How do you separate a three-component mixture made up of an acid, a base and a neutral compound?????
2007-02-28 18:21:10 · 3 answers · asked by donna 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
You haven't said whether this is a solid mixture, a liquid mixture or one in solution already in an organic solvent. But your method will basically be - add NaOH and shake. Remove this solution from the mixture (separating funnel or filtration) and re-acidify. Then add HCl to the mixture, separate at and make it neutral again. The remainder will be the neutral compound.
2007-02-28 18:39:01 · answer #1 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could use three phase partioning or column chromatography. if you run a column you could set up to run based on ion exchange which is gonna separate based on charge. and if you know about acids and bases, you know that acids will have positive charges and bases will have negative charges so you can set up the stationary phase beads to be say positive beads, making the acids come out of the column faster, followed by the neutral compounds, and finally the bases which will want to interact wit the positive beads. hope that helps.
2007-03-01 02:37:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called liquid extraction. Don't have time to explain, but if you are in a chem class or lab then this is what they are looking for.
Google it.
2007-03-01 03:41:14 · answer #3 · answered by bourgoise_10o 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋