Experiment 13 Changes In Matter Lab Report

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Submitted by: Jasmine Patel Group members: Elizabeth McLeod and Ashley Kozlyk Experiment #: 2 Date Conducted: Section: 4-02 Changes in Matter Objective To find out the different chemical and physical changes in a substance when in contact with another specific substance. Theoretical Background A characteristic property is a property which defines a substance Hypothesis Chalk test hypothesis A crushed piece of chalk will become a powder. Chalk and HCl hypothesis Pouring hydrochloric acid on a piece of chalk will make the chalk disintegrate. Icing sugar and iron filings hypothesis Mixing iron filings with the icing sugar will give the icing sugar a magnetic field. Icing sugar and H2SO4 Pouring concentrated sulfuric acid in a …show more content…

When it is combined with the iron filings - which have strong magnetic capabilities - it moves with the magnet alongside those filings, giving it a magnetic ability. Icing sugar and H2SO4 Icing sugar is placed into a small watch glass and is noted as a white power. When the clear H2SO4 acid is poured onto the sugar, it becomes a fizzy brown liquid that creates a heat reaction. Burning a nichrome wire A nichrome wire is a thin grey wire to begin with. When it is held into a flame, it bursts into a white wire instead of grey. An interesting remark though, is when the wire is removed from the flame, it returns to its original state of a grey wire. Burning a strip of …show more content…

When it is in contact with fire, it blasts an eye damaging white light that must only be looked at through the cobalt glass provided. When the burning is over, the strip of magnesium is reduced to white ashes. Source of error During the chalk and hydrochloric acid test, there may have been an insufficient amount of acid when it was poured into the beaker. This was not realized until the chalk was placed into the acid. There was no immediate reaction between the hydrochloric acid and the piece of chalk. This may have caused a slight disturbance during the chemical reaction preventing a perfect result. However in the end, it was clear that the chalk was disintegrating which did not cause any confusion between the results. Conclusion The objective of this lab was to recognize the chemical reactions between different elements and to analyze their properties. For example, the chemical reaction between the chalk and hydrochloric acid, the icing sugar and H2SO4 the and finally the burning magnesium strip have all been proved to be chemical reactions. Meanwhile the other experiments have had a physical change. To conclude, the hypothesis will be supported because the observations made matched with those of the

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