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Name:____________________________________

Estimating the Size of a Mole Lab

Objective: To determine the volume and mass of 1 mole of split peas.

Pre-Lab Questions:

1. How many objects are in one mole?

2. What is the mass of 1 mole of gold (Au)?

3. What is the mass of 1 mole of glucose (C6H12O6)?

4. If you had 24.65 grams of aluminum chloride, how many moles would that be?

5. Which would have a greater mass: 2 moles of hydrogen or 1 mole of lithium?

Hypothesis: I think that the mass of one mole of split peas will be ______________________

I think that the volume of one mole of split peas will be____________________

Materials: Plastic cup

Balance

Split Peas

100mL graduated cylinder

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Procedures: 1. Determine the mass of 25 split peas.

2. Fill a 100mL graduated cylinder with split peas.

3. Determine the mass of 100mL of split peas.

4. Use the data gathered to complete the data table.

Data Table:

Mass

Mass of 25 split peas: _________________grams

Mass of 1 split pea: (Mass of 25 split peas / 25) _________________grams

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Volume

Mass of 100mL of split peas: _________________grams

Number of split peas in 100mL:

(Mass of 100mL of split peas / Mass of 1 split pea)

______________split peas

Volume of 1 split pea:

(100mL / number of split peas in 100mL)

__________________mL

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Molar Mass of Volume

Mass of one mole of split peas:

(Mass of 1 split pea X 6.02 x 1023) __________________grams

Volume of one mole of split peas:

(Volume of 1 split pea X 6.02 x 1023) __________________mL

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Post Lab Questions (in complete sentences):

1. How did your hypothesis compare to the calculate molar masses and volumes?

2. Why was the mass of 25 split peas determined rather thatn the mass of just one split
pea?

3. Using your data, what would be the mass of 100 split peas? What would be the volume
of 100 split peas?

4. Why do we use Avogadro’s number when discussing atoms?