A highly impure sample of benzoic acid is contaminated with naphthalene. Which of the following techniques would be LEAST effective for purifying the benzoic acid?
Simple distillation
Sublimation followed by recrystallization
Recrystallization from hot water
Treatment with sodium bicarbonate followed by acidification
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The substance used as an adsorbent in the column chromatography is:
Alum
A mixture of two organic compounds and can be separated by (B. P of , B. P of )
Fractional distillation
Simple distillation
Sublimation
Chromatography
A mixture of benzoic acid and benzamide is dissolved in diethyl ether. Which of the following would be the MOST efficient method to separate the two compounds?
Fractional distillation
Recrystallization from hot water
Extract the ethereal solution with aqueous sodium bicarbonate, then acidify the aqueous layer to recover benzoic acid; evaporate the ether to recover benzamide.
Steam distillation
Glycerol can be separated from spent-lye in soap industry by
Steam distillation
Fractional distillation
Distillation under reduced pressure
Ordinary distillation
Which purification technique is MOST suitable for separating a thermally unstable liquid organic compound from a non-volatile impurity?
Simple distillation
Fractional distillation
Steam distillation
Vacuum distillation
Thiophene is separated from benzene by:
Chlorination of thiophene
Sulphonation of thiophene
Nitration of thiophene
Oxidation of thiophene
When an organic compound is present in aqueous medium and is less soluble in any organic solvent, then it is separated by
Continuous extraction
Distillation
Chromatography
Sublimation
Which of the following statement is not applicable to Beilstein test?
Green or bluish green flame is due to the formation of volatile cupric halides
It does not tell us to which halogen is present in the organic compound
It is very sensitive test can be easily performed
It is a sure test for the presence of halogen
Which of the substance is purified by sublimation?
Benzoic acid
Camphor
Naphthalene
All of these
Which one of the following methods can be used to obtain highly pure metal which is liquid at room temperature?
Distillation
Zone refining
Electrolysis
Chromatography