University of San Agustin

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

General Luna Street, Iloilo City, Philippines, 5000
Tel. No. (+63-33) 337-4841 to 44

V. DOCUMENTATION

Preparation of Materials Fill the dropper with Count the number of Fill the dropper with
water drops before it spills over acetone

Count the number of Fill the dropper with Count the number of Put a drop of water
drops before it spills over alcohol drops before it spills over

Measured the time it takes Put a drop of alcohol Measured the time it takes
one drop to evaporate one drop to evaporate

Measured the time it takes

Put a drop of acetone one drop to evaporate
 University of San Agustin
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
General Luna Street, Iloilo City, Philippines, 5000
Tel. No. (+63-33) 337-4841 to 44

VI. ANALYSIS

1. Which molecule can hold more drops on the coin?

Based on our experiment, we observed that the water held more liquid drops on the
coin compared to the acetone and alcohol.

2. Which molecule took longer to evaporate?

It took 13 minutes and 1 second for the water to evaporate making it the liquid to
evaporate the longest.

3. Are the molecules that can hold the lesser number of drops the same as the
molecules that took the less time to evaporate?
Yes, it is the acetone. The acetone spilled over after 9 drops which is the lowest and it
only 24 seconds for it to completely evaporate.

4. Based on the formula of the substances, are the molecules that can hold more
drops on the coins polar or non-polar? What about those that took longer to
evaporate?
Water molecules held more drops in the coin and it also took the longest to evaporate.
Water is also chemically known as H2O and it has a electronegativity of 1.4 since
Hydrogen has 2.1 and Oxygen has 3.5. That tells us that water is polar.

VIII. CONCLUSION

After conducting the experiment, we have come to a realization that liquids can still be
different from each other even if they possess the same property. We also observed that not all
liquids have the same intermolecular forces that act upon them. Relating this information with
our previous lesson, we can say that there is a difference between the intermolecular forces
and the surface tension of the liquids tested. Water molecules that are held together by strong
hydrogen bonds has a low evaporation rate which suggests that they are more attracted to
each other. Therefore, we conclude that the substance which usually has stronger
intermolecular forces has higher surface tension and its molecules are more
attracted to each other making its evaporation rate low.