4.4.

4 Discuss: Precipitation Reactions Discussion

Chemistry Name:
Date:

This worksheet will help you organize your thoughts for the discussion. Write
down some notes based on the questions and prompts below.

Topic 1: The Experiment

1. Write a brief summary of the main steps you took in the procedure and the
purpose of each step. If you made adjustments to the procedure, be sure to say
what they were and why you made them.

I did the dry lab so I just looked at the data collected and made my conclusion.

2. What steps make or break the results in this procedure? In your answer, you
should consider possible sources of error and the importance of using accurate
tools for measuring.
I think putting an equal amount of substance into the other substances is crucial because if they aren't the same then
there would be different results.
Topic 2: The Concepts

3. In ionic equations, mass and charge must be balanced on both sides to form a
proper reaction. Why is this the case? If you have a combination of solutions that
forms a precipitate, what factor determines the amount of precipitate that will
form? (Hint: If you have more of one ion than another as the precipitate is
forming, what will happen?)
Because if they aren't balanced then they don't follow the conservation of matter. The numbers of moles of the limiting
reactant determines how much precipitate that will form
4. What criteria did you use to determine which compound was responsible for
forming the precipitate? For example, in the combination of nickel nitrate
(Ni(NO3)2) and potassium hydroxide (KOH), how do you know if the precipitate is
the combination of nickel and the nitrate ion, nickel and the potassium ion, nickel
and the hydroxide ion, and so on?
You can use the solubility rule to determine which compound made the precipitate.

5. Compare the combinations that you have experimented with to the

combinations that formed precipitates. Are there any species, or ions, that never
resulted in a precipitate? Can you make hypotheses about these species
regarding their function in precipitation reactions (called solubility rules)?
There are species that never make a precipitate. If the solubility rule states that it is insoluble then it will make a precipitate.
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4.4.4 Discuss: Precipitation Reactions