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A document outlining how to set up and carry out the required practicals for triple science: chemistry. These are textbook answers that got me an A* in chemistry. There are doodles included in the document to help with visualising how the practical is set up, but do not draw these diagram in your e...

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Practicals
Chemistry
Copper oxide
Sulfuric Acid
Funnel
- Filtration Paper
- Conical Flash
Beaker
dish/basic
Soluble salts Evaporating
Making
Tripod Gauze
Bunsenfsurner
-
Glaser roc



Get fixedmolarity/volume of dilute sulfuric acid (the
Spatula
reactant for full
limiting
a a
·


neutralisation & to thatthe acid doesn't contaminate the
ensure
salt)
acid until beaker (above flame, not
the it is almost
boiling in a


Gently heat
· a


touching) add small to the acid
· Use a metal spatula to amounts of copper oxide
the solution with
rod
Stir
glass
·
a


Continue if the solution continues to be clear blue
adding copper oxide
·
a .




acid left at the bottom of the flask
Stop adding if there
·




·
is




tripodandgauze
.




upon
a


-
bunsen burner



light
once
a
underneata
and the basin
tripod place on the
gauze to boil
off the
liquid,




·
Once can see beginning
crystalsheart to form
carefully remove the
,



basin/dish
you from the (with
something
like forceps)&
place in
like a window sill , to allow
an area with sunlight ,

stals
the
excess
liquid
the
to evaporate off to
prevent burning cry

,&
Titration readings from belowthe
make to take
Always
miniscus
sure




·
Use a
pippette transfer 25cm3
to of NaOH (Sodium Hydroxide) solution into a conicalflash [with a
pippettefillerI
· Add2-3 dropso an indicator (like phenolphthaleirs) colleali(NaOH) in the coricalflask
to the
cour
· Place the flask on a white file
so that a
change is better visible .



·
Fill burette with HCL
a
Chydochloric acid) to the brim .




Recordinitial acid volume & then add the acid drops
the alladi in intervals the flash in between
·
into
swirling
,



·
Stop adding the acid in once a colour
change is detected from Si e
. if
phenolphthalein was used the colour would
.



,
go
to colourless) finalvolume
from
recording
the .

pink ,



oacid
needto neutralise repeat the at least
Canthe volume proces times f concordant ret
6


a




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T




· Acid solution (HC)
·
Alkali solutio (NaOH)
· Conical flask
· Universalindicator(Phenolphthalein)
· White file
·
Burrette

Pippelette filler
·




Electory· Pour

copper
approxiamety sy
(11) chloride solution
50cm

into a beaker
.


Place plastic petridish holes top of the beaker, rods will be inserted
graphite
· a with two on where two carbon
.




The
·
electrodes inert because carbon unreactive When
graphiteelse electrodes (the carbon
are is
inserting the
graphite rods).
.




make sure that
they
are not too close
together or
they'll short circuit
.


Attach crocodile to the electrodes & terminals of
·
leads/clips then, connect the rods to the a
low-voltagepower
supply
& switch it on copper should coat the cathode and bubbles should surround the anode
Select 4V the
power supply
· =
on ,
detectif)
chlorine (use blue litmus paper to
alongside smell
-




a of .




Sodium chloride :
anode has chlorine gas and
cathode has
the
hydrogen
gas
Anode positive Cathode
negative
= =




Abeacher I




Copper[11) chloride solution
Petri dish with holes

Carbon
graphite rods
Power
supply
Crocodile leads (with
wire)

, . Temperature
Change
4
+ Lif
Polystyrene ap
-- Acidsolution (HC)
Alseali solution (NaOH)
to 30mm3gHCL
cylinder
measure Themometer
Use
measuring
·
a



acid
, transfer
Then the into
polystyrene cup
·
a

acid with themometer
a
Recordthe initial temperature of the Joms NaOH and
·

into the
to mensure
g put that polystyrenecop
Use
measuring cylinder
·
a



·



Quickly place on the
rup's plastic
lidand
place the
themometer
through the hole in the Sid

themometer to the solution
Use the
gently stir
·




Record the reached when
·

highest temperative the
temperature of the themometer longerchanges no

10cm3
·
Repeat the first 7 steps gNaOHindead
using foreach of 5 and then repeat severaltimes
addin
g
Jun's
of the
NaOH
repeat until 40cm3 of the NaOH used
more
. is


beforehand 2-3
Repeat allthe
steps
times for for each volume
. NaOH.
·
a mean




#
u
With the results, draw graph
a
·




Rates
of
Turbidity
=
cloudiness
Reaction
·
Use a measuring Cylinder toput 10cms of sodium this sulfate solution into a conical flask

·
Place conical flash on a printedblack cross

Then add 10cms HCL into the conical flash
o
·




stopwatch stop the watch be clook
· Swirl the solution and start a ,
when the cross can no
longer seen
directly
into the comical flash with
,
in case
goggleslower of a .
splash)
out concentrations of sodium this sulfate each time
Carry experiment again using
·




values for each concentration of socium
Repeat the whole
·
experiment
@ calculate mean

thiosulfate solution

Reproducible : If it can be
repeated
by another
person or

different and stil
using a
technique or
equipment get the same
result .





toplace 50cras
Use
measuring cylinder gHCt into conical flase
·
a a


and
·
Attach conical flash to
bung delivery a tube
filled with water
delivery tube
Now into container
place
· a



also filled with water over the
·
Place upturned
measuring cylinder delivery tube
·
AddSum strip of to the HCL andstart stopwatch a

magnesium 10 seconds the volume wil be recordedu the
as is
Hydrogen
gas g trapped
menringcylinders every
into
·
,




Repeat with different concentrations of HCL
.
·




1
1




sodium thiosulfate
acid
Hydrochloric
Conical flask
White file with black cross




watch
raylinder
Water


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