Reagent and Precipitate Mass

Term Paper # 115944

A review of an experiment that determined the reagent that would be limiting and the mass of the precipitate that would be formed in a chemical reaction.

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Paper Summary:

The paper predicts the mass of precipitate that would be produced by the reaction of 2.00 g of strontium chloride with 2.00 g of copper (II) sulfate pentahydrate in 75 mL of water. The paper lists the materials utilized in this experiment, the procedure and the data collected. The paper provides the calculations used and shows how the prediction that was made turned out to be accurate.

Outline:
Question
Prediction
Materials
Procedure
Observations
Calculations
Discussion

From the Paper:

"The actual mass of the precipitate is 0.29 g. However, this is not entirely accurate. When removing the filter paper from the funnel the paper ripped, causing some of the precipitate to fall off onto the paper towel below. As a result, the observations are not entirely accurate because the mass of the filter paper and the precipitate should be higher. This also caused the calculation of the actual mass of the precipitate to be slightly lower than it should be. This was a human source of error, as it cannot be fixed after the error was made."

Sample of Sources Used:

Jenkins, Dr. F, et. al., Chemistry 11, Nelson, Toronto, 2002, p. 125-126.

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Reagent and Precipitate Mass (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.ca/Term-Paper-Reagent-and-Precipitate-Mass/115944