Schools’ Analyst past papers 2012

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Investigate the amount of active ingredient in aspirin tablets, paracetamol tablets and cold and flu remedies.

Follow the experimental procedures in these Schools’ Analyst past papers to determine the concentrations of Paracetamol in paracetamol tablets, aspirin in aspirin tablets and tri-sodium citrate in Boots Cold and Flu relief. You could also try are measuring the concentration of ethanol in beer measuring the levels of caffeine in coffee.

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