Lewis Lab Report

Melissa Kenney Dr. Braun/Lab K Lewis Symbols & Structures

Purpose
The purpose of this lab experiment is to practice writing Lewis symbols for elements and monatomic ions while writing Lewis structure for molecules and polyatomic ions. I will also be writing chemical equations using Lewis structures for different reactions involving either ionic compounds or covalent compounds. Lastly, I will I will predict the empirical formulas of ionic and covalent compounds
An example would be the reaction between silicon and hydrogen, where each silicon has an electron octet and each hydrogen has an electron duet. With that ratio being four hydrogen atoms bonding to each silicon atom, the empirical formula can be computed to be SiH4. In this experiment, I will write chemical equations using Lewis symbols and Lewis structures to represent reactants and products. Based on the Lewis symbols of selected elements, I will determine the possible empirical formula and Lewis structure for these
Once completed I will then utilize these same steps to construct the Lewis structure for the covalent compound phosgene while considering the possibility of a multiple bond between two of the atoms if I have trouble placing all of the valance electrons. I will then construct the Lewis structure for the covalent compound silicon dioxide using this same process, while also writing the Lewis structure for the hydrosulfide ion and covalent molecule nitrogen in individual boxes while identifying the number of valence electron for each