CHEM

181 DL1
St oichiomet ry of a Precipit at ion React ion

Final Report
St ude nt Abdulrazzaq Alnassar
Name
St ude nt ID 45487
Le s s o n Stoichiom etry of a Precipitation Reaction
Ins t it ut io n O cean C ounty C ollege
Se s s io n 2019L1 C HEM 181 DL1
Co ur s e C HEM 181 DL1
Ins t r uc t o r C ynthia Spencer

Exercise 1

1. Give n t hat a t he o r e t ic al yie ld f o r is o lat ing Calc ium Car bo nat e in t his e xpe r ime nt
wo uld be 10 0 % . Fr o m t hat inf o r mat io n and bas e d o n t he r e s ult s yo u o bt aine d in t his
e xpe r ime nt , de s c r ibe yo ur s uc c e s s in t he r e c o ve r y o f c alc ium c ar bo nat e and s ugge s t
t wo po s s ible s o ur c e s o f e r r o r t hat wo uld have c aus e d yo u t o no t o bt ain 10 0 % yie ld.

In m y case the approxim ate 94% yield is obtained which im plies 6% error m ay be due to
incom plete precipitation, drying period less than 24 hours, decim al point accuracy, calibration of
the scale, and possibly due to incom plete filtration of substances.

2. What impac t wo uld adding t wic e as muc h Na 2 CO 3 t han r e quir e d f o r s t o ic hio me t r ic

quant it ie s have o n t he quant it y o f pr o duc t pr o duc e d?

Since the C aC l2 is the lim iting reactant, there is no im pact found by adding twice as m uch
am ount of NaC O 3.

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3. De t e r mine t he quant it y (g) o f pur e CaCl 2 in 7.5 g o f CaCl 2 •9H 2 O. Sho w yo ur wo r k.

Molar Mass of C aC l2 • 9H 2 O = 273.07 g/m ol

Molar Mass of C aC l2 = 110.98 g/m ol

(7.5 g C aC l2 • 9H 2 O * 110.98 g C aC l2 ) / 273.07 g C aC l2 •9H 2 O = 3.05 g C aC l2

4. De t e r mine t he quant it y (g) o f pur e MgSO 4 in 2.4 g o f MgSO 4•7H 2 O. Sho w yo ur wo r k.

Molar m ass of MgSO 4 • 7H 2 O = 24.31 + 32.07 + 11(16) + 14(1.01) = 246.45 g/m ol

Molar m ass of MgSO 4 = 24.31 + 32.07 + 4(16) = 120.38 g/m ol

(2.4 g MgSO 4 • 7H 2 O * 120.38 g MgSO 4 ) / 246.45 g MgSO 4 •7H 2 O = 1.17 g MgSO 4

5. Co ns e r vat io n o f mas s was dis c us s e d in t he bac kgr o und. De s c r ibe ho w c o ns e r vat io n o f

mas s (ac t ual, no t t he o r e t ic al) c o uld be c he c ke d in t he e xpe r ime nt pe r f o r me d.

The law of conservation of m ass states that m ass can neither be created nor destroyed. For
conservation of m ass, first, calculate the initial m ass of used C aC l2 . By using this, find the m ass of
C a that was initially used and the m ass of the final product, respectively. By using m ole ratio, find
the m ass of C a in the product and then com pare with initial m ass of used C a. The total m ass (in
gram s) of the reactants equals the total m ass of the products.

Data Table 1: Stoichiome try Value s

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Initial: CaCl2•2H2O (g) 1.50

Initial: CaCl2•2H2O (mol) 0.0102

Initial: CaCl2 (mol) 0.0102

Initial: Na2CO 3 (mol) 0.0102

Initial: Na2CO 3 (g) 1.08

The ore tical: CaCO 3 (g) 1.02

Mass of Filte r pape r (g) 1.0

Mass of Filte r Pape r + CaCO 3 (g) 1.96

Actual: CaCO 3 (g) 0.96

% Yie ld: 94%

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