducible.
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Lesson 6
A pure substance is made of only one thing with nothing else added to it. Sulfur is a yellow solid
and it is pure. Iron is also a pure substance. If we mix them they become a mixture of Iron and
Sulfur. A mixture is more or one substance that are together but not chemically bonded
Depending on the states of matter that are mixed they need different techniques to separate them.
Our example above is easy because Iron is magnetic so we can use a magnet. But often we need to
use more complicated methods.
31. Look at the diagrams below and label each as pure or impure
32. Label the diagrams with the correct technique. Label the equipment with their correct
names as you are shown each set up.
33. Answer the questions below in you exercise book
a) Define a pure substance
b) Define a mixture
c) Tap water naturally has minerals dissolved in it. Is it a pure substance? Why?
d) Describe the arrangement and motion of the particles in a bar of pure Iron. (Note: include
at least 9 particles)
34. Bill has bought a wedding ring for his fiancé. The jeweller told him it was pure gold but the
ticket says it contains 13% copper and the rest is gold.
a) Is it a pure substance or a mixture? Why?
b) What percentage of gold is in Bill’s ring?
c) Suggest what the copper would do to the appearance of the ring?
d) Pure gold has a melting point of 1064oC. Will the melting point of Bills ring be higher or
lower than 1064 oC
Lesson 7
We all use salt for a variety of purposes. Salt naturally is dug out the ground as rock salt. Rock salt
is a mixture of salt crystals and rock. It is used to grit the roads when icy. If we want to use salt on
our food we need to first purify the rock salt.
Use the pictures below to help you write a method for the separation of salt from rock salt.
HINT: make sure you use correct sentence starters to show the progress eg Firstly…
next….then…..finally
Rock salt practical results table
When looking at or experiment we can use the data in the results table above to calculate the
percentage by mass of the salt in the original rock salt. Because we all used the same rocksalt
sample and the same procedure we should be able to compare our results and check
reproducibility.
The percentage of salt you obtained from the original rock salt sample can be calculate like this:
If you got 5.6g of clean salt and the mass of your original sample was 13.8g:
5.6
×100=40.58 %
13.8
Rounded to the nearest whole number = 41%
Suppose that I was able to extract 27g of salt from a salt-water solution with a mass of 200g.
35. Suppose that I was able to extract 15g of pure salt from a starting sample with a total mass
of 38g. What percentage is this?
36. If 49g of rock salt produces 12g of pure salt, what was the percentage of salt in the rock
salt?
37. If I remove 222g of impurities from 250g rock salt, what percentage salt was in the rock
salt?
Things to consider:
• Was your percentage of salt obtained approximately the same as other people in the class?
Lesson 9
Aim/introduction:
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Method
1. Pour the ink and water mix into a conical flask and add some anti bumping granules
3. Add a bung and delivery tube to the conical flask and insert the delivery tube into a test tube.
5. Heat the ink and water mix gently, removing the heat if the mixture boils too vigorously.
Risk assessment:
Hazard Risk Safety
Hot equipment
Open flames
Boiling liquids
Diagram
39. Add labels to your
diagram, using a pencil and a
ruler to draw the lines
40. Describe what happened to the ink and the water during the experiment
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41. What was in the test tube at the end of the experiment?
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42. Below is a diagram showing an improved method for separating the two liquids. Add labels
to the diagram.
Bunsen, ink and water mix, water, beaker, condenser, water in, water out, thermometer, round bottom flask
43. Why is this equipment better than the equipment you used?
44. Why is the water connected so that it flows in at the bottom and out of the top?
45. What reading should be on the thermometer during the experiment if you only want to
collect water?
Lesson 10
One of the key things about chromatography is that if two dyes move the same distance then they
must be made of the same thing. This is also used by food scientists to check the colourings used in
foods are safe to eat. Once finished the paper is removed and dried. It is called a chromatogram.
46. Label the diagram with the important information about chromatography
1. Using a pencil and ruler, draw a baseline 2cm from the bottom of the paper (stationary
phase).
3. Measure 10ml of water (solvent) with the measuring cylinder and pour into the 100ml
beaker. (The water level must be below the baseline.)
5. Place the paper into the beaker so that the water just touches
the bottom of the paper. (The pencil should rest
over the top of the beaker, keeping the paper steady and in
place)
REMEMBER:
DO NOT let the paper bend so that the line and colours go into the
water
DO NOT let any part of the paper touch the side of the beaker.
47. Using a pencil and a ruler, draw a diagram of your experiment set up. You should label it
fully.
Labels: Paper; stationary phase; sample spot; solute; baseline; solvent; water; pencil;
beaker
Lesson 11
Imagine making a cup of tea for me. “how many sugars would you like?” you ask as you pour in
the boiling water. “Ten please!” I reply. What would
happen as you began to add the sugar? What would
happen once you got to the 5th spoon? Would it still
dissolve?
We saw above that sodium chloride had a solubility of 36g/100cm 3 in water. Different
solutes have different solubilities. Potassium nitrate is another type of salt. It has a
solubiltiy in water of 46g/100cm3. Look at the table below to see how changing the
solvent affects the solubility.
Solvent
Solute Water Ethanol Cyclohexane
Sodium chloride
Wax
Sand
Sucrose (sugar)
The water in the trough has some acid in it. This turns the indicator red. When the syringe
is pushed a small amount of water goes into the round flask. The ammonia gas dissolves
into the water. This means there are less gas particles in the flask. This reduces the
pressure inside the flask creating a vacuum. This sucks up the water and indicator from
the trough. As the ammonia is an alkali the indicator changes from red to purple.
Why do we use hot water for a cup of tea?
Have you ever made a cup of tea with cold water? It doesn’t really work. This is because
the tea is not very soluble in cold water. When we heat particles we increase their kinetic
energy store and they begin to move faster. As they move faster there are more gaps
between the particles. As there are more gaps more solute can dissolve in the solvent.
HEAT
Colder particles
Hotter particles
Less kinetic energy
Slow moving solvent cannot More kinetic energy
break apart solute easily Fast moving solvent cannot
Slower vibrating solute break apart solute easily
cannot break apart easily Faster vibrating solute
Only small mass dissolves cannot break apart easily
larger mass dissolves
10 12
20 24
30 30
40 48
50 60
60. Write the units for temperature and mass in the brackets above
61. Put a scale on the X axis and label it
62. Plot the data from the table on the graph below
63. One of the points does not fit the pattern. Circle it.
64. Draw a straight line of best fit through all the results that fit the pattern.
60
50
Mass of salt dissolved (g)
40
30
20
10
65. How does increasing the temperature affect the mass of solute that dissolves
66. Complete the sentences below:
a) Heating the solvent increases the mass of solute that dissolves because…
b) Heating the solvent increases the mass of solute that dissolves but…
c) Heating the solvent increases the mass of solute that dissolves so…
Interleaved questions for revision
67. Which diagrams represents a pure substance? There may be more than one.
Explain your choice
A B C D
68. Define an atom
69. Define the conservation of mass
70. Why can you separate Iron and Sulfur with a magnet but not Carbon and Sulfur?
71. Wax has a melting point of 37oC what state will it be at room temperature
72. Draw lines to match the technique shown with the correct name. Draw only 3
lines.
B
c h ro m a to g ra p h y
d is t illa t io n
A
f ilt r a tio n
c r y s ta llis a tio n
cold water in
74. A student separated the colours in a drink and
compared it with some known food colours.
a) Why was the start line drawn in pencil?
b) Which two food colours were contained in drink
X?
f ilt e r p a p e r
sand. C a t h y 's c h r o m a t o g r a m
77. A child spills a can of cherry cola. Explain why the students near them can spell the
cheyry scent sooner than the students further away, using the concept of diffusion.
78. A student tries to extract salt from rock salt. They manage to produce 14g of salt
from 42g of rock salt.
a) Why did they crush the rock salt before adding water?
b) Why did the filter the rock salt solution?
c) How did they remover the salt from the salt solution
d) Calculate the percentage mass of salt in the rock salt. Show your working.
79. Label the graph with as much information you can. You can use diagrams if you
wish.
80. Find the mistakes in each of the sentences on the left. Write a corrected version in
the box on the right