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Subject: Chemistry

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Solubility & Miscibility

by Tracy Hegarty
 

Background:  
Solids that dissolve in liquids are soluble. Those that do not
dissolve are insoluble. Liquids that mix with other liquids are
miscible. Those that do not dissolve are immiscible. Polar
  solvents dissolve polar solutes. Non-polar solvents dissolve
non-polar solutes.

 
Problem:  
Which solids and liquids will dissolve in water?
Why do some solids dissolve in water and others do not? Why
do some liquids dissolve in water and others do not? What is
 
occuring at the molecular level?

 
Hypothesis:  
 

 
Materials:  
 Test tube rack, eight test tubes, water, salt, sugar, cooking oil,
vinegar, alcohol, iron filings, sulfur, glycerol, diluted food
  coloring, and dish soap.

 
Procedure:  
1. Half-fill four test tubes with water.
2. Predict what will happen when you mix the water with a
small amount of each substance as indicated: (1)sugar (2)iron
filings
(3)sulfur (4)salt. Record your predictions.
3. Make solutions and record results in table format.
4. Predict what will happen when alcohol, vinegar, oil, and
glycerol are each added individually to the four test tubes of
water. Record you predictions.
  5. In test tubes 5-8, add water until 1/3 full. In test tube 8, add
a few drops of diluted food coloring. Next add an equal
amount of vinegar to test tube 5, equal amount of alcohol to 6,
equal amount of oil to 7, and equal amount of gycerol to test
tube 8. Record the results.
6. Add salt to test tube 8 and stir. Record what you observe.
7. Now add a drop of dish soap to test tube 8 and mix. Record
what you observed.

 
Conclusion Questions:  
How are mixtures alike for tubes 1-4? for 5-8?
for 1-8?
Explain what is happening in each tube at the molecular level.

How is this happening in each tube in terms of molecular

forces?
Explain what happened when salt was added to test tube 8?
  Explain what happened when dish soap was added to test tube
8.
Summarize solubility and miscibility in one sentence.

Write an informal lab report using this format along with a

table of results.