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Metathesis Reaction Lab Report CHM 1045

This lab report describes an experiment on metathesis reactions and solubility. Sixteen pairs of chemicals were mixed and observations such as color changes or gas evolution were recorded to identify metathesis reactions. Sodium nitrate, potassium chloride, and water were combined and cooled to form crystals. The crystals were then observed under a magnifying glass. Based on the observations, it was determined that nonpolar solids were soluble in nonpolar solvents due to like dissolving like, with one exception possibly due to experimental error. Molarities were calculated for the sodium nitrate and potassium chloride solutions.

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Metathesis Reaction Lab Report CHM 1045

This lab report describes an experiment on metathesis reactions and solubility. Sixteen pairs of chemicals were mixed and observations such as color changes or gas evolution were recorded to identify metathesis reactions. Sodium nitrate, potassium chloride, and water were combined and cooled to form crystals. The crystals were then observed under a magnifying glass. Based on the observations, it was determined that nonpolar solids were soluble in nonpolar solvents due to like dissolving like, with one exception possibly due to experimental error. Molarities were calculated for the sodium nitrate and potassium chloride solutions.

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Experiment 4 Lab Report


Chm 1045- L02
By
Wide Fleurantus
Lamont Chester, Kierra Howard, Dwayne Carter
Experiment date: 10/18/16
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Introduction
A Metathesis reaction briefly implied the ionic character of the species in a

solution. This kind of reaction is fairly common in aqueous solutions, where the
cations and anions of the substances involved exchange partners. For this type of
reaction, they either can form a molecular equation or ionic equation. One question
that must be ask before conducted this type of experiment is what observations
tells that a chemical reaction has occurred? Some indications include: the
formation of a precipitate, color change, the evolution of a gas, or temperature
change. In this experiment, it has been showing that when two aqueous solutions
are mixed together the predictions showed that some color changes had been
develop as well as evolution of gas. This experiment was performing in other to
know how to write a chemical equation for metathesis or double displacement
reaction, including net ionic equations.

Procedure
A. Metathesis Reactions
Sixteen pairs of chemicals were mixed. Copper (II) Sulfate+ Sodium Carbonate,
Copper (II) Sulfate + Barium Chloride, Copper (II) Sulfate + Trisodium Phosphate,
Sodium Carbonate + sulfuric acid, Sodium Carbonate + Hydrochloric acid,
Cadmium Chloride + Sodium Sulfide, Cadmium Chloride + Sodium Hydroxide,
Nickel Chloride + silver Nitrate, Nickel Chloride + Sodium Carbonate,
Hydrochloric acid + Sodium Hydroxide, Ammonium Chloride + Sodium
Hydroxide, Sodium Acetate + Hydrochloric acid, Sodium Sulfide + Hydrochloric
acid, Lead Nitrate + Sodium Sulfide, Lead Nitrate + Sulfuric acid, Potassium
Chloride + Sodium Nitrate. Reagents were combined with a volume of 1 ml and
observations were recorded.
B. Solubility. Temperature, and Crystallization
An 8.5 g of sodium nitrate, 7.5 g of potassium chloride, and 25 ml of water were
added to a beaker and mixed together. The mixture was placed in ice water to cool
down and the temperature was measured. A filter was used to filter out the cold
water and keep the crystal that was formed from the mixture. The crystal was then
dry and observed through a magnifying glass. The shape, temperature of the crystal
was recorded.

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Discussion/ Conclusion
Based on observations in experiments, it can be determined that nonpolar solids
were readily soluble in nonpolar solvents with a single contradiction between water
and resorcinol, for both polar substances would be expected to result in
crystallization as "like dissolves like". The results may have come from a point of
error. The addition of excessive solvent may have contributed to a lack of
solubility. Or the required boiling point was not reached sufficiently. Ligroin and
Toluene are both nonpolar solvents. Benzoic acid and Resorcinol are both polar
solids, this explains the insolubility and lack of crystallization between these
substances. Though slightly weaker differences in polarity between Toluene
(nonpolar) and Benzoic acid (polar) can be attributed to the minute amounts of
crystal noted in their resulting solution. The similar polarities and geometric
structure between Anthracene and Toluene, as well as the similarities between
Resorcinol and water, resulted in ample solubility and crystallization.

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Calculations

Calculate the molarity for NaNO3


Molarity = Moles of a solute / liters of a solution
M = 1.0 /0.25 L = 4
Calculate the molarity for KCl
M = 1.0/ 0.25 L = 5.1
Calculate the molarity for NaCl
M=

Calculate the molarity for KNO3

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