‘The purpose of this lab was to learn how to measure the volume of gases in order to determine the molar volume of a gas at standard temperature and pressure. In order to do it, we had to setup an apparatus of two flasks containing hydrogen peroxide ( H 202) and a catalyst (FeCls) for flask A and just water for flask B. Everything were linked with rubber tubes to allow the flow of ‘gas and water between the flasks. Before starting the experiment, the beaker was raised to the same level of water in flask B to equalize the pressure, in order to get the volume of oxygen. The volume of Oz is obtained by measuring the water displaced by the gas. Flask A has been weighted before and after the reaction and the temperature of the solution in flask ‘Aand B has also been recorded after the reaction. To produce O2(g) we added iron chlorate ( FeCls) as a catalyst for the reaction : the role of the catalyst is to speed up the reaction without being consumed in the reaction itself. ‘The equation for the reaction is : 2H202 (aq) f] 2H20 (I) +2) To determine the molar volume of oxygen, we started by calculating the mass of O » that we obtained by substracting the final weight of the flask from the initial weight. Then, we calculated the moles of oxygen using the molar mass. Furthermore,we had to determine the volume of O zat STP which was 0.1999 L. before being able to calculate the the molar volume. ‘Then to find the molar volume we divided the volume of Oz by its moles and obtained a value of 21.39 Limol meaning that there is a percentage error of 4.5% as the actual molar volume of O 2 at STP is 22.4 Limol. This is the equation used to determine the volume of O 2 Voz Vi (P1/P2) (T2/T1) As the experimental molar volume of O2is slightly lower than the accepted value, we can deducted that there are sources of errors. Firstly, the moles of O 2are found by dividing the mass of 0, ( obtained by weighting the flask) by its molar mass. Ifthe flask wasn't completely dry prior of ‘weighting it, the water remaining on the flask would have contributed to the mass of the flask making it the mass of Oz greater thus the amount of Oz would be higher making the molar volume lower than the accepted value. Moreover, if the temperature was above room temperature, the molar volume would have been higher as a higher temperature means a higher volume. This is why ‘we had to wait 15 minutes before measuring the temperature. Finally, i the water was not properly equalized at the beginning of this experiment, the volume of O 2 would have been greater resulting in a higher molar volume. The source of error that is consistent with the observed experimental molar volume at STP compared with the accepted value is that when we weighted the flask, we couldn't weightit at exact STP condition making the number of moles slightly lower which drives down the molar volume.