Week 1: Science, Energy, and Atoms - Lab (Virtual)

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Lab Week #1 (Virtual): Separation of a Salt Water Solution and Atomic Weight of Magnesium Grading: 20 points out of 40 total points for Lab Week #1 exercises.
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LABOVERVIEW Scenario/Summary For this week's lab, you will conduct the following two Model ChemLab experiments: Separation of a Saltwater Solution Atomic Weight of

Magnesium This week, you will introduce you to Model ChemLab software. This lab exercise addresses TCOs 1 and 2. In the Atomic Weight of Magnesium experiment, it is important to recognize that moles of H2 evolved = moles of Mg consumed. We will learn more about why this is so next week. For right now, you will use this as a given equivalency. Deliverables While you will conduct two separate lab experiments, as well as some possible hands-on experiments in class, you will only write one lab report. You can refer the "Saltwater" experiment as "Part I" and the "Magnesium" experiment as "Part II", and any other hands-on experiments as "Part III", etc. Your lab report will have the following format (you will also find it in doc sharing): Title Introduction: The first section of your lab report will be the introduction. In this paragraph or paragraphs, you are to provide information to the reader so that they can understand the purpose of the experiment. Purpose - a concise statement

about the labs objective. Background a brief summary of the topic you are investigating. Include any information that would be necessary to understand the stated purpose. Findings state the major results of the lab exercise.

Procedure: This is the second section in your lab report. This section includes information that the reader would to repeat your experimental procedure. Do not include any observations or results in this section. Some questions that you should ask yourself to complete this section include: what chemicals did you use? What equipment? How much of each chemical did you use? How long did you perform a step within the procedure? Observations and Results: This is the third section of your report. In this section, you will communicate what you observed during the experiment. The Results section is typically dominated by calculations, tables and figures. In your tables, label the axes of any graphs. Discussion: This is the fourth section of your report. In this section, you will explain, analyze and interpret what you

observed. You will draw conclusions from what you know. This is also where you show the reader that you understand the significance or meaning of the results. Conclusion: This is the last section of your report and is separate from the discussion section. Within a few sentences, provide a concluding statement about the results of your laboratory. In a scientific publication, this section summarizes the significant aspects and results and identifies implications for future study. Appendix: Provide any work sheets that were filled out during in class activities. There will be worksheets provided for activities conducted in class, and they will act as an appendix to your lab report that you submit.

LABSTEPS STEP 1: Access Model ChemLab Software Log into the lab software. Follow the information to log into the lab environment that can be found in the iLab tab under course home. Select the lab and click "OK": For Part I: Separation of Saltwater Solution

For Part II: Atomic Weight of Magnesium

ChemLab Tutorial

orial gives an overview of the Model ChemLab software and navigates

01:31 minutes

STEP 2: Conduct Experiment - Part I, Separation of a Saltwater Solution PROCEDURE: Step 1: Obtain Electronic Balance. Use the "Equipment" selection from the toolbar. Select "Electronic Balance" from the choices for "Balance."

Step 2: Obtain 250 mL beaker. Use the "Equipment" selection from the toolbar. Select "250 mL beaker" from the choices for

"Beaker." Step 3: Weigh dry 250 mL beaker, record weight. Place beaker on balance. Read mass, in grams, from front of balance. o NOTE: If the value on the front of the balance does not change, shift the location of the beaker so that the balance will read the mass of the beaker.

Step 4: Add 10 mL of Unknown (salt solution). Move beaker from balance onto workspace (notice that the value on the front of the balance changes to "0"). Right click on beaker and select "Chemicals." A "Chemicals" window will appear on the workspace. Select "Unknown" from the dropdown menu. Increase the volume from "0" to "10" mL. Click "OK." The solution will be

placed in the picked beaker. You will see a white area appear on the bottom of the beaker. This represents your solution.

Step 5: Weigh beaker + solution, record weight Place beaker on balance. Read mass, in grams, from front of balance.

Step 6: Evaporate water Move beaker from balance onto workspace. Right click on beaker, select "Thermometer." A thermometer will appear in the beaker. Record the temperature reading. From the "Equipment" selection on the toolbar, select Bunsen Burner. Place directly under the beaker. Increase in temperature shows that the water is heating up. As the water begins to boil, record the temperature. Allow the water to boil off. (You will see only a black mass, with exactly two bouncing spheres when the water is

completely gone.) Once the water is gone remove the flame from the beaker and allow it to cool to 20 degrees Celsius. Weigh the beaker. This will be the weight of the salt. Record its mass.

Step 7: Calculate % mass for salt to water Follow the steps shown in the Observations area of the Model ChemLab Experiment. NOTE: In the Observations area, it says that the Mass of water is (3-2). This would give you a negative number. Actually, it is (23).

STEP 3: Conduct Experiment - Part II, Atomic Weight of Magnesium Step 1: Obtain a 600 mL beaker, add 300 mL of water. Use the "Equipment" selection from the toolbar. Select "600 mL beaker" from the choices for "Beaker." Right click on beaker. Select "Water." Using dropdown menu, select 300 mL water. (The beaker will now be half full with

water, shown by the white shaded area.) Step 2: Add 30 mL of HCl (2M) to beaker and stir. Right click on beaker and select "Chemicals." Select 2 M HCl Change volume to 30 mL Click "OK." You will see the volume in the beaker rise slightly.

Step 3: Add 10 mg of Magnesium metal to the beaker. Right click on beaker and select "Chemicals." Select "Magnesium." Change mass to 10 and "g" to "mg." Click "OK." You will see a shaded area appear on the bottom of the beaker.

Step 4: Allow hydrogen gas to evolve, all of the magnesium should be consumed. You will see "bubbles" appear. Watch for the bubbles to stop. The shaded area will have "faded" from the beaker. This shows that the Magnesium has been consumed.

Step 5: Record the amount of hydrogen gas evolved using the chemical property dialog. Right click on the beaker and select "Chemical Properties." Record the amount of hydrogen gas that has evolved. o NOTE about scientific notation. If you were to read in the Chemical Propertie s Dialog box that 5.345e004 moles had evolved, this is the same as 5.345 x 10-4 moles.

STEP 4: Write Lab Report Follow the directions above (also found in DocSharing) to write your lab report. Write your lab report in Microsoft Word. In your lab report for Part I, include the following information: Report on how the boiling point of water changes as the water evaporates and

why this occurs Calculate the % salt to water concentration. Use the step-by-step calculations shown in the Observation tab of the lab.

In your lab report for Part II, include the following information: Record moles of hydrogen gas evolved. Calculate atomic weight of Magnesium as follows:

Atomic weight of Mg (in grams) = weight (in grams) of Mg consumed / moles of H2 evolved In your lab report for any additional parts for in class experiments, include the information requested in the worksheets in the approriates sections within the body of the report. STEP 5: Submit Lab Report Submit your lab report into the Week 1 Lab Report Dropbox, per the instructions above. There will be worksheets provided for activities conducted in class. These worksheets will be due in class at the begining of the next class session and act as an appendix to your lab report that you submit.

STEP 6: Grading Tentative Grading: Introduction - 5 points o Complete ness of backgrou nd informati on Procedure - 5 points Observations & Results - 10 points o Were the results accurate? Discussion - 5 points Conclusion - 5 points Writing quality - 10 points o Correct grammar, spelling, originalit y, complete ness, etc.