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Experiment No. 2 Molar Mass of A Volatile Liquid: RAVAGO, Edmar Jim R
Experiment No. 2 Molar Mass of A Volatile Liquid: RAVAGO, Edmar Jim R
CMO11L – C21
INTRODUCTION
Objective
• Determine the molar mass of a volatile liquid.
• Use the ideal gas law in connection with an experiment.
EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
Chemicals
The chemicals used in the process are mmhg or milimimteres of
magnesium(133.3224 Pa) and Copper Wire Cu(12.118) and Hydrogen H(1.008).
D.Calculations
1.Moles of 0.004932mol N/A N/A
Vapor,n_vapor(mol)
2. V= 154mL = 0.154L
4. Mass of vapor(g) (mass of dry flask,cu wire, and vapor)-(mass of dry flask,foil,cu wire)
or 4.93x10^-3mol
6. Molecular mass g/mol= mass of vapor / mole = 0.391 g / 0.004932 mol = 79.28g
Laboratory Questions
1.Part A.1. The mass of the flask(befoe the sample in placed into the flask) is
measured when the outside of the flask is wet. However, in Part B.3, the outside of
the flask is dried before its mass is measured.
a.Will the mass of apor in the flask be reported as too high or too low, or will it be
unaffected? Explain
- Too high, the term for the mass of vaport in the flask since the water weights
would be misunderstood for the mass of vapor.
b.Will the molar mass of vapor in the flask be reported as too high or too low, or
will it be unaffected? Explain.
- Mass of the water vapor is reported high so the molar mass of vapor in the
flask be also reported high.
2.Part A.1. From the time mass o the flask is the first measured in Part A.1. until
the time it is finally measured in Part B., 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 or too low or as unaffected? Explain. - N/A
3.Part A.2. The aluminum foil is pierced several times with large pencil-size holes
instead of pinsize.
a.How will this oversight in the procedure affect the mass of vapor measured in
part B.3, too low, too high, or unaffected? Explain.
- the mass of the vapor measured too low due to the large amount of vapor is
going to escape causing the mass to decrease.
b. Will the reported molar mass of the liquid be repoted too low, too high, or
unaffected? Explain?
- Due to large amount of vapor escaping causing the mass to decrease, it will
affect the molar mass as reported too low.
4.Part B.2. The flask is completely filled with vapor only when it is removed from
the hot water bath in Part B.3. However, when the flask cools, some of the vapor
condenses in the flask. As a result of this observation, reported molar mass of the
liquid be too high, too low, or unaffected? Explain.
- If a vapor condenses into liquid, the pressure in the flask will be reduced.
There is a relatively fewer mole due to apparently low pressure, base in the ideal
gas law equation.
5.Part B.2. Suppose the thermometer is miscalibrated to read 0.3*C higher than
actual. Does this error in calibration result in the molar mass of the vapor in the
flask being reported as too high, too low, or unaffected? Explain.
- As the number of moles that will be calculated is too low, the temperature is
too high.
6. Part 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 unknown liquid be too
high, too low, or unaffected by this experimental error? Explain.
- The measured volume we will alter the result of the molar mass if we used a
different volume. If the volume is 125ml instead of the measured volume or less
then this would result in a lower molar mass, this is because a larger volume results
in a higher mole value for the vapor.
7.Part 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? Explain
- A molar mass being reported as too low, then this is the result if the
barometer is reading higher than it is. If there is a higher pressure reading then
there will be a higher mole value than what there actually is. When dividing the
mass by this higher mole value we get a molar mass of the vapor being higher than
it should be.
CONCLUSION
Using the ideal gas law in the experiment actually helps the data required in the
experiment. The moles of a vapor that completely filled the volume was exactly the
same as the number of moles of the resulting liquid, eventhough gas is less dense
than its liquid form.
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