Experiment #4 Gravimetric Determination of a Copper Salt

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CHEMY 101, Department of Chemistry, University of Bahrain

 Aim:
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 Introduction:
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  Data observed:
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3
Mass of Sample (g)
Mass of filter paper (g)
Mass of filter paper and copper salt (g)

 Calculation:
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3
Mass of copper precipitate (g)
Percent of Copper ion in
original sample (%)
Average percent of Cu in
original sample

Standard deviation

s=
√ ∑∨x−x ¿ 2
n−1

Relative standard deviation

Reported percentage of copper
ion
  Discussion:
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 Conclusion:
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  Assignment:
An experiment has been done to get the percentage of the mass of an ion in a salt,
and the results were 35.25%, 35.16% and 35.29%. Calculate the Standard
deviation (s) and Relative Standard deviation (RSD).