CHEM 101 Lab Flashcards
What is heat capacity?
the amount of heat needed to change it’s temperature by a degree
C = q/(Tf - Ti) C = c*(mass of substance) C = Cm*(moles of substance) C = change in H/(Tf - Ti)
How do you read a graph like the one in Lab 1?
to get the extrapolated temperature Te, you must extrapolate (using a straight line through the decreasing temperatures) back to the y axis where t = 0
then setting Tf equal to Te you can calculate (Tf - Ti)
What is the experiment procedure of the heat capacity of the metal block?
make a water bath by putting 200 mL of distilled water into a 400 mL beaker
assemble the calorimeter
transfer the metal block into the calorimeter
What is the experimental procedure of the heat capacity of 2-PrOH?
use a thermometer to check the temperature of the distilled water in the 400 mL beaker
measure about 70 mL of PrOH into a graduated cylinder
put the metal block into the hot water
What is the experimental procedure of the enthalpy of fusion (melting) of ice?
measure out 50 mL of distilled water into graduated cylinder
half fill a 250 mL beaker with ice
transfer a large scoop of ice into the calorimeter
reweigh the cups and their contents
What are common applications of light emissions of elements?
flame tests
fireworks
office fluorescent lights
What is the speed of light?
2.998 * 10^8 m/s
What is Plank’s Constant?
6.626 * 10^-34
What is a spectrometer?
the light from the source is split into a narrow range of wavelengths passed through a sample
some of that must be absorbed
a function A called absorbance is directly related to the amount of absorbance
a larger A value means that more of the incident light is absorbed
What is the experimental procedure of hydrogen, helium, and neon discharge tubes?
to observe the line spectra, set the square hole of the spectroscope at the middle of, and almost touching, the discharge tube
if you hold it too far away you’ll see the lines for the overhead fluorescent lights in the lab room
What is the experimental procedure of the flame tests?
clean the Pt wire using a burner by placing just the tip into HCl and then heating the tip in the flame
place a solid crystal of LiO in the loop, heat it with the burner and observe the flame
clean the Pt wire again
repeat for other salts
What is the experimental procedure of absorption of light by the dye in Smarties?
put each Smartie in a separate 20 mL beaker, half fill these with distilled water
set the blank on the spectrometer
fill the curvette with one of the Smartie solutions and place it in the spectrometer and measure
empty then refill the curvette with the other Smartie solution and measure in the spectrometer
What are the reactions involved in the formation of KAl(SO4)2*12H2O?
first the metal scraps of aluminum will be dissolved by a reaction with hot potassium hydroxide
Al + KOH + H2O —> K + Al(OH)4- + H2
next sulfuric acid is added, initially a white solid Al(OH)3 is formed
Al(OH)4- + H2SO4 —> Al(OH)3 + H2O + SO4
however, the Al(OH)3 undergoes further reaction
Al(OH)3 + H2O —> Al + SO4 + H2O
What are the reactions are involved in determining how much phosphate is in fertilizer?
a known mass of fertilizer will be mixed with water to dissolve the ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (the actual phosphate containing material present rather than P2O5)
excess magnesium sulfate solution is added (with ammonia to adjust the pH) to form MgNH4PO4*6H2O
this solid is isolated through filtration and weighed
How would you convert your mass of MgNH4PO4*6H2O to the equivalent mass of P2O5?
the two substances are linked by:
P2O5 (cited by the manufacturer) —> (NH4)H2PO4 (actual fertilizer) —> MgNH4PO4*6H2O (your product)
in your calculation of the equivalent mass of P2O5 you do not have to balance the complete reaction to obtain the relevant mole ratio