6.03 Calorimetry Lab

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Before beginning this experiment make sure to write down observations of all the chemicals that are going to be used. To begin, 25 mL of .05 M lead nitrate into a clean 50 mL graduated cylinder and add to a clean Erlenmeyer flask. Measure out 1.4 mL of .025 M sodium carbonate and also add it to the Erlenmeyer flask. After adding mix both chemicals for 15 seconds or so. After mixing set up vacuum filtration flask using deionized water. In order for the apparatus to work it needs to be set up correctly so make sure the filter paper that you are going to use in the apparatus should be slightly wet. After doing that, your solution should be poured into the Hirsh funnel. When done make sure no precipitate gets through the filter paper, if so filter again. After making sure that filtration was done correctly, evenly decant the filtrate into two clean beakers. Test one half for lead ion by adding 1mL of .1M potassium phosphate (20-30 drops) and record if the test came out positive (whiter precipitate) or not. The other half of the filtrate can be tested for carbonate ion by adding 1mL of .1 M nickel nitrate and record if the result was positive (green precipitate) or negative. …show more content…
1.4 mL of .25 M potassium iodide should also be measure out and added to the flask. After adding the potassium iodide the solution should be mixed for about 15 seconds or so. The vacuum apparatus should be set up like before and the solution should be filtered. Once filtered, the filtrate should be decanted and tested. 1 half should be tested for excess lead ion by having 1 mL of .1 M potassium phosphate added to it. The results of the test should be recorded and observed. The 2nd half of the filtrate should be tested for excess iodide ion by having 1 mL of .1 M of silver nitrate added. The results (positive = pale yellow precipitate) should also be observed and