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Lab 5-1

Looking for
Iodine

Lab 5-1
The objective for this lab is to gain additional
information to support the theory that there are
more kinds of matter than there are kinds of
matter particles.
Stated in kid speak:

The number of different kinds of


elements are limited.

Your objective was to test THREE TOTALLY DIFFERENT


SUBSTANCES to see if they contained the element IODINE.
The fact that they are YELLOW, a primary color, WHITE, and light
brown is a key concept.

MIXTURE REVIEW
The fact that two of your substances are YELLOW
and WHITE is significant. The reason for this is
that if iodine is present, then these substances
can NOT possibly be mixtures. Mixtures keep the
properties of the substances that make them. If
iodine is a shiny black crystal, what can be added
to black to make either YELLOR OR WHITE?
Nothing, so if it is present, then the
substances would have to be compounds.

The first thing that you did was to heat iodine crystals. When you heated
the pure iodine, you got a PURPLE GAS as shown.

positive test for iodine.

This is a

Iodine Sublimates. If you remember, sublimation is


going from a solid directly to a liquid or vice versa. You
were shown this with iodine crystals.

What you did in lab.


You heated chemical A, a yellow
solid, and it made a purple gas.
That means that IT CONTAINS
IODINE. Not only that, but you
know that chemical A must be a
compound. Why?

Why is chemical A a
compound?
The reason for this is that when A was heated it
gave off a PURPLE GAS. Now, since mixtures
keep their properties, what can you mix in ART
with purple, to get YELLOW? Nothing as yellow
is a primary color. So, whatever combined with
Iodine had to do so CHEMICALLY. This means
that chemical A was a compound, and therefore,
A PURE SUBSTANCE AS WELL.
If it was pure, it was also homogeneous.

Compounded again.
Chemical B is a white

substance. When it was


heated, there was no purple
gas. Chemical B was then
added to a test tube and heated
with the torch. Still no gas. It
was not until CHLORINE
WATER and mineral oil were

If you look at the test tube on the left, you see chemical B after it was
heated. It only changed state of matter, becoming a boiling red liquid.
When it cooled, it returned to the white color. When Chemical B is added
to CHLORINE WATER AND MINERAL OIL, the chlorine water separates
the chemical into atoms. The mineral oil likes Iodine, so it pulls the iodine
out of the liquid, making a lavender color.

CHEMICAL B-ALSO A
COMPOUND
So, chemical B must also be a
compound. Think about it.
Iodine crystals are silvery/black.
Chemical B is white. What
substance can you add to
silvery-black to end up with
WHITE?

Chemical C-Brown liquid


Those of you who like fire enjoyed this
one as it was flammable. It also
produced a purple gas, proving that it
contained iodine as well.
So now you have three more
substances that are totally different,
that all contain iodine. This now lends
more evidence to support the theory
that

There are more kinds of matter than


there are more kinds of atoms.
It is kind of like saying there are more
words than there are letters of the
alphabet that make them up.

There is more stuff than the elements


that make them up.

Summary
1. Some substances are composed of more than

one kind of matter particle (atom).


2. It is reasonable to think different substances may
behave somewhat alike if they contain some of the
same kinds of matter particles (atoms).
3. It is reasonable to think that substances behave
differently if they contain different kinds of particles
(atoms).
4. THE FACT THAT THE SAME ATOMS
CONTINUE TO SURFACE IN COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT MATTER SUGGESTS THAT THE
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IS LIMITED.
Carbonate, copper, and iodine were all found in

Lab Summary
You now have THREE pieces of

evidence to suggest that the number of


different elements might be limited.
A. 3 different compounds contained
carbonate and produced carbon
dioxide.
B. 3 different compounds contained
copper.
C. 3 different compounds
contained iodine.

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