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Exp 1a Floating Egg
Exp 1a Floating Egg
Exp 1a Floating Egg
CHECK-IN
Students must dress appropriately for check-in. Wear
shoes with closed toes and closed tops. Bring your safety
goggles. Also bring your lab notebook and a calculator.
The TAs will help you find an open space in the room.
Use the list of what your lab drawer should contain to check
that you have the required equipment. If anything is
missing, today is the only day you can get it without having
it charged to your student account. Your TA will explain
how to get any missing equipment.
Your lab partner will be the person with a drawer in
the same hood area. Your TA will help you find a lab
partner, if necessary.
After you have completed the check-in procedure for
your desk drawer you will be able to start the experiment.
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meniscus
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Balances
We have two types of balances in this lab
analytical balances that measure mass to 0.0001 g and
top-loading balances that measure mass to 0.01 g. In this
experiment, you will only use the top-loading balances.
These are the balances you will use any time you need to
measure the mass of a liquid. Although both types of
balances have a tare feature that will subtract the mass of a
container, in this experiment you will not be able to use it
since you will need to transfer the salt solution at your desk,
not at the balance table. Students are not permitted to
transfer liquids at the balance table because the balances
would be damaged by spills.
Although all balances have been calibrated, it is still
best to use the same balance to read the mass of an empty
beaker and then later for the beaker with the solution.
NOTE: All our lab balances have a maximum capacity of
200 g, which means that they may not be used with beakers
larger than 100 ml capacity.
Procedure
Chemical splash goggles must be worn for this
experiment. If you dont have your own, borrow one from
the stockroom for the day. Work with your lab partner. One
of you should get the pipette and volumetric flask from the
stockroom. You will be responsible for returning your
borrowed equipment unbroken and clean when you have
finished the experiment.
Make a salt solution that will float an egg preferably
with none of the shell above the surface of the salt water,
using your largest beaker (600 or 800-ml). Record the
number written on the egg in your notebook. Use deionized
(DI) water for this solution. Your TA will have the eggs
and once you have finished making your solution, return
the egg to your TA. NOTE: This is a raw egg, so be careful!
Measurements
When you are using glassware, rinse it first with a small
amount of the solution you will be using rather than just
with water. That way, if a few drops remain behind, they
wont change the concentration of your solution.
When glassware is calibrated to deliver, that means
that it must be poured into a second container for accurate
measurement. This is in contrast with glassware such as
volumetric flasks that are calibrated to contain.
A. 50-ml graduated cylinder: Graduated cylinders are
calibrated to deliver. That means that when you pour
out the amount, the volume that is poured out will be the
amount you read from the bottom of the meniscus,
taking into account the absolute accuracy of the
instrument. This may be less than the least significant
digit obtained from reading the bottom of the meniscus
since the absolute accuracy takes into account the fact
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Prior to using this for the salt solution, you and your
lab partner should each practice with some water until
you have confidence that you can pipette accurately.
Observe and critique each other so that you can be sure
you and your lab partner are equally skilled. When you
are ready to measure the salt solution, it is best to rinse
the pipette with a small amount of the salt solution to
avoid diluting your solution with droplets of water
remaining in the pipette.
WARNING: You need to hold the pipette with one
hand on the glass and one hand on the pipette so that the
pipette doesnt fall out and break. When inserting the
glass pipette into the green pipetter and taking it out of
the pipetter, keep your hands close together to avoid
breaking the glass, as shown in the video on using
pipettes on Blackboard.
For the salt solution, since you will be using the pipette
twice to get 20-ml, you add the uncertainties. Some of
the pipettes are rated at 0.02-ml so that would be
0.04-ml for 20-ml and others at 0.04-ml so that would
be 0.08-ml for 20-ml. Others do not have the
uncertainty printed on them. If you have one of the ones
without an uncertainty, use the larger value. Fully rinsed
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