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O-LevelChemistryBonding & Structure5070/11 · Oct/Nov 2012 · Q11 Mark

It is suspected that a lollipop contains traces of a poisonous green dye (boiling point 73°C) as well as two harmless orange and red dyes (boiling points 69 °C and 73°C respectively). What is the best method by which the green dye may be detected?

Afiltration
Bfractional distillation
Cpaper chromatography
Drecrystallisation

✓ Correct answer

C: paper chromatography

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Bonding & Structure, O-Level Chemistry (syllabus 5070). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Chemistry, Oct/Nov 2012 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 1.

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