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Erlenmeyer Lab

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Wore clean, intact safety glasses to avoid any splashes of chemicals that may contact the eye, and recorded qualitative data of reactants, such as colour, odour, shape etc., of hydrochloric acid and magnesium metal ribbon prior to the experiment. 2. Inspected two Erlenmeyer flasks and scoopula for cracks or contamination and cut 25 pieces of magnesium metal ribbon into 2 (+/- ?) cm. 3. Calculated the necessary quantities of hydrochloric acid needed in a 25 (±?) mL acid and water solution for each concentration of 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, 100%, using the formula C1V1 = C2V2. For example, for an 20% acid concentration, the solution had 5 (+/- ?) mL hydrochloric acid and 20 (+/- ?) mL water. 4. Measured 20 (+/- ?) mL water for an …show more content…

Added one 2 (+/- ?) cm piece of magnesium metal into the Erlenmeyer flask, which contained the solution of water and hydrochloric acid. Immediately attached the rubber stopper connected with the rubber tubing to the top of the Erlenmeyer flask. 10. Started the timer as soon as the Erlenmeyer flask was shut with the rubber stopper and allowed the hydrogen gas to transfer from the Erlenmeyer flask to the graduated cylinder through the rubber tubing for 30 (+/- ?) seconds. Removed the rubber stopper from the Erlenmeyer flask, thus stopped the transfer of hydrogen gas. 11. Recorded volume of water displaced in the 100 (+/- ?) mL graduated cylinder #1 and other necessary quantitative and qualitative observations of the process and the products of the reaction. Then, washed out the Erlenmeyer flask for 5 seconds and used the test tube brush to clean out any leftover solution. Afterwards, allowed the Erlenmeyer flask to air dry and used the second Erlenmeyer flask to perform trial 2. 12. Repeated process 4 to 11 for concentration of 20% 4 times, repeated process 4 to 11 for concentration of 40%, 60%, 80%, 100%, each concentration 5 times. 13. Examined data, averaged out the volume of all respective concentrations and graphed the concentration and average of volume in the form of a line

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