Problem Statement: Lovlet and Amoya Argued that Hellshire beach contains more

sodium chloride than waves beach in Portmore. This experiment

will highlight which beach has more sodium chloride

Title: Crystallization

Date: 13/10/2020

Hypothesis: Waves beach has a higher sodium chloride content than Hellshire
beach.

Aim: To investigate which beach (Hellshire and Waves

Beach) has more sodium chloride [salt].

Apparatus: Beaker, Bunsen burner, weighing balance, sea water (

from the two beaches), filter funnel, filter paper,
two one litre bottles, measuring cylinder,

Method: The first step would be to collect 1L of sea water from both
beaches and put it in two different beakers/Conical flasks

Secondly we would filter the sea solution to make sure that

to make there is as little sand as possible in the water

Next, we would measure the amount of water using

a measuring cylinder

Next, we would put each beaker over a heat source (a

Bunsen burner) at the same temperature until the water has
completely evaporated, leaving salt crystals.

Lastly, we would weigh the salt level Per 100 cm³ using A
weighing balance and form a conclusion based on which one
weighs more.
Variables: Responding variable: The responding variable would be the salt

content since it would change based on the beach you got the sea

water from.

Manipulating variable: Sea water (from both beaches)

Control variable: this would be the temperature at the time since

it can be kept constant. This affects the speed of the
crystallization.

Mass of Mass of salt Mass of salt

Data to be collected: evaporating and after
dish/grams g evaporating heating/grams.
dish/ grams(g).

Expected results: Waves beach has 5 more grams of sodium chloride which would
align with my hypothesis.

Limitations Impurities may be present in the sea water.

& Precautions : Filter the sea solution before evaporation, measuring the volume
of the sea solution using a measuring cylinder. Heat both
solutions for the same time.