This document describes a chemistry laboratory experiment on copper cycle reactions. The experiment involves reacting copper with nitric acid, sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, and zinc to produce different compounds and observe color changes. The goal is to recover the original copper sample and calculate the percent recovery.
This document describes a chemistry laboratory experiment on copper cycle reactions. The experiment involves reacting copper with nitric acid, sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, and zinc to produce different compounds and observe color changes. The goal is to recover the original copper sample and calculate the percent recovery.
This document describes a chemistry laboratory experiment on copper cycle reactions. The experiment involves reacting copper with nitric acid, sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, and zinc to produce different compounds and observe color changes. The goal is to recover the original copper sample and calculate the percent recovery.
This document describes a chemistry laboratory experiment on copper cycle reactions. The experiment involves reacting copper with nitric acid, sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, and zinc to produce different compounds and observe color changes. The goal is to recover the original copper sample and calculate the percent recovery.
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Chemistry Laboratory: Activity No.
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
October 31, 2021
Submitted to: Prof. Lynlee Ross Cuesta
Submitted by: Julhani Tayongtong Fernando I. Introduction a. Background of the Study In a simplest manner, a chemical reaction is a change in the state of matter that results in the formation of new compounds. Reactants are the substances that take part in a chemical reaction and the substances that are formed are referred to as products. The properties of the products differ from those of the reactants. Moreover, there are six types of chemical reaction that most of reactions undergo before resulting to the desired product; first, the Combination reaction, it occurs when two or more compounds combine to form one compound (A + B → AB). Second, Decomposition reaction, it is the opposite of a combination reaction – a complex molecule breaks down to make simpler ones (AB → A + B). Third, Precipitation reaction, it is if two solutions of soluble salts are mixed resulting in an insoluble solid (precipitate) forming (A + Soluble salt B → Precipitate + soluble salt C). Fourth, Neutralization reaction is an acid and a base react with each other, the product of this reaction is a salt and water (Acid + Base → Salt + Water). Fifth, Combustion reaction, is when oxygen combines with a compound to form carbon dioxide and water. These reactions are exothermic, meaning they give off heat (A + O2 → H2O + CO2). Displacement reaction however is when One element takes place with another element in the compound (A + BC → AC + B). Furthermore, some of these chemical reaction types takes place in this experiment called Copper Cycle Reaction. Henceforward, Copper is a transition metal, like many transition metal elements, copper is brilliantly colored as a metal and has distinct colors when combined with other elements. During this experiment, it is necessary to create and observe some colorful aqueous copper (II) complexes, as well as classify each reaction based on its type of reaction. This experiment starts with a sample of copper metal and work a way through a series of reactions until left with solid copper metal. It should be recovered, weighed, and calculate the percent recovery of the original copper sample in the final step of the experiment.
b. Objectives
II. Procedure a. Equipment and Materials Hot plate Thermal gloves Wire gauze Stir rods Beakers Evaporating dish Scoopula Graduated cylinders For chemicals; nitric acid, methanol, sulfuric acid, acetone, sodium hydroxide, zinc, and copper b. Experimental Procedure Important reminder: always wear safety gears such as goggles, lab coat, and if possible, double the gloves, while performing the laboratory experiment to avoid necessary chemical exposures and hazards. Step 1: record the mass of evaporating dish and weigh out 0.5 g of solid copper wire. Then put the copper wire in the 250 ml beaker. Step 2: measure out a 5 ml of concentrated nitric acid and pour it to the beaker with the copper wire to see the reaction. Step 3: add 100 ml of ionized water to the reaction beaker. See the changes in color. Step 4: measure out a 100 ml of molar sodium hydroxide and pour it to the reaction beaker. Observe what reaction takes place. Step 5: add a few boiling chips to the reaction beaker, and put on to a hot plate for a dozen of minutes and observe the reaction. Step 6: after heating, put the beaker onto a piece of wire gauze. And for cooling, put the reaction beaker into an ice bath. Step 7: remove and pour the liquid portion to another beaker. Then add 15 ml of 6 molar sulfuric acid and stir it. Step 8: when the solution has already turned clear, add 2 g of zinc metal and if possible, stir to speed up the reaction. Place the beaker on to a hot plate, not necessarily to boiling, allow to cool and decant off the solution. Step 9: transfer the solid into an evaporating dish. Make sure to transfer it all. Then, rinse it with 5ml of methanol and acetone. And decamp all of those. Step 10: place the dish on top of the water bath, let the solid dry and make sure to remove the boiling chips. Then put the dish on a wire gauze, let it cool to room temperature. Step 11: once it has cooled, place it on the balance and make sure to record the mass of the solid and the evaporating dish.
III. Results and Discussions
IV. Conclusion It was an interesting subject of this experiment indeed. It might be amazing to do it personally in the chemistry laboratory, but due to the synchronous classes implemented by the university, we were no able to do so. However, from what has been the video I watched is trying prove, the copper cycle reaction is a type of a series experiment.
