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Lab Report Chemical Change

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Purpose:
The purpose of this lab is to observe the chemical changes of multiple single replacement reaction.

Materials:

Chemicals Laboratory Tools
Zinc Chemplate
Magnesium Goggles
Copper Toothpicks
CuSO4 (Copper (II) Sulfate)
AgNO3 (Silver Nitrate)
HCl (Hydrochloric acid)

Procedure:
Take a chemplate and put one or two pieces of zinc, copper and magnesium as shown in the figure. Then add 5 to 10 drops of given solutions into each well. Observe the reactions for 10 minutes and record.

Data/Observations:
Reaction 1
Zn + CuSO4 → ZnSo4 + Cu
Hypothesis: There is going to be a reaction because zinc is more active than copper
Your Finding: Color change occurs and copper is appearing.

Reaction 2
Mg + CuSo4→ MgSo4 + Cu
Hypothesis: There is going to be a reaction because magnesium is more active than copper.
Your Finding: Color change occurs and copper is appearing.

Reaction 3
Cu + 2AgNO3 → Cu(No3)2 + 2Ag
Hypothesis: …show more content…

The purpose of this experiment was to learn how single replacement reactions occur when tested and how to identify one. The first test, zinc and copper (II) sulfate, produced copper. The chemical reaction also had a chemical change, which was a color change. A similar reaction occurred when tested with magnesium and copper (II) sulfate and copper and silver nitrate. This occurred because zinc, magnesium, and copper are more active than the elements in the ionic compound. Therefore the more active element takes over, the equation changes, and a reaction takes place. The fourth reaction, zinc and hydrochloric acid, produced a gas, hydrogen gas. The final test was between copper and hydrochloric acid, which resulted in no reaction. Nothing occurred because the hydrogen is more active than the copper, thus the solution does not change. This lab was successful in showing the effect of a chemical reaction and how single replacement reactions

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