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Module 1 - Pre-Lab

This document outlines an upcoming chemistry lab experiment. The objectives are to safely handle chemicals and equipment, calculate density through water displacement, and determine the identity of an unknown metal block. Students will use various glassware to measure water density at different temperatures. Calculations for density, mean, and standard deviation will be performed. Protective equipment like gloves and lab coats will be worn to safely handle water as the test chemical.

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Module 1 - Pre-Lab

This document outlines an upcoming chemistry lab experiment. The objectives are to safely handle chemicals and equipment, calculate density through water displacement, and determine the identity of an unknown metal block. Students will use various glassware to measure water density at different temperatures. Calculations for density, mean, and standard deviation will be performed. Protective equipment like gloves and lab coats will be worn to safely handle water as the test chemical.

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Pre-lab Submission: Lab Technique 1


Course Number/Section: CHS 2440L 005
Aiden Dunn, Briana Nicholson, Kristine Nguyen, Trace Thomas
Date of experiment: September 9, 2022

Objectives (Aiden):
● know how to properly operate, label, and store hazardous chemicals.
● Know how to read a safety data sheet.
● Understand the use of NFPA 704 standard to label hazardous materials.
● Know how to properly use different types of glassware equipment.
● Know what specific protective gear you should wear in the lab according to the
environment and the experiment.
● Know how to properly handle a chemical spill.
● Be about to find out specific materials nature by calculating the density through water
displacement.
● Know how to find density, mean, and standard deviation.
Materials (Briana):
● General laboratory glassware:
Beaker (300 ML)
Erlenmeyer flask (225 ML)
Volumetric flask (250 ML)
Graduated cylinder (10ML)
● Gloves
● Unknown metal block
● Balance
● Thermometer

Chemicals/Hazards (Briana):
● Substance: water or H2O. For laboratory use only. Water will be obtained through the
faucet.
● Laboratory coats, goggles, and gloves must be worn during the experiment.
● Wash your hands thoroughly after finishing the experiment.

Methods/Procedures (Kristine):
This lab focuses on introducing the basic components of the lab equipment and lab
session. It brings up a discussion on how accurate and precise the glassware actually is
and introduces the importance of variables in measurements. The concept of this lab is to
measure the density of water in different temperatures and find the density of a random
metal which can be said in a step to step format.
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For the first part, the lab begins with taking out the equipment that is needed for the
experiment and putting on safety measures. The second step of the lab is to determine
how many trials and glassware that we will be experimenting on. The next step is to
collect the water used in the experiment and measure the temperature of the water. This
will obscure the data if they are not the same temperatures because they will not be the
same value of density. After determining the temperature, the experiment will have to be
calculated using formulas for density, and those values will be validating our theories on
whether the lab equipment is precise by standard deviation. Standard deviation is the
comparison between two measurements and how far they are in value. Afterwards, our
team can determine the accuracy of these measurements.
The second part of the lab states that our team will be given a metal. The identity of
this metal will be found by calculating the density. The density of the block might be
calculated by the displacement of water that the block might cause in the water. This will
determine the variables of the formula for density such as mass and volume to find the
density and identity of the metal.

Calculations (Trace):

Glassware Trial Volume of Mass of Density Mean Standard


H2O (mL) H2O (g) (g/mL) density Deviation

Graduated 1.
Cylinder 2.
3.

Beaker 1.
2.
3.

Erlenmeyer 1.
Flask 2.
3.

Volumetric 1.
Flask 2.
3.

>The density formula we will use for the water will be D=m/v. The variables represent D:
density, M:mass, and V: volume. An example of this would be 60g/60mL= a Density of 1g/mL.
> In order to find the Mean density we will need to use the formula Mean= sum of densities/
number of measurements.
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Σ(𝑥𝑖−𝑥)
> The standard deviation formula is S= 𝑛−1
. This formula will allow us to test the
precision of our measurements. Xi is the value of each measurement, 𝑥 is the mean value of all
measurements, and n is the total number of measurements.

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