Experiment 19 PreLab Activity Revised 2005

Predict the following for the double replacement reactions below. Use the solubility table in your book to
help you determine some of the answers. Use your knowledge of the products of double replacement
reactions to predict if a gas (CO2) or water will be a product.
1)Place a “P” in the box if a precipitate will be formed. 2)Put a “G” in the box if a gas will be formed. 3)
Put “H2O” in the blank if water is a product. 3)Put “NR” if you can predict for sure that there will be no
reaction. 4)Leave the box blank if you can’t tell if there is a gas or precipitate produced, or no visible
reaction.
Pb(NO3)2 HCl Na3PO4 KI CuSO4 H2SO4 NaOH AgNO3 CaCl2 HNO3 Na2CO3 FeCl3

NH3

FeCl3

Na2CO3

HNO3

CaCl2

AgNO3

NaOH

H2SO4

CuSO4

KI

Na3PO4

HCl

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Lab data page
Fill in the blank on the following pages. Make careful notes of the reactions that occur.
You’ll use these notes in a following lab to help you identify “unknown” ions in a
reaction.
Pb HCl Na3 KI Cu H2SO4 NaOH AgNO3 CaCl2 HNO3 Na2 FeCl3
(NO3)2 PO4 SO4 CO3

NH3

FeCl3

Na2
CO3

HNO3

CaCl2

Ag
NO3

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NaOH

H2
SO4

Cu
SO4

KI

Na3
PO4

HCl

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Conclusions: Post lab activity

Remember that most of these reactions are double replacement reactions. These types of
reactions produce some substance that leaves the chemical reaction (a precipitate, a
gas, or water).

1)Ammonia (NH3) when dissolved in water, as used in this lab, is shown in the following
reversible reaction: NH3 + H20 ------ NH4OH. What is a reason you were unable to
predict reactions that would occur without this knowledge?

2)Write balanced equations for all the reactions that produced a precipitate with NH3.
(Use NH4OH in the place of NH3)

3)Write balanced equations for any reactions that had water as one of the products.

4)Write balanced equations for any reactions that produced a gas as a product.

5)What particular type of compound, when reacted with an acid, forms a gas? What gas
is produced?

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6)Write balanced equations for any reactions that produced a precipitate.

6)Write chemical equations for any reactions that produced color changes, but no
precipitate. Was it possible to predict these reactions? Explain your answer

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