Names _________________________________________________________________________________

Do all substances always interact with each other the same way?
In the previous demo, you saw that the “hot sauce” was not causing a chemical reaction with the water or
milk. Therefore, we know that it is not a chemical reaction that causing the capsaicin molecule to “disappear.”
So, what is it? Do all substances always interact with each other the same way? What about a physical
change? Could that be what is causing the capsaicin to go away?

Part 1: DEMO
Look at the demo video using the following substances. Label each as ionic compounds or molecular and fill in
the data table.
Molecular
• Water – H2O ____________

Ionic
• Hexane – C6H14 ____________

Molecular
• Iodine – I2 ____________

• Potassium
Ionic
Permanganate
KMnO4 ____________
Data:

Potassium
Water Hexane Iodine
Permanganate

Water X Hexane oats on It’s clear iodine

water is at bottom
Purplish color
fully mixed
Did not dissolve
Hexane Hexane oats on
water X Dark purple
color iodine
potassium
permanganate sinks
is at bottom to bottom
Iodine

Potassium
Permanganate
Part 2: LAB
You will be given various substances. These substances do not “chemically react” but they interact with each
other. You should combine each of the substances in a spot plate and make observations about what you see.

PURE SUBSTANCES: MIXTURES:

Water Vegetable Oil (oil)
Hexane (Hex) Food Coloring
Ethanol (E) Karo Syrup (sticky stuff in dish – use wood splint)
1-Pentanol (1P)
Salt (white granules in dish)

Data:

Food
Water Hexane Ethanol 1-petanol salt Veg oil Karo
coloring

Water X

Hexane Looks X
sticky
Looks the Mix
Ethanol X
same

2 di erent Mix
1-pentanol Mix X
layers
Mixed No No
Salt dissolve No mix
X
Don’t No don
Veg. Oil mix
Mix
mix Don’t mix X

It
Food Mixed Don’t mix
Coloring
di erent Mixes X
color

Karo Don’t mix Mix Don’t X

No mix Mix
mix
made it
hard