Making Sodium Chloride
Step One
Tick the boxes to choose the metal compound and the acid that you will need to
make sodium chloride.
Magnesium
Copper oxide
Copper carbonate
Water
Hydrochloric acid
Magnesium oxide
Magnesium carbonate
Sodium carbonate
Carbon dioxide
Sulphuric acid
Step Two
Use the substances in the table to help you write a word equation for the reaction.
___________ + ___________  ___________ + ___________ + ___________
Step Three
Sort out these steps into the right order to make your method.
Write the number for each step in the boxes.
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Add 25 cm3 of the acid to the beaker.
Collect a small glass beaker.
Filter the mixture using filter paper and a filter funnel.
Keep on adding the compound a bit at a time until it won’t dissolve any more.
Leave the liquid to evaporate on the windowsill.
Pour the liquid into an evaporating basin.
Put one spatula load of the metal compound in the beaker.
Stir the acid and metal compound.
The correct order is
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Step Four
Decide which apparatus you will need by ticking the boxes.
Bunsen burner
Test tube
Beaker
Evaporating basin
Stirring rod
Gauze
Spatula
Filter funnel
Filter paper
Measuring cylinder
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