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Challenging Medicines: Analysing Medicines - Practicals

In association with Reckitt Benckiser

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Experiments that involve the colorimetric analysis of medicines and can be applied to other activities.

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  • Medicine Experiments Linking Diagram

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  • Colorimetric analysis of 2-hydroxybenzoic acid - student sheet

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  • Colorimetric analysis of 2-hydroxybenzoic acid - teacher sheet

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  • Colorimetric analysis of aspirin - student sheet

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  • Colorimetric analysis of aspirin - teacher sheet

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  • Colorimetric analysis of paracetamol - student sheet

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Level

  • 16-18 years

Use

  • Practical experiments
  • Handout
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Category

  • Analytical chemistry
  • Analysis

Specification

  • England
    • A/AS level
      • Edexcel Chemistry
        • Topic 16: Kinetics II
          • 3. be able to select and justify a suitable experimental technique to obtain rate data for a given reaction, including: titration, colorimetry, mass change, volume of gas evolved, other suitable technique(s) for a given reaction
      • OCR Chemistry A
        • Module 5: Physical chemistry and transition elements
          • 5.1 Rates, equilibrium and pH
            • 5.1.1 How fast?
              • h) the techniques and procedures used to investigate reaction rates by the initial rates method and by continuous monitoring, including use of colorimetry
  • Scotland
    • Advanced Higher
      • SQA Chemistry
        • Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
          • Chemical equilibrium
            • Calculation of pH for a weak acid
              • The approximate pH of a weak acid can be calculated using pH = ½ pKa – ½ log₁₀c where c is the nominal concentration of the acid in the solution.
        • Organic chemistry and instrumental analysis
          • Pharmaceutical chemistry
            • Pharmaceutical chemistry
              • Drugs are substances which alter the biochemical processes in the body.
        • Researching Chemistry
          • Practical skills and techniques
            • Colorimetry/accurate dilution
              • Colorimetry uses the relationship between colour intensity of a solution and the concentration of the coloured species present.
              • A colorimeter/spectrophotometer is used to measure the absorbance of light which is the complementary colour to the colour of the solution.

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