Chemical and physical changes lab-

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ONLY ONE PERSON PER GROUP NEEDS TO FILL THIS OUT AND TURN IT IN VIA
GOOGLE CLASSROOM. One person should fill in this sheet and share it with the others.

Write the names (first and last) of all the group members here: Lucas Mendoza

Follow the instructions written below. There is no need to work in the order listed here. Have
someone in your group take a picture of the reaction as it is happening. Be sure to wear
goggles throughout the lab.

After doing the reaction write your observations below (one or two sentences is sufficient) and
insert your picture. (Make the picture relatively small.)

Burning sucrose
Do this reaction in the fume hood. Place about a thumbnail-sized sample of sucrose into a test
tube. Using a test tube holder, hold the bottom of the tube in the flame of a Bunsen burner. Be
sure to point the open end of the tube away from you. When the reaction seems complete, turn
off the flame and leave the hot tube in the fume hood. Push it to the rear of the hood so no one
gets burned by it.
*Working from home*

HCl + baking soda

Place a thumbnail-sized sample of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) into a test tube. Squirt
some HCl (hydrochloric acid) into the tube and observe. Touch the outside of the tube to feel for
temperature changes. Rinse the tube out in the sink.

No video demonstration

Precipitation of two aqueous solutions: get the solutions from your teacher in the
front of the room:
Ba(NO3)2(aq) + Al 2(SO4)3(aq)

Place about 10 drops of barium nitrate Ba(NO3)2(aq)into a test tube. Add the same amount of
aluminum sulfate Al 2(SO4)3(aq) and record your observations. Pour the contents of the test tube
into a waste container at the front of the room and rinse the test tube.

No video demonstration.
Sand, sodium chloride, and water (step 1)
Mix a small sample of sand and sodium chloride on a piece of paper.
The sand and sodium chloride mixed together, there was physical change in the mixture.
PHYSICAL
Sand, sodium chloride, and water (step 2)

Pour this mixture into a small beaker that contains about 50 mL of water. Stir and write
observations.
The sand and salt mixture became more dense because it soaked up the water. This was a
physical change.
PHYSICAL

Sand, sodium chloride, and water (step 3)

Filter the mixture as demonstrated by the teacher. As you filter, place a beaker under the funnel
to catch the filtrate that passes through. What do you observe?
There was no video demonstration.

Sand, sodium chloride, and water (step 4)

Pour some of the filtrate into an evaporating dish. Heat this gently over a Bunsen burner using
a ring stand and a clay triangle. What do you observe when all the liquid has evaporated?
The water started boiling and white crystals began to form around the sides. I believe this was a
chemical change.
CHEMICAL CHANGE

Burning magnesium
Your teacher will move around the room and do this with you at your lab tables. Please do not
burn magnesium without your teacher being present. After you’ve burned the magnesium,
let the ashes sit on the lab table.
It was a chemical change. The magnesium started creating white smoke and deteriorated.
CHEMICAL CHANGE
Add acid to magnesium and to the ashes of the burned magnesium
Place a small piece of magnesium ribbon into a test tube. Squirt some acid into the test tube
and observe. Rinse the test tube in the sink.
It started making the same white smoke as when it was burned. This change is chemical.
CHEMICAL

Add a few drops of acid to the ashes from the burned magnesium. Do the ashes respond to
acid in the same way as the unburned magnesium did?
Unlike the un burnt magnesium, the burned one started foaming at the top and making bubbles.
This change was also chemical.
CHEMICAL

Mix iron and sulfur

Mix a small amount of iron filings and sulfur on a piece of paper. What do you observe? Place
a magnet under the paper and try to separate the parts of the mixture.

When he mixed the iron filings and sulfur nothing happened, they just got mixed together.
However, when he used the magnet, the iron filings got separated from the sulfur and nothing
happened to the sulfur.
PHYSICAL
Burn iron and sulfur
In the fume hood, place the mixture of sulfur and iron in a test tube. Use a test tube holder to
hold the tube over the Bunsen burner flame. Be sure to point the tube away from you. Place
the hot tube in the fume hood and push it to the back of the hood.
The change I observed when he burned the mixture was that it decreased in volume and turned
black from being burnt. I believe this was a chemical change.

CHEMICAL

QUESTIONS:

1. For each reaction above, discuss whether the changes were chemical or physical. A
chemical change results in a new substance while a physical change simply changes the
form of the original substances. Write your responses in capital letters after your
observations for each reaction. Write CHEMICAL CHANGE if you think the reaction was
chemical.)

2. What are some pieces of evidence that tell you that a given change is a chemical reaction,
and not just a physical reaction?