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The document summarizes a chemistry experiment observing the reaction between sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and hydrochloric acid. The reaction produces sodium chloride, carbon dioxide, and water. The objective was to calculate the number of moles of reactants and products to determine the percent yield. Safety equipment was worn and measurements were taken of the materials used - 2g of baking soda and drops of hydrochloric acid. After heating, the mass of the residue was measured. The results showed a ratio of products to reactants of 1:1.6 instead of the expected 1:1 ratio, with a percent yield of 62% instead of closer to 100%, likely due to adding too many drops of hydrochloric acid

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Chem Lab

The document summarizes a chemistry experiment observing the reaction between sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and hydrochloric acid. The reaction produces sodium chloride, carbon dioxide, and water. The objective was to calculate the number of moles of reactants and products to determine the percent yield. Safety equipment was worn and measurements were taken of the materials used - 2g of baking soda and drops of hydrochloric acid. After heating, the mass of the residue was measured. The results showed a ratio of products to reactants of 1:1.6 instead of the expected 1:1 ratio, with a percent yield of 62% instead of closer to 100%, likely due to adding too many drops of hydrochloric acid

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Cassie Morales May 9th,

2010

Relationships between Mass and Mole in a Chemical Reaction

Chemistry is not only used in a science lab, but also at home

when cooking in the kitchen. Many would not think about the chemical

reactions that are taking place when you add ingredients to make a

cake rise. The experiment that was done was to observe the reactions

taking place between the ingredients that are typically used when

baking. In order to observe the chemical reaction we added sodium

bicarbonate (baking soda) with hydrochloric acid to produce sodium

chloride, carbon dioxide, and water.

Objective: To calculate the number of moles of reactant and

product in a ratio to find the percent yield of the experiment.

Before starting the experiment goggles and aprons were worn for

standard safety reasons. The materials that were used consisted of:

sodium hydrogen carbonate (baking soda) and 3 M hydrochloric acid. I

started the experiment by measuring the mass of the evaporating dish

as well as the watch glass, and next adding 2g of baking soda and

measuring that. Carefully I proceeded to add drops of hydrochloric acid


until the bubbling stopped. I then placed the dish on top of gauze

wiring over a flame with a concave watch glass placed over it. It was

heated until only a dry substance was left, and cooled for 15 minuets.

Finally the mass of the dish containing the dry residue was measured

and recorded.

Mass of dish and 105.109g

glass…….
Mass of dish, glass, 107.109g

and

NaHCO3……………………………...
Mass of dish, glass, 105.967g

and residue (NaCl)

after first

heating…………………

…..

* See separate sheet for Calculations

After completing the lab the simple chemical reaction that takes

place in baking, is shown to be rather intense and the result is

something entirely different from the starting product. If you look at

the data it shows that my group got a ratio of 1:1.6, which was a little

off of the correct ratio of 1:1. The percent yield of NaCl came out to be

about 62% for my group, which isn’t too bad. I believe the reason for
the percent not being closer to 100 is because too many drops of

hydrochloric acid were added making the residue slightly yellow in

color, which messed up the results.

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