Ammonium Chloride Experiment

Question 1

What is a theory?

Answer 1

A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.

Question 2

What happened when you stretched the rubber balloon over a test tube of water containing phenolphthalein solution?

Answer 2

It turned pink

Question 3

What is phenolphthalein?

Answer 3

Phenolphthalein is often used as an indicator in acid–base titrations.

Question 4

Consider the evaporation of ammonia. You can smell this ether before all of the liquid has evaporated. How do you explain this?

Answer 4

You are able to smell this because of diffusion and because ammonia has a low density and evaporates easier.

Question 5

Water will condense on the sides of the cold glass where does this water come from?

Answer 5

This comes from the water vapor in the air.