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Aim-To Determine The Empirical Formula of Magnesium Oxide. Experiment and Procedure - See Page 44 in STAWA Lab. Results/observations

The document describes an experiment to determine the empirical formula of magnesium oxide. It provides the aim, materials used, procedure, results table, and questions about the experiment and calculations to derive the empirical formula.

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Aim-To Determine The Empirical Formula of Magnesium Oxide. Experiment and Procedure - See Page 44 in STAWA Lab. Results/observations

The document describes an experiment to determine the empirical formula of magnesium oxide. It provides the aim, materials used, procedure, results table, and questions about the experiment and calculations to derive the empirical formula.

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Keenan Enrilsen Lab 16: Pure substance or mixture?

9/3/21

Aim- To determine the empirical formula of Magnesium Oxide.

Experiment and procedure- See page 44 in STAWA Lab.

Results/observations-

Materials Mass +/- uncertainty (g)


Crucible and lid =
Crucible, lid and magnesium =
Magnesium =
Crucible, lid, and magnesium oxide =
Magnesium oxide =

Questions-

1) Record your qualitative observations of the magnesium before and after treatment with the
steel wood. Also record your observations as the reaction occurs.
2) Record you quantitative primary data in you table. Indicate the uncertainty of your measure
masses by considering the number of decimal places that can be read by the balance you
used.
3) Process the results as follows. Calculate the mass of Oxygen that has reacted with the
magnesium and the number of moles of Mg and O and to 1 decimal place. Share these
results with the class.
4) Calculate the ratio of n(Mg):n(O) and write the empirical formula of magnesium oxide.
5) Explain the need for heating the crucible and lid at the start of the experiment.
6) Explain why it was necessary to rub the magnesium with steel wool prior to weighing.
7) Write a balanced equation for the reaction between oxygen and magnesium.
8) Describe one source of random error. This is an error that may give a result above or below
the actual value.

One possible source of systematic error is that if the sample is overheated it may form magnesium
nitride.

9) Estimate the effect this error would have on the results you obtained for mass after heating
and how it would affect the empirical formula.
10) Describe another source of systematic error.
11) Estimate how this systematic error would have affected the results you obtained for mass
after heating and how it would affect the empirical formula.
12) Suggest a way that one of the systematic sources of error could be reduced.

Conclusion-

Evaluation-

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