Laboratory 3. Empirical Formula Of An Oxide This experiment will demonstrate the law of conservation of mass‚ and more specifically‚ how the law can be used to experimentally determine the empirical formula of our intended product‚ magnesium oxide. In this experiment we will learn how to: 1. heat a sample in a crucible with a Bunsen burner. 2. use the method of weight by difference to determine mass quantities. 3. convert grams to moles. 4. determine the simplest ratio between two
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Oxidizing Magnesium AIM: To determine the empirical formula of MgO RAW DATA COLLECTED: Mass of Mg/g | Mass of O2/g | Mass of MgO/g | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 0.21 | 0.11 | 0.32 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.32 | CONCLUSION: When a mass of magnesium is burnt in air‚ it combines with the oxygen molecules to form magnesium oxide. The graph doesn’t completely verify the empirical formula of magnesium oxide. There is a slight difference
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31 Introduction- Magnesium is a silvery-white alkaline metal found represent by the atomic number of 12. This experiment involves combining Magnesium with Oxygen which is a gas represented by the chemical element 8. The word equation for the result of this experiment is Magnesium + Oxygen= Magnesium Oxide. The equation is Mg + O =MgO Definitions Word Definitions Mass Number The Mass number is the amount of Protons and Neutrons in the Nucleus. Atomic Number The amount of protons found
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Lab Report Abstract: The purpose of this lab was to see how magnesium reacts with oxygen. This reaction must be forced with heat. As magnesium changes to magnesium oxide the mass increased. Procedure: 1. Set up the stand and bunsen burne. 2. Go to crucible heat oven to obtain a crucible. 3. Weigh the crucible and lids mass. 4. Break up the magnesium ribbon on the crucible and weigh the mass of the magnesium‚ crucible‚ and lid. 5. Place the crucible on the ring stand over the flame. Allow
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Massing Magnesium Lab Research Question/Aim To understand the change in mass after burning magnesium and to also determine the chemical formula of magnesium oxide Hypothesis Burning the magnesium will result in an increase in mass because the magnesium will react with oxygen in the air to make magnesium oxide Variables Independent- Initial mass of magnesium (Mg) Dependent- Mass of the burnt magnesium (MgO) Controlled: Intensity of flame Apparatus used (same crucible‚ Bunsen burner
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Composition of Magnesium Oxide Aleshia Otieno Mr. Taylor SCH3U-01 Lab #4 Monday‚ November 17‚ 2014 Introduction Percentage composition is the percentage of a formula mass represented by each element. Percentage composition compares the mass of one part of a substance to the mass of the whole. The law of definite proportions states that a specific compound always contains the same amount of elements in fixed proportions by mass. By finding the percent composition of magnesium oxide one will
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Aim: to perform a firsthand investigation to compare the physical and chemical properties of magnesium and oxygen when they are experimented to form magnesium oxide Theory: The empirical formula of a compound is the formula that tells us the ratio in which the atoms are present in the compound. To calculate an empirical formula: - Write down the masses of all of the elements present - Convert masses to moles (by dividing by atomic weights in grams) - Divide through by the smallest number of
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Victoria MacDonald SCH3U Zegil Due May 5th‚ 2017 Magnesium Oxide Lab Purpose: To determine the composition by mass of magnesium oxide‚ the percentage composition‚ and the percentage yield. Hypothesis: The law of definite proportions states that a chemical compound always contains the same amount of proportions of elements by mass. Based on the law of definite proportions‚ the percentage composition of magnesium oxide should be 60.3% magnesium and 39.7% oxygen. Prediction: Based on the law of
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of Magnesium Oxide: Lab Report The objective of the experiment is to determine the empirical formula of Magnesium Oxide through a procedure of heating magnesium ribbon to react with oxygen to form a magnesium oxide compound with the correct ratio of atoms within each element; 1:1. Equipment: REFER TO EXPERIMENT SHEET Method: REFER TO EXPERIMENT SHEET Results: Object | Mass (g) | Crucible + Lid | 38.23 | Crucible + Lid + Magnesium | 38.57 | Crucible + Lid+ Magnesium Oxide | 38
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Sean Dowling Julia Phaltankar Mrs. Oakes Chemistry w/ Algebra 10/G February 18‚ 2015 Determining Empirical Formula Lab Introduction: One can find an empirical formula by taking a sample of a compound and dividing the number of moles of one element in the compound by the number of moles of another element in the compound to form a small wholenumber formula. For example‚ in a sample of a made up compound of oxygen and lead‚ one mole of lead has a molar mass of 207.2 g/mole‚ and oxygen
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