Ionic Reaction Lab Report

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The purpose of this lab to find if some certain compounds are made up of ionic or covalent bonds and to determine the properties of these compounds. This lab relates to the things we have been learning in class because compounds are part of our everyday life, so it’s nice to know some of the characteristics about it. In this lab we poured a small amount of the sample to a piece of labeled filter paper. To test the hardness, we separated a small amount of the sample and tried to crush it with the spatula. Next, we tested the conductivity of the sample by pouring each beaker with 30 mL of water. Then, Replace a paper clips on the edge of the beaker and if they were secure and partially under water. We then connected the wires to a battery and …show more content…

In the other hand, Sucrose (C12H22O11) and Dextrose (C6H12O6) are covalent bonds because they were not hard, they were not conductors and they also had a very low melting point. The data indicates that Sodium Chloride (NaCl) and Sodium Sulfate (Na2SO4) are ionic bonds, whereas Sucrose (C12H22O11) and Dextrose (C6H12O6) are covalent bonds because of their properties. As a result of the ionic compound properties, we determined that NaCl has has a high conductivity than C12H22O11, because NaCl is ionic compound meaning that it can light up the light bulb. Because we know the properties of each bonds, we can determine what Unknown 1 and 2 is. Unknown 1 resulted as not hard, not a conductor, and had a low melting point. Because of this, we can tell that is a covalent bond because it has the properties of it. Unknown 2 also resulted as not hard, is a conductor, and has a high melting point. With this data, we know that it is a ionic covalent because the properties match with the given. One source of error may have been that we might added a lot of water into the beaker. This error would have affected our data because it would have given us the wrong results when doing the conductivity test. For example, we accidently put too much water, so Sodium Sulfate (Na2SO4) turned out as not a conductor, when it has to be a

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