Filtration Transitional Reasoning Download PDF

Questions

1. 1.

   A student adds two different white powders, solid X and solid Y, to separate beakers of water and stirs each mixture thoroughly. Solid X dissolves completely to produce a transparent liquid, whereas solid Y forms a cloudy suspension with visible suspended particles. If the student pours each mixture through an identical funnel lined with standard filter paper, which statement correctly predicts and explains the outcome?

   • A) Solid X will be collected on the filter paper because dissolved particles are too dense to pass through the pore network.
   • B) Both solid X and solid Y will remain on the filter paper because filter paper traps all solids regardless of their state in water.
   • C) Solid Y will remain on the filter paper as residue because its undissolved particles are larger than the filter pores, while solid X will pass into the filtrate.
   • D) Solid Y will pass through the filter paper because its particles are dispersed, whereas solid X will form a residue as it crystallizes on the paper.