: The copper cycle IN TRODUCTION The purpose of the experiment is to recognize that change of state‚ change in colour‚ formation of a precipitate‚ or the evolution of heat are associated with a chemical change; to study reactions of copper. Copper is an element that can be found in nature in a variety of different compounds. The most common natural ore is the sulphide‚ known as chalcocite‚ Cu2S. This mineral is an important source of copper metal because it is about 80% copper by weight
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experiment‚ we were trying to see whether copper‚ after a chain of chemical reactions‚ will revert back to its elemental form. Procedure: First‚ I added nitric acid with copper in a beaker‚ which turned into a copper nitrate‚ a blue-green solution. Afterwards‚ I added sodium hydroxide‚ and my solution colored to a dark blue solution called copper hydroxide. I heated the solution to evaporate the water and I got a brownish-blackish solid called copper oxide. Once the solid appeared‚ I poured
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Copper Cycle Summary During the copper cycle lab‚ my partners and I performed a series of reactions on copper powder and observed the changes it underwent. For the first step‚ we mixed nitric acid and copper powder‚ and noticed that a yellowish brown gas emerged‚ along with effervescence. The red solid disappeared and became a blue liquid. We know that we produced copper nitrate‚ nitrate gas‚ and water because the only two blue solutions in “A New Language” are copper sulfate and copper nitrate
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The Copper Cycle Alexes Montalvo Chem 1500-10 September 26‚ 2012 The Copper Cycle Introduction: The Copper Cycle is a popular experiment used to determine if an element‚ in this instance‚ copper‚ reverts to its elemental form after a chain of reactions. This experiment is very dangerous because of the reactions between the strong acids and bases. In this experiment I performed a series of reactions starting with
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November 3rd‚ 2009 Lab Report #3: Copper Cycle Abstract: The purpose of the experiment is to cycle solid copper through a series of five reactions. At different stages of the cycle‚ copper was present in different forms. First reaction involves reaction between the copper and nitric acid‚ and copper changed from elemental state to an aqueous. The second reaction converted the aqueous Cu2+ into the solid copper (2) hydroxide. In the third reaction Cu(OH)2 decomposed into copper 2 oxide and water
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6: The Copper Cycle CHEM 101 Lab-M/630 As an investigation of the copper cycle lab group 6 conducted an experiment on 6 October 2014 at Arizona State University laboratory that would demonstrate the cycle of reactions that copper (Cu) can produce when introduced to with other substances/reactant. The purpose of the investigation was to notice the transformation of a specific quantity of copper wire (g) as it undergoes its coordination reactions until a reduction method would yield copper (Cu) again
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In this lab‚ we changed copper into various forms using different chemicals and chemical reactions. The purpose of this lab is to demonstrate that the product of a chemical reaction depends on what is present at the time of that reaction. This lab also displays how matter cannot be created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction. In a lab‚ you must always make safety a priority in case of an emergency. In our lab‚ we made sure to wear closed-toed shoes as well as goggles at all times. We also performed
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General Chemistry I The Lab Report As a scientist you are responsible for conveying the results of an experiment to a supervisor‚ a colleague‚ or the public. Often‚ you will convey this information in the form of a scientific paper describing your work. This paper needs to clearly describe why and how an experiment was done‚ and it must include an interpretation of results‚ including a discussion of their importance and any significant sources of error. You lab report will be a brief version
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Experiment 3 A Cycle of Copper Reactions Chemistry Department UCC 1st Year Practicals Introduction n n n n n Copper is one of the most important metals. Copper is reddish with a bright metallic lustre It is malleable‚ ductile‚ and a good conductor of heat and electricity (second only to silver in electrical conductivity) Its alloys‚ brass and bronze‚ are very important Has various oxidation states: 0 in elemental copper‚ +1‚ and +2 which is observable in corroded
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Identification of a Copper Compound by Percent Mass Unknown Compound: #9 Abstract: The objective of this experiment was to identify the unknown pure copper salt compound of #9. To do this‚ the mass of copper in the unknown was calculated and then divided by the mass of the whole compound to get the percent copper. The molecular weight was also calculated by dividing mass of copper compound used by moles of compound in unknown sample. The percent copper averaged out to 31.6% while the molecular
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