Lab Report Essay

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In this experiment, our hypothesis was: If the liver solution is related to the buffers, then the liver solution’s pH level when mixed with HCl and NaOH will stay the same. Our hypothesis was refuted by the data showed in this lab because the pH level of the liver solution did not stay the same like the buffers did. The control groups found in this lab were buffer one and buffer two mixed with HCl and NaOH because there was no increase or decrease in the change of pH levels. There was a slight increase of pH in the liver solution when NaOH was added and a slight decrease of pH in the liver solution when HCl was added. Also the data showed a decrease in pH in the DI water when HCl and NaOH were added. When the results were compared with the steady pH level of the buffers mixed with HCl and NaOH it showed that the addition of an acid (HCl) helped the solution stay close to a steady pH level. …show more content…
Shown on the graph above, at 25 drops of HCl, buffer one and buffer two’s pH levels stayed the same, but there was a rate of change in pH levels identified within the DI water and the liver solution. Buffer one remained at the neutral pH level of 7 at 25 drops of HCl as well as NaOH. Buffer two resulted in a small decrease of pH around 2 to 3 drops of HCl, but at 25 drops of HCl it remained at a basic pH level of 9. When buffer two was mixed with NaOH it stayed in the basic pH level of 10 throughout the 30 drops of HCl and NaOH. The liver solution showed an acidic pH level of 5 when 25 drops of HCl was added. But when NaOH was added to the liver solution, there the pH level was 7 until 15 drops of NaOH was added it became a basic pH level of 8 even at 25 drops. DI water varied in pH throughout the 30 drops of both HCl and NaOH. When the DI water was mixed with HCl the pH level went from basic to acidic and stayed as a pH of 2 and a pH of