Analysis of a Copper Sulfate Sample Empirical Formula of Hydrous Copper Sulfate Joel Ramirez 9/25/2012 10/2/2012 The purpose of this experiment is to find the empirical formula of a hydrous copper sulfate sample and the amount of water in the sample. This whole process will be determined in three different experiments. Procedure: Experiment 1 – Percentage of water in sample. The percentage of water in hydrous copper sulfate was determined. Clean‚ dry and weight the crucible
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Laboratory 3. Empirical Formula Of An Oxide This experiment will demonstrate the law of conservation of mass‚ and more specifically‚ how the law can be used to experimentally determine the empirical formula of our intended product‚ magnesium oxide. In this experiment we will learn how to: 1. heat a sample in a crucible with a Bunsen burner. 2. use the method of weight by difference to determine mass quantities. 3. convert grams to moles. 4. determine the simplest ratio between two
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Pre-Lab Discussion An empirical formula is a formula for a chemical compound found by direct laboratory examination. Laboratory procedures allow the chemist to find the simplest whole number ratio of elements within the compound. In order to find the true molecular formula‚ the chemist also needs to know the compound’s molecular mass. The general procedure is to use laboratory techniques to determine the mass of each element in the compound. In this lab‚ we will react a known quantity of magnesium
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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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Experiment 5 Determination of Empirical Formulas of Hydrate and Oxide Compounds Room #216 Locker# 1137 Date of Experiment: May 11‚ 2014 Date of Submission: May 16‚ 2014 Purpose: To determine the identity of an unknown hydrated salt calculating the percent water loss after heating and also to determine the empirical formula of magnesium oxide. Results: Table 1: Determination of the mass of waters of hydration of an unknown hydrated compound. Hydrated Compound code: C-14 Mass
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Determining the Empirical Formula of Magnesium Oxide‚ students set out to find if there is a true 1:1 ratio in the empirical formula of MgO. This was determined by burning the Magnesium until a white smoke started to protrude. This showed the reaction of Oxygen combining with Magnesium to form Magnesium Oxide. This was then measured again and turned out to be slightly heavier than the measurement before. This added weight is Oxygen‚ forming the combustion of Magnesium Oxide. The formula for Magnesium
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The Empirical Formula of Magnesium Oxide. Focus Question – Can the mass of magnesium combusted in excess oxygen be used to determine the empirical formula of magnesium oxide? Hypothesis – Combustion of Magnesium will generate data which can be used to calculate the EF of Magnesium Oxide Experimental Report: Data Collection and Processing Qualitative Observations: * The Magnesium burnt with a very bright flame. (as seen in figure 2 below) * White smoke was formed and some
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The element I chose for this paper was Tin. Tin got its name because it is Anglo-Saxon‚ and the atomic symbol get its name from the Latin root Stannum. https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele050.html. What does Tin mean? Tin belongs to the carbon family https://www.britannica.com/science/tin. Tin consists of 50 Protons‚ 69 Neutrons and 50 electrons. (my citation for where i got this information is the periodic table you gave to us.) The atomic number of tin is 50 because the atomic number is usually
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Empirical Formula of Copper (II) Chloride Gabriella Jane Lukas B1401404 HELP University Empirical Formula of Copper (II) Chloride Objectives 1. To validate that the empirical formula of copper (II) chloride is . 2. To calculate the percent composition of copper in copper (II) chloride. 3. To illustrate the Law of Constant Composition in copper (II) chloride. 4. To study the reaction between copper (II) chloride solution and aluminium metal. Introduction One of the most fundamental statements
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How does a catalyst in the form of a metal ion affect the rate of reaction in an iodide clock reaction with potassium peroxydisulphate ions? Background When peroxydisulfate ions (S2O82-) react with iodide ions (I-) in the presence of a starch indicator‚ they produce a dark blue solution. Reaction (1) S2O82- + 3I- I3- + 2 SO42- (peroxydisulfate ion) (iodide ion) (iodine ion) (sulfate ion) To determine the rate law for this reaction a series of changes
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