703 Lab #2

10/20/2013

Measuring the Amount of Water in a Milliliter

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By: Damian Wasilewicz 703

Purpose-The purpose of this lab is to discover some of the properties of water, such as how many drops of water equal one milliliter? Research/background information-Water is a liquid. Water molecules are affected by cohesion and adhesion. Cohesion is a force that holds like molecules together. Adhesion is a force that attracts molecules to a surface they are in contact with. A meniscus is a curve that you see when looking at contained water from a side. This is due to the water droplets sticking to the sides of the glass. Water is the only pure, common substance found naturally in all three states of matter, is known as a universal solvent, and the most abundant molecule on Earths surface. It takes up 70-75% of Earths surface as a liquid/solid in addition to being found in the atmosphere. Citations: Science notebook "Water (molecule)." Properties of Water. University of Idaho, n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2013. Hypothesis-It will take 5 drops of water to move the mysterious liquid up one milliliter. Experiment-Materials: Graduated cylinder Beaker Ruler Dropper Mysterious liquid(water based)

Procedure:

1. Fill a small graduated cylinder with 10 milliliters of mysterious liquid. 2. Count the number of drops it takes to raise the mysterious liquid to 11 milliliters. Record the number of drops in the chart. 3. Leave the mysterious liquid in the graduated cylinder and count the number of drops it takes to raise the mysterious liquid to 12 milliliters. Record the number of drops in the chart.

Measurement 11 ml. 12 ml.

Drops 17 21

4. Leave the mysterious liquid in the graduated cylinder and count the number of drops it takes to raise the mysterious liquid to 13 milliliters. Record the number of drops in the chart. 5. Repeat steps 1-4. Add the two sets of results together, calculate your average and round to the nearest tenth. ResultsThe hypothesis was 12.3 away from the average. It would take 17,300 drops based on the average. Conclusion-The hypothesis was off by 12.3 drops, so it can be considered incorrect. The tool used for this was the graduated cylinder. This is the more precise tool, as it measured in graduations of 2ml. This is more accurate than the beaker, as it is more precise. The beaker was not nearly as precise, as it measured in graduations of 50 ml. This means being off by even a

centimeter may cost several milliliters, which can be detrimental to the experiment and provide a false conclusion. This experiment does not provide enough data to provide an accurate answer. This is because there were only 6 attempts at finding how many drops are equal to one ml and had they had a range of 7 drops. This shows that the amounts necessary drops varied, therefore not providing an accurate average. There were several factors that affected/could affect the results, the most common ones being human error. The people following the procedure may have incorrectly judged how many drops it took to get the liquid to a point, pushed too hard on the eyedropper and caused multidrops, and or misjudged when the liquid got to a certain point caused by pointing from an incorrect angle. These are all possible explanations as to what went/ could have gone wrong during the extent of the experiment.