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To determine the amount of sulfur present in a fertilizer in the form of sulfate (SO42- ) ions and also to find the percentage by mass of sulfur (as sulfate) in the fertilizer.
... calculations wouldn't be accurate.
6. Possible sources of error include:
- Inaccurate or contaminated equipment. If the equipment was used before then it is possible that it may be contaminated with chemicals from past experiments (for example hydrochloric acid). To ensure that ...
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"Praying to God in private is more important than attending services in Church - do you agree?"
... way of following the Commandment 'keep the Sabbath day holy', as well as obeying Jesus' instruction of 'do this in memory of me'. For it is at Mass alone that a Catholic can truly remember their Lord in the form ...
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A History of the Periodic Table.
... elements were known and their relative Atomic Masses could be calculated more accurately
Newlands Octaves
In 1866, Newlands came up with the law of Octaves. This idea was more developed than Dobereiners Triads.
Newlands suggested that when the elements were arranged in the ...
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A practical study of the periodic table.
... basic. pH 7 is defined as neutral because it is the pH of pure water at 25 °C4.
PLANNING (A)
Patterns in the properties of elements.
Table 1.
Atom
Na
Mg
Ca
Al
Si
P
Atomic number
11
12
20
13
14
15
Ionisation energy
494
736
590
577
786
1060
Electro-negativity
0.9
1.2
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.1
Mass of atom
23
24
40
27
28
31
Type of element
m
m
m
m
nm
nm
Key:
m - metal
nm - non-metal
On the basis of the table ...
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Accuracy and Precision Lab Report
... cylinder up to 50mL mark is obtained by first finding the volume; (V = ?r²h). Pi is 3.1416, and the radius is determined by dividing the diameter of the 100mL graduated cylinder (2.5cm) in half, or 1.25cm. The height of ...
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Affect of concentration on reaction
... stuck and it is hard to read while moving therefore I choose to use an electronic scales to measure mass loss.
I am aiming to obtain two sets of results with five different concentrations each. The repeated results should ...
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Air Masses
... masses all occur in areas where surface atmospheric pressure is high and where wind speeds are usually slow, this aids the formation of a uniform surface as the slow moving air provides the time needed for temperature and humidity to ...
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Aklenes and Alkanes Investigation
... amount of heat energy released. My research says, the larger the molecule the higher the melting and boiling point, because of the stronger forces of attraction between the molecules. These forces increase as the size of the molecule increases. As ...
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Alkanes, Cracking and Alkenes
... ...
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All that glistens is not gold!
... which usually react and form strong bonds don't react with gold. There are some disadvantages of pure gold whatsoever:
- Weight
- Price
- Rarity- gold is usually found as tiny nuggets and most are even too small to see with the naked ...
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An Experiment to Determine the Atomic Mass of a Metal X.
... have ties tucked away so that they cannot possibly come into contact with any chemicals.
Results
Mass of Metal X /g
Volume of H2/cm3
0.033
22.8
0.037
25.0
0.044
27.3
Repeats
0.033
23.0
0.044
27.5
Calculations
1. Amount of Hydrogen = volume/molar volume
0.0228dm3 / 24dm3/mol
= 0.00095mol of hydrogen
2. M (s) + 2HCl (aq) MCl2 (aq) + ...
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An experiment to find the empirical formula when copper reacts with iodine
... was placed over the Bunsen again. This process was repeated until no more iodine crystals remained.
The boiling tube was then allowed to cool, and the copper strip was removed and weighed. After weighing, the yellow coating of copper iodide was ...
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An experiment to investigate the factors that determine the amount of energy released when alcohols are burned.
... hydrogen atoms are included to form bonds with it plus an extra hydrogen atom for each of the carbon atoms on each end of the carbon chain. This gives the formula:
CnH2n + 2
where n is equal to the number of ...
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An experiment to show how the amount of zinc oxide produced is affected by the amount of calamine used.
... oxide will be produced. The theoretical conversion graph also supports this idea. Therfore i think that the relationship between the calamine used and zinc oxide produced will also be proportional. Using the theoretical conversion graph I can predict that from ...
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An Investigation Into How the Mass of Zinc Effects the Heat Change In the Displacement Reaction Between Zinc and Copper Sulphate.
... have to measure the initial and final temperature of the reaction.
Hypothesis
I expect that the investigation will show that an increase in the mass of zinc will cause an increase in the heat change, and therefore the temperature change. This is ...
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An Investigation Into The Factors That Affect The Enthalpy Change During A Displacement Reaction.
... (Shc) of a substance is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of it by one degree Celsius.
The specific heat capacity of water is 4.2kj
Copper sulphate solution is mostly water, therefore its' Shc ...
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An investigation into the water of crystallisation present in Hydrated Magnesium Sulphate
... Crystallising Dish using the scoop. The mass of the crystallising dish with the Hydrated Magnesium sulphate in will now be measured and recorded. The mass of the crucible dish on its own will be subtracted from the mass of the ...
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An investigation to compare the % by mass of calcium carbonate in a variety of common rocks.
... to calculate the mass required. According to 'Practical Chemistry' by Lambert and Muir, the rocks are likely to contain another, similar substance like magnesium carbonate (MgCO3), which will affect the results. Due to this fact that the rocks will contain ...
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Analysis of bond types in a series of compounds.
... care. Measure the pH of the solution and save the solution for test 4.
OBSERVATION
INFERENCE
• Test tube is warm to touch
• Reaction mixture fizzes immediately (fizzing is audible)
• Gas produced is white and misty, and turns litmus paper red. Gas makes ...
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ANALYSIS OF UNKNOWN COMPOUND C
... HCL, which is acidic, therefore blue litmus changes to red. Here the hydrogen ions have a positive charge and the chloride ions have a negative charge. It is when hydrogen ions combine with litmus that the litmus turns red. Remembering ...
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Animal & Human Cells
... organisms
* Multicellular organisms are generally specialized and need to work together with the other cells for survival of it's organism
* Cells of the same type normally found together. A tissue is a group of small similar cells organized to do ...
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Antimatter and matter
... the speed of light and don't last too long (40 nanoseconds is typical).
Dirac's equations predicted that all of the fundamental particles in nature must have a corresponding "antiparticle." In each case, the masses of the particle and antiparticle are identical, ...
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Area & Volume Exploration Component proportional changes
... for Length, Volume and Mass.
10% increase => 20 ? 10% = 2
100
=> 20m + 2m (increase) = 22m
So...
New cuboids dimensions = Length = 22m
Width = 10m
Height = 5m
Volume = 10m ? 22m ? 5m
= 1100m3
S. ...
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Atomic structure
...
Most elements can be found on earth (with the exception of those elements that too unstable and thus must be synthesized in the laboratory). Since all elements have isotopes then we must consider how much of one isotope of an ...
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Atoms
...
Most elements can be found on earth (with the exception of those elements that too unstable and thus must be synthesized in the laboratory). Since all elements have isotopes then we must consider how much of one isotope of an ...