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MOLAR MASS OF
VOLATILE LIQUID

Lab Report #2

Submitted By: Arthur Lechoncito

Submitted To: Adonis Adornado

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LAB QUESTIONS
1. A.1 The mass of the flask is measured when the outside of the flask is wet. However, the
flask is dried before it is measured.
A. Will the mass of vapor in the flask be reported too high or too low, or will it be
unaffected?
• The mass of the vapor will be reported too high because we might mistake
the mass of the water with the mass of the vapor.
B. Will the molar mass of the vapor in the flask be reported too high, too low, or
unaffected?
• The molar mass will be reported as too high too because the mass of the
vapor will be higher which will result in higher number of moles.
2. A.1 From the time the mass of the flask is first measured until the time it is finally
measured, it is handled a number of times with oily fingers. Does this lack of proper
technique result in the molar mass of the vapor in the flask being reported as too high,
too low, or unaffected?
• The lack of proper technique will result in molar mass of the vapor being in
the flask being too high because oil will stick after the first time it is
measured and it will also come into account in final stage
3. A.2 The aluminum foil is pierced several times with large pencil sized holes instead of pin
sized.
A. How will this oversight in the procedure affect the mass of vapor?
• The mass of vapors would become too low because the water vapor will
escape, this will decrease the reported amount.
B. Will the reported molar mass of the liquid be reported as to low or too high?
• If the mass of the water vapor becomes too low, then the reported mass
will also become too low.

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4. B.2 The flask is filled with vapor only when it is removed from the hot water bath.
However, when the flask cools some of the vapor condenses in the flask. Because of this
observation, will the reported molar mass of the liquid be too high, too low, or
unaffected?
• The molar mass of liquid is unaffected because when water boils it
becomes into water vapor however this water vapor is condensed if it
cools down. We can say that there is no chemical change but there is a
physical change which means the chemical composition will be the same
and if it’s still the same then we can say that the molar mass of the liquid
will also be the same so meaning it’s unaffected.
5. B.2 Suppose the thermometer is mis calibrated to read 0.3C higher than actual. Does this
error in calibration result in the molar mass of the vapor in the flask being reported as
too high or too low or as unaffected? Explain.
• The molar mass of the vapor s directly proportional to the temperature so
if the temperature is higher than actual then that means that molar mass
will be higher too since they are directly proportional.
6. C.1 If the volume of the flask is assumed to be 125mL instead of the measured volume,
would the calculated molar mass of the liquid be too high or too low or unaffected by
this experimental error? Explain
• The molar mass is inversely proportional to the volume. Therefore, if the
volume become higher the molar mass would become lower and if the
volume becomes lower then the molar mass would become higher.
7. C.2 The pressure reading from the barometer is recorded higher than it actually is. How
does this affect the reported molar mass of the liquid; too high too low or unaffected?
• We can say that:
n = m/M where m is mass and M is molar mass
PV = nRT = mRT/M
M = mRT/PV
So, the molar mass of the liquid is inversely proportional to the pressure. If
P is recorded higher than it is then the molar mass of the liquid would be
too low

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.DOCUMENTATION
1. Prepare the flask for the sample

2. .Place the sample in the flask

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3. Prepare a boiling water bath

4. Place the flask sample in the glass

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5. Heat the sample to the temperature of boiling water

6. Measure the mass of the flask/sample by letting the flask cool to the room temperature.

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7. Measure the temperature of the sample

8. Record the pressure of the vapor in the flask

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CONCLUSION

In this experiment we determine the molar mass of a volatile liquid. A volatile liquid in
one which evaporates easily. In our lab experiment we evaporated the volatile liquid
and then make use of the properties of the resulting vapor. We were able to solve for
the molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid by using the Dumas Method. We used the ideal gas
laws in connection with the experiment because there is a relationship among the
temperature, pressure, volume, and the number of moles. The equation for the ideal gas
law is pV = nRT where there’s a constant value which is R = (8.21x10-2 L atm mol-1 K-1)
and where p = pressure, V = volume, n = number of moles and T = absolute
temperature in kelvin. The ideal gas law is useful because it has a wide application in
chemistry. In this experiment can use it to compute any one of the four variables if the
other three are known or measurable. But in this experiment we also need to measure
the mass of the evaporated liquid and if we know the mass and the number of moles this
will help us to compute the molar mass of the volatile liquid.

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A20 Arthur Reimus D. Lechoncito

8-23-18

95.11 g

93°C,
93, 366.15
366.15K

95.96

0.05L + 0.05L 0.05L 0.007L 0.157

760 760,
torr, 1 atm

5.19 * 10^-3

0.85

163.78
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2. Temperature of boiling water (°C, K)
TemperatureWater(K) = 93°𝐶 + 273.15 = 366.15𝐾

D. Calculations.
1. Moles of vapor, nvapor (mol)

1 𝑎𝑡𝑚 ∗ 0.156𝐿
𝑛𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟 = 𝐿 ∙ 𝑎𝑡𝑚 = 5.19 ∗ 10
−3
𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟
0.08206 ∗ 366.15𝐾
𝑚𝑜𝑙 ∙ 𝐾
2. Mass of vapor, mvapor (g)

𝑚𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟 = 𝑚𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑘+𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟 – 𝑚𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑘

𝑚𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟 = 95.96𝑔 – 95.11𝑔 = 0.85𝑔 𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟
3. Molar mass of compound (g/mol)
𝑀𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑘+𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟 − 𝑀𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑘
𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 = = 𝑃(𝑎𝑡𝑚) ∗ 𝑉(𝐿)
𝑁𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟
𝐿∙𝑎𝑡𝑚
𝑅( ) ∗ 𝑇(𝑘)
𝑚𝑜𝑙∙𝐾

𝑚𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟 0.85 𝑔
𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 =
𝑛𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟
=
5.19∗10−3 𝑚𝑜𝑙
= 163.78 g/mol