IB Required Experiments

Question 1

How do you work out the water of crystallisation for a hydrated salt? (Stoichiometry)

Answer 1

Use a mass, mole, ratio table to find the empirical formula.

*Experiment where you minus the mass of the crucible/lid off of the mass of the compound, crucible and lid to find the mass of the anhydrous compound and consequently the mass of the water lost.