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    This document provides instructions for an experiment to separate and quantify the amount of sodium chloride in a mixture containing sodium chloride, sand, and iron filings. Students will devise a procedure and list of materials needed. They will then perform the experiment, calculate percent error by comparing their measured mass to the known mass, and answer questions about sources of error and ways to improve the procedure.

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    Separation of NaCl

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    This document provides instructions for an experiment to separate and quantify the amount of sodium chloride in a mixture containing sodium chloride, sand, and iron filings. Students will devise a procedure and list of materials needed. They will then perform the experiment, calculate percent error by comparing their measured mass to the known mass, and answer questions about sources of error and ways to improve the procedure.

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    This document provides instructions for an experiment to separate and quantify the amount of sodium chloride in a mixture containing sodium chloride, sand, and iron filings. Students will devise a procedure and list of materials needed. They will then perform the experiment, calculate percent error by comparing their measured mass to the known mass, and answer questions about sources of error and ways to improve the procedure.

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    Separation of Substances

    ~Prelab~

    Name___________

    Date___________

    Purpose:Todeterminetheamountofsodiumchloridepresentinamixtureofsand,iron
    filingsandsodiumchloride.
    Procedure:
    Eachlabgroupwillbegivenabeakercontainingsodiumchloride(NaCl,tablesalt),sand/dirt,
    andironfilings.Yourmissionistodeterminethemassofthesodiumchloridepresentinthe
    sampleyouaregiven.Youmaydeviseanyprocedureyoufeelwillgiveyouthebestyield
    (closestresult).RefertoChapter2andtheglossaryinyourtextforhelpfulvocabulary.
    Createalistofnumberedstepsthatyouwillfollowwhenyoudothislab.Basedonyour
    proceduredetermineacompletelistofmaterials(bothequipmentandchemicals,ifneeded)you
    willuseandrecordthatinformationaswell.Whenyouareready,haveyourteachercheckyour
    procedureforsafety(theywillnotcheckitforaccuracy).
    Whenyoufeelyouhavesuccessfullycompletedthistask,youwillhavetheopportunityto
    comparethemassyoudeterminedwiththeknownmassinordertocalculatethepercenterror.

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    Discussion
    Belowarequestionstospecificallyaddressafteryourdiscussionparagraph(yourparagraph
    shouldmentionatleast5termsfromChapter2).
    1. Whateffectwouldaddingfartoomuchwaterhaveonyourresults?Why?
    2. Howwouldyouchangeyourprocedureif,afterfiltering,bitsofsandandpaperwerein
    thedishwiththesaltsolution?
    3. Isitnecessarytoremovetheironfromthesampleinastepseparatefromthesand?Why
    orwhynot?
    Error Analysis
    Asidefromdeterminingtwopotentialproceduralsourcesoferror(noninstrumentalor
    calculationbased)andtheirimpact,youwillneedtheinformationbelowtocalculateyour
    percenterror.Inaddition,answerthefollowingquestionsinthissection.
    Massofsodiumchloride:
    1. Describethequalitativewaysinwhichyoudeterminedthatthewaterwascompletely
    evaporated.
    2. Whatisaquantitativemethodofdeterminingthatevaporationwascomplete?
    3. Whatisanexplanationforasodiumchloriderecoverygreaterthan100%?
    4. Whatchangeswouldyoumaketoyourprocedureinordertominimizeerrorinthe
    future?

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