Zackary Park

September 10, 2013

T.A. Michael Casey
Weerapana

How Dense is an Egg?

9-12 Tuesday
Dr. Eranthie

1. Predict which egg is denser: the fresh or stale egg. Write it down.
Preparing a salt solution (with a partner)
2. Make a 700 mL sodium chloride (salt) solution in a beaker so that a fresh egg
marked F should float (top of egg touching top of solution). Add salt with spoon.
3. Remove the egg. Stir solution with a scoopula until salt dissolves.
Finding the density using four different methods (fresh egg) (without a partner)
4. Clean one 125 mL and two 250 mL Erlenmeyer flasks with water. Dry glassware
with 1 mL acetone to each flask.
5. Empty the acetone into a beaker. Empty the acetone into the Laboratory
Byproducts jar for acetone.
6. Weigh and record the masses of the three empty flasks.
7. Read sections A-C and the beginning of TECH II.
8. Pour the salt solution into a 10 mL graduated cylinder until the meniscus is at the
10 mL mark. Pour that salt solution into a flask.
9. Weigh and record the mass of the flask with the solution.
10. Repeat steps 8-9 for the other two flasks.
11. Clean each flask with water. Dry each flask with 1 mL acetone. Repeat step 5.
12. Read section D of TECH II.
13. Use a 10 mL pipet to draw up the salt solution by pipette controller until the
meniscus is at the 10 mL mark.
14. Move the pipette to a dry flask. Remove the pipette controller to so the liquid flows
out. Touch the pipette tip to the side of the flask.
15. Weigh and record the mass of the flask with the solution.
16. Repeat steps 13-15 for the other two flasks.
17. Clean each flask with water. Dry each flask with 1 mL acetone. Repeat step 5.
18. Read section E of TECH II.
19. Pour the salt solution into 25 mL buret. Meniscus should barely exceed the 0 mL
mark.
20. Turn stopcock slowly to allow liquid to drain into a beaker. Tip of buret should be
filled.
21. Record the volume to two decimal places (bottom of the meniscus).
22. Place a dry flask under the buret.
23. Turn stopcock slowly to allow liquid to drain into the flask.
24. When meniscus between 10 and 11 mL mark, close stopcock.
25. Record the volume of the two decimal places.
26. Weigh and record the mass of the flask with the solution.
27. Repeat steps 19-26 for the other two flasks.
28. Read section G of TECH II.
29. Clean a 10 mL volumetric flask with water.
30. Dry with 1 mL acetone. Repeat step 5.
31. Weigh and record mass of the volumetric flask.
32. Pour the salt solution to the flask until the meniscus is 1-2 cm below the calibration
mark.
33. Add the salt solution via medicine dropper until the meniscus is level with the
calibration mark.
34. Weigh and record the mass of the flask with the solution.
35. Repeat steps 29-34 two more times.
Finding the density (stale egg) (with a partner)
36. Place in old egg marked O in the left over salt solution.

Zackary Park
September 10, 2013
T.A. Michael Casey
Weerapana

How Dense is an Egg?

9-12 Tuesday
Dr. Eranthie

37. Add salt or water to the salt solution so the stale egg floats.
38.
Measure the volume and mass of the changed solution using one of the four
measuring devices three times.