ACTIVITY NO.

1 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORGANIC AND INORGANIC COMPOUNDS 
OBJECTIVE:  
At the end of the exercise, the students should be able to: 
1. Define organic and inorganic compounds. 
2. Differentiate organic and inorganic compounds.  
MATERIALS  REAGENTS 

Test tubes   NaCl granules 

Evaporating dish   Iodine granules  
Match/ igniter   Benzoic acid granules  
Bunsen burner   Aniline  
Wire gauze  Distilled water  
Ethanol  
HCl  
NaOH 
Hexane 
Sugar crystal 

PROCEDURE:  
A. Solubility  
1. Prepare four (4) clean test tubes and label each with the samples to be used namely NaCl, I , 2

Benzoic acid, and Aniline.  

2. Place a pinch of the sample in their respective test tubes.  
3. To each test tube add approximately 5 mL of distilled water. 
4. Shake the test tube and observe. 
5. Repeat the above procedure using the other solvents. 

B. Flammability 
1. Place approximately 5 mL distilled water in an evaporating dish. Ignite a match and place it  in
the evaporating dish. 
2. Observe the result  
3. Repeat with ethanol  

C. Combustibility  
1. In a clean evaporating dish, place approximately 1 g sugar crystals.  
2. Place the evaporating dish over a Bunsen burner. 
3. Ignite the sample and observe. 
4. Repeat using NaCl crystals. 
RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS:  
A. Solubility  
SAMPLE  SOLVENT

DISTILLED   HCL  NaOH  HEXANE 

WATER 

NaCl  Soluble Insoluble Soluble Insoluble

I2 Slightly Insoluble Insoluble Insoluble

Soluble

Benzoic acid  Insoluble Insoluble Insoluble Soluble/ Slightly

soluble

Aniline Insoluble Soluble Insoluble Insoluble

B. Flammability  
DISTILLED WATER  ETHANOL 

Inflammable Flammable

C. Combustibility  
 SUGAR  NaCl 

Combustible Non-combustible
Shape is destroyed through melting because of Shape is the same within 3 mins. And it
its bond that is covalent bond causing it to have is difficult to break the ionic bond.
low boiling and melting point.

QUESTIONS:  (Answers are in the next file)

1. Define organic and inorganic compounds  
2. Discuss the difference between organic and inorganic compounds in terms of: 
ORGANIC  INORGANC

SOLUBILITY 

FLAMMABILITY 

COMBUSTIBILITY

CONDUCTIVITY 

BONDING