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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Chromatography

 Kia ora, bonjour, Hola, Guten Tag, Konnichiwa, Nǐn hǎo, Salve and Zdravstvuyte  

Today in Science we are learning about Chromatography.

Whats is Chromatography? Chromato means Colour and Graphy means writing or science.

Whats are pigments? The pigment is a substance that gives colour to things. They are used to give colour to all sorts of things like felts, paints, plastic, food, fabric, even animals and plants.   

 

Aim-To separates the different pigments from ink using the chromatography

hypothesis- I think that the pen line will go up and take out the pigments, the colours we might see are orange blue and black. (depended on the pen

1- Draw a line across the filter paper in pencil, 5cm from the bottom.

2- Draw a coloured dot in the centre of the line.

3- Measure out 10mL of water and place it in the test tube.

4- Place the filter paper in the test tube and fold it over the side. MAKE SURE THE PENCIL LINE/ DOT IS NOT IN THE WATER.

5- Wait for 5 minutes and observe the results

EQUIPMENT- Felt tip pen, filter paper strips, test tube, measuring cylinder, pencil.



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