Heat of Formation of Magnesium Oxide Objetive: To determine the heat formation of MgO (Magnesium Oxide) using Hess’s Law‚ which states the heat within a chemical reaction is independent of the pathway between the initial and final states. Introduction: Chemical reactions require heat energy to complete‚ called an endothermic reaction‚ or produce heat energy‚ and thus called an exothermic reaction. The heat energy produced by such reactions can be measured using a calorimeter‚ a piece
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Determining the Empirical Formula of a Compound: Burning Magnesium Lab Purpose: To experimentally determine the percent composition of a reaction product. Directions: Work in teams of three. The directions for this lab are on a separate sheet of paper at your lab bench. Make sure that everyone in your group understands the process and purpose before you get started. Assign tasks. Everyone in the group will be expected to contribute at the same level of participation‚ and for this experiment
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of this lab was to test the law of definite proportions for the synthesis reaction of combusting magnesium. In this lab‚ the polished magnesium ribbon was placed in covered crucible and was heated in order for it to react with Oxygen presented in air and in water provided. The result showed that Magnesium oxide formed through chemical reaction was made up of 60.19% magnesium and 39.81% oxygen‚ which is approximate proportion of both particles in every Magnesium oxide compound. From this lab it can
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Lab Report Background Information: Magnesium is an alkaline earth metal that has the symbol Mg. Magnesium is a fairly strong‚ silvery-white‚ light-weight metal (one third lighter than aluminum). In a powder‚ it heats and ignites when exposed to moisture and burns with a white flame that is harmful to the eyes. It is difficult to ignite in bulk‚ but once ignited‚ it is difficult to extinguish. Magnesium Ribbon is a long strip of magnesium metal about 3 millimeters wide and 10 meters long with
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composition by mass of magnesium oxide – Report Objective: To measure and calculate the ratio of magnesium to oxygen in magnesium oxide. To compare the lab ratio to the percent composition calculation based on the formula. Hypothesis: Based on the law of definite proportions‚ the percentage composition of magnesium oxide should be around 60% magnesium and 40% oxygen. Materials: * Goggles * Centigram or analytical balance * 2-4 cm magnesium ribbon * Steel
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Empirical and Molecular Formula | Key Concepts * Empirical Formula of a compound shows the ratio of elements present in a compound. * Molecular Formula of a compound shows how many atoms of each element are present in a molecule of the compound. * The empirical formula mass of a compound refers to the sum of the atomic masses of the elements present in the empirical formula. * The Molecular Mass (formula mass‚ formula weight or molecular weight) of a compound is a multiple of the empirical
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Glavin Wiechert Group Member: Victoria Coe Due Date: May 2‚ 2011 Teacher: Louth‚ Ellen Mary Class: Chemistry 11 Ad Introduction: An empirical formula of a chemical compound is the ratio of atoms in simplest wholenumber terms of each present element in the compound. For example‚ Glucose is C H O ; it’s empirical formula is CH O. 6 12 6 2 A hydrate is a compound that is chemically combined with water molecules. In contrast‚ an anhydrate does not contain water‚ and has had all of its water removed
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Radha Shukla Determination of the Empirical Formula of Silver Oxide Will/Radha College Chemistry 9/12 – 9/13 9/17 The purpose of this lab is to use one of the ways to identify different compounds and be able to tell them apart. Based off of experimentation‚ the empirical formula of the given silver oxide will be determined. Materials: Chemicals: Silver Oxide‚ 0.5g Equipment: Balance‚ 0.001-g or 0.0001-g precision Bunsen Burner Clay pipestem triangle Crucible and cubicle lid‚ 15-
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Experiment 9 Empirical Formula of Zinc Iodide Objectives Upon completion of this experiment‚ students should have learned: 1. The law of conservation of mass. 2. How to calculate an empirical formula. 3. The concept of limiting reagents. Introduction Synthesis and the determination of empirical formulas are two extremely important parts of chemistry. In this experiment‚ you will synthesize zinc iodide and determine its empirical formula. The molecular formula gives the actual
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In this experiment‚ we have silver oxide and by using a bunsen burner‚ we will drive off all of the oxygen in the compound. We will do this by heating the silver oxide until the substance’s mass stays constant to know when all of the oxygen possible has been driven out. This process will occur through a series of heating and remassing. Silver oxide has many uses from batteries to military purposes. In a silver-zinc battery‚ silver oxide acts as the cathode and zinc as the anode. This battery is
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