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Challenging Plants: Analytical Methods

In association with Reckitt Benckiser

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Investigations of plants and soil often require the application of some basic analytical methods. Some important ones are given here.

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  • Determination of iron as Fe³⁺ using thiocyanate - student sheet

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  • Determination of iron as Fe²⁺ by 1,10-phenanthroline - student

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  • Determination of zinc using zincon - student sheet

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  • Determination of zinc using zincon - teacher sheet

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  • Determination of phosphate using molybdate - student sheet

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  • Determination of manganese as manganate (VII) - student sheet

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  • Determination of thiocyanate using Fe³⁺ - student sheet

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Level

  • 16-18 years

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  • Analytical chemistry
  • Analysis
  • Spectroscopy

Specification

  • Scotland
    • Advanced Higher
      • SQA Chemistry
        • Skills of scientific experimentation, investigation and inquiry
          • Learners should be familiar with the following apparatus, practical techniques and activities
            • using a colorimeter or visible spectrophotometer and carrying out dilution to prepare a calibration graph
        • 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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