Reactions of aldehydes and ketones. The purpose of this experiment is to compare some reactions of ethanal and propanone.

Date: 8/11/2011 Exp. No.: 25 Title: Reactions of aldehydes and ketones Aim: The purpose of this experiment is to compare some reactions of ethanal and propanone. Introduction: In this experiment, ethanal and propanone were chosen as they are relatively safe. The structures of the 2 compounds are as follow: Ethanal Propanone In this experiment, we are going to investigate the following reactions of these 2 compounds: . Addition 2. Condensation 3. Oxidation 4. Iodoform reaction Apparatus and chemicals: Apparatus: Safety spectacles, hot water bath, cold water bath, test tubes, beakers Chemicals: Saturated hydrosulphite solution , 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine solution, 0.1M potassium dichromate solution, 1M sulphuric acid, Fehling's reagent (Fehling solution A + Fehling solution B), 0.05M Silver nitrate solution, 2M sodium hydroxide solution, 2M ammonia solution, iodine solution 10% (in KI(aq)) Procedures: Part 1: Addition reaction with sodium hydrogensulphite . About 2 cm3 of saturated sodium hydrogensulphite solution was added into a test tube. 2. The test tube was put into a cold water bath. 3. Similar volume of ethanal was added drop by drop into the test tube. 4. The experiment was repeated using propanone instead of ethanal. Part 2: Condensation reaction with 2,3-dinitrophenylhydrazine . About 1 to 2 drops of ethanal was added

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Determining the concentration of acid in a given solution

Determining the concentration of acid in a given solution Planning 4 I have been given a sample of sulfuric (VI) acid solution with a concentration between 0.05 and 0.15 mol dm-³. I am going to find out the accurate concentration of the sulfuric acid. To find out the concentration of the acid I will react it with a known volume and concentration of a base and see how much base was needed to neutralise the acid. The acid is a strong acid which means that I know all the H+ ions have been disassociated and are in the solution. The H+ ions will react with the OH- ions in the alkali which will neutralise the solution. I am provided with solid, hydrated sodium carbonate with the formula Na2CO3·10H2O.1 This is a readily available base and I can dilute it down to achieve the concentration I want to react with the acid. The formula of the reaction that will take place is H2SO4 (aq) + Na2CO3 (aq) --> Na2SO4 (aq) + CO2 (g) + H2O (l) So 1 mole of H2SO4 reacts with 1 mole of Na2CO3. A titration will give me the most reliable and accurate results with the available equipment. To do my titration I will need: A Burette 7 I will need a burette to add the sodium carbonate to the sulfuric acid solution. The burettes provide me with very accurate results of volume of solution added. The class set of burettes measure 50cm3. I want to do a titration

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UV-Visible Spectrophotometry

Name: Chu Ka Ki Student No.: 50555542 Group: 1 Date: 17-02-2005 Experiment: 2 BCH 2004 Principle of Analytical Chemistry Lab Report (Report One) Title: UV-Visible Spectrophotometry Aim: To determine phosphate composition in cola beverages by UV-Visible spectrophotometry and pH titrimetry. Introduction: UV-Visible spectrophotometry is one of the most important methods for the chemical analyze. Ultraviolet-Visible spectroscopy or Ultraviolet-Visible spectrophotometry (UV/VIS) involves the spectroscopy of photons (spectrophotometry). It uses light in the visible and adjacent near ultraviolet (UV) and near infrared (NIR) ranges. In this region of energy space molecules undergo electronic transitions. The method is used in a quantitative way to determine concentrations of an absorbing species in solution, using the Beer-Lambert law: where A is the measured absorbance, I0 is the intensity of the incident light at a given wavelength, I is the transmitted intensity, L the length of the cell, and c the concentration of the absorbing species. For each species and wavelength, ? is a constant known as the extinction coefficient. The absorbance A and extinction ? are sometimes defined in terms of the natural logarithm instead of the base-10 logarithm. Methodology: Colorimetric Analysis: At the beginning, 4cm3 decarbonated cola was transferred into a 100cm3

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Analysis of Two Brands of Commercial Bleaches

PLK TANG YUK TIEN COLLEGE ADVANVED LEVEL CHEMISTRY (TAS) EXPERIMENT 3 Analysis of Two Brands of Commercial Bleaches Objective To determine the concentration of sodium chlorate(I) (NaClO) in two commercial bleaches and compare the two bleaches on both concentration and price. Procedures . 10.0 cm3 of the bleach "KAO" was pipetted into a clean 250 cm3 volumetric flask. It was made up to the mark using deionized water. 2. 25.0 cm3 of the diluted solution was pipetted into a conical flask. 3. 10 cm3 of 1 M potassium iodide solution and 10 cm3 of dilute sulphuric acid was added into the conical flask also. 4. The mixture in the conical flask was titrated against the 0.0992 M sodium thiosulphate solution. 5. Three drops of freshly prepared starch indicator are added into the conical flask when the reaction mixture turned pale yellow . 6. The mixture was titrated to the end-point. 7. At the end point, the solution turned from dark blue to colourless. 8. Steps (1) to (7) were repeated with another bleach "LION" Results Concentration of standard sodium thiosulphate solution : 0.0992M Brand 1 Trade Name : KAO Bleach Price : $7.33per dm3 ($11/1500mL) Trial 2 Final burette reading / cm3 1.90 23.40 35.00 Initial burette reading / cm3 0.20 1.90 23.40 Volume of Na2S2O3 / cm3 1.70 1.50 1.60 Brand 2 Trade Name : LION Price : $6.67per dm3

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Deducing the quantity of acid in a solution

Sofia Gaggiotti Chemistry coursework: Deducing the quantity of acid in a solution 20/03/2008 Index Aim and Background information 3 Hazards 3 Protection 4 Method 5 Previous calculations 5 Making the Solution 6 Equipment needed 6 Quantities of materials needed 8 Procedure 8 Making the Titration 9 Equipment needed 10 Procedure 13 References 15 Results and calculations 16 Evaluation 19 Chemistry coursework: Deducing the quantity of acid in a solution Aim and background information The aim of this experiment is to find how to develop and determine an accurate, precise and reliable concentration of an acid rain solution. 1 To do this, we are going to make first a solution of sodium carbonate with distilled water and then a titration in order to calculate the concentration of sulphuric acid in a solution. Solution: a solution is a homogeneous mixture composed of two or more substances. In this mixture, a solute is dissolved in a solvent. Solutions are characterized by interactions between the solvent phase and solute molecules or ions that result in a net decrease in free energy. 2 Titration: a titration is a laboratory technique by which we can determine the concentration of an unknown reagent using another reagent that chemically reacts with the unknown. At the equivalence point (or endpoint) the unknown reagent has been reacted with the known reagent.

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Titration Lab Report

CHEMISTRY LAB Titration Curves of Strong and Weak Acids and Bases Processing the Data: Questions: . Examine the time data for each of the Trials 1-4. In which trial(s) did the indicator change color at about the same time as the large increase in pH occurred at the equivalence point? In which trial(s) was there a significant difference in these two times? In all the 4 trials, the time taken for color change and the time taken for a large increase in pH was the same, leaving no significant difference between the two values. 2. Phenolphthalein changes from clear to red at a pH value of about 9. According to your results, with which combination(s) of strong or weak acids and bases can phenolphthalein be used to determine the equivalence point? The combination of a Strong Acid and Base will give us the equivalence point: there will be a color change of phenolphthalein at pH 9. It is also observed that the reaction between a Weak Acid and Strong Base can be used to obtain a pH of 9. 3. On each of the four printed graphs, draw a horizontal line from a pH value of 9 on the vertical axis to its intersection with the titration curve. In which trial(s) does this line intersect the nearly vertical region of the curve? In which trial(s) does this line miss the nearly vertical region of the curve? For Trials 1 and 3, the horizontal line from pH 9 intersects the S curve. For

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The Development of the Periodic Table of the Elements

The Development of the Periodic Table of the Elements The periodic table is defined as the most common arrangement of the periodic system. This is the classification of chemical elements into periods (corresponding to the filling of successive electron shells) and groups (corresponding to the number of valence electrons) and describes the modern version that is used today. However, this was not always how it was structured and described - like the atom, the Periodic Table has been developed over time due to the contributions of a number of scientists (and is still developing even today). Long before the development of the modern Periodic Table, ancient philosophers such as Aristotle believed the world to be made up of four distinct elements: earth, water, air and fire. Although this is not true, they were thinking along the right lines as these are examples of the states of matter solids, liquids, gases and plasma. The first significant contribution towards the modern Periodic Table was made by the French chemist Lavoisier in 1789, who with his wife compiled the first modern chemical textbook named Traite Elementaire de Chimie (Elementary Treatise of Chemistry), which included a list of the known elements at the time. An advantage of Lavoisier's work is that he distinguished between metals and non-metals but a disadvantage was that he included some compounds and mixtures

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Chemistry Module 1 revision notes - salts and redox reactions

Chemistry Module 1 Salts - A salt is an ionic compound with the following features: The positive ion or cation in a salt in a salt is usually a metal ion or an ammonium ion NH4 The negative ion or anion in a salt is derived from an acid Formation of Salts: Salts can be produced by neutralising acids with: - Carbonates - Bases - Alkalis Salts from bases: Acids react with bases to form a salt and water Salts from Carbonates: Acids react with carbonates to form a salt, CO2 and water Salts from alkalis: Acids react with alkalis to form a salt and water Salts from metals: Salts can be formed from the reaction of reactive metals with acids. There are known as redox reactions. Ammonia salts and fertilises: - Ammonia salts are used as artificial fertilisers - Ammonia salts are formed when acids are neutralised by aqueous ammonia Water of crystallisation -Water of crystallisation refers to water molecules that form an essential part of the crystalline structure of a compound. Often the compound cannot be crystallised if water molecules are not present. -The empirical formula of a hydrated compound is written in a unique way: -The empirical formula of the compound is separated from the water of crystallisation by a dot. - The relative number of water molecules of crystallisation is shown after a dot. Oxidation number: in a chemical formula each atom has an

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Acid-Base titration by double indicator method

Date: 01/12/2010 Objective To determine the proportions of sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide in a mixture solution using double indicator method. Procedures . 25 cm3 of the mixture solution was pipetted into a conical flask. 2. Two drops of phenolphthalein indicator were added into the conical flask. 3. The mixture solution was titrated with the given standard hydrochloric acid(0.098M). 4. The mixture was titrated to the end-point. 5. At the end point, the pink colour of phenolphthalein indicator was just discharged. 6. The burette reading (x) was recorded. 7. Two drops of methyl orange and a further quantity of acid were added 8. The mixture was titrated to the end-point. 9. At the end point ,the yellow colour of the methyl orange changed to orange. 0. The reading of that further quantity of acid (y) was recorded. 1. The steps above were repeated 3 times. Results: Volume of piptte used: 25 cm3 The concentration of the hydrochloric acid used: 0.098M x Trial 2 3 Final burette reading / cm3 2.40 31.80 29.40 2.70 Initial burette reading / cm3 0.10 9.50 7.20 0.30 Volume of acid used(x) / cm3 2.30 2.30 2.20 2.40 Mean value of x= (12.30+12.20+12.40)/3 =12.30 cm3 y Trial 2 3 Final burette reading / cm3 9.50 38.80 36.60 9.80 Initial burette reading / cm3 2.40 31.80 29.40 2.70 Volume of acid used(x) / cm3 7.10 7.00

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Nuclear Fusion as energy provider

For ?-decay, unstable atom emits an ?-particle, this can also apply to ?-decay. To distinguish ?-decay and ?-decay, here is a number of characteristic of each of the decay: relative charge, relative mass, nature, range, material to stop, deflection in electric field and magnetic field. ?-emission ?-emission Relative charge +2 -1 Relative mass 4 0.00055 Nature 2 protons + 2 neutrons (Helium nucleus) Electron Range 5cm 6m Material to stop Paper Aluminium(5mm thick)[] Deflection in electric field [2] Slightly towards negative terminal Greatly towards positive terminal Deflection in magnetic field[2] Slightly upwards Greatly downwards As an example, Bismuth can decay into Thallium and Polonium by emitting ?- and ?-particle respectively. For ?-decay of Bismuth: For ?-decay of Bismuth: The example above can show ?-particle is Helium particle while ?-particle is electron. Radioactive decay is different from fission reaction. Radioactive decay Fission . unstable . absorb 1 neutron 2. emit ?/?/?- particle 2. oscillate 3. become other elements 3. unstable 4.Fission (split) 5. give out 3 neutrons Fission reactions differ from radioactive decay both in the way that the reaction must be started and in the type of products that are formed [1]. Radioactive decay is a passive action, while fission is active. For radioactive decay, the atom is unstable;

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