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Chemistry Experiment 7
Mass Relationships Accompanying Chemical Changes
Purpose:
1. To determine if mass is conserved in a chemical reaction.
2. To determine if moles are conserved in a chemical reaction.
Materials:
1. 0.00500 moles of
Na2CrO4
2. 100 mL beaker
3. Filter Paper

4. 0.00500 moles of
Pb(NO3)2
5. Ring Stand
6. Wash Bottle

7. 150 mL beaker
8. Filtering Funnel
9. Distilled Water

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11.Safety:
1. Do not over heat nitrates as they are explosive. You also do not want to lose your
eyesight if your neighbour's beaker explodes and glass gets in your eye. Always wear
safety glasses even when you are done your experiment.
2. Chromates are very hazardous. Report any spills immediately, especially if it is on
one of the balances.
12.
13.Procedures:
1. Mass a clean, dry and labelled 150 mL beaker to the nearest 0.01 grams. Record this
mass.
2. With the beaker on the analytical balance press the reset. (The balance should read
0.000 grams). Add 0.00500 moles of Na2CrO4 to the beaker. (0.00500 moles of Na2CrO4
= ______ 0.001 grams)
3. Mass a clean dry labelled 100 mL beaker to the nearest 0.001 grams. Record this
mass.
4. With the beaker on the analytical balance press the reset. (The balance should read
0.000 grams.) Add 0.00500 moles of Pb(NO3)2 to the beaker. (0.00500 moles of
Pb(NO3)2 = _______ 0.001 grams.
5. Dissolve each of the solids in about 25 mL of water. Warms the solutions if desired to
increase the rate of dissolving.
6. Add 1 mL of the Na2CrO4 solution to the Pb(NO3)2 solution and stir for one minute. Avoid
splashing.
7. While continuing to stir the solution, add the rest of the Na2CrO4 solution, a few
milliliters at a time. Rinse the last traces of Na2CrO4 from the 150 mL beaker with some
distilled water. Use as little water as is practical. Several rinses of small volume are
more effective than a single larger volume. Heat the solution for about 5 minutes, until
clear, do not let boil vigorously. Allow the precipitate to settle.
8. Determine the mass of a piece of filter paper to the nearest 0.001 grams. Fold the filter
paper as was demonstrated and fit it into a funnel and moisten it with some distilled
water. Set up the funnel for filter as was demonstrated.
9. Put the 150 mL beaker under the funnel. Decant the clear liquid from the 100 mL
beaker into the funnel. Retain as much of the precipitate as possible.
10. Wash the precipitate in the beaker by adding about 20 mL of distilled water and
warming the mixture again. Let the precipitate settle and decant the liquid into the
funnel leaving as much of the precipitate as possible in the beaker. Wash the
precipitate in the 100 mL beaker with another 15 mL of distilled water.
11. Again decant the wash water into the filter paper in the funnel. Wash the sides of the
beaker with 10 mL of distilled water and pout this into the filter paper. It is not
necessary to attempt to transfer of the precipitate to the filter paper, since you will
later place the filter paper and its contents in the beaker to be dried.
12. When filtering is done place the unfolded filter paper into the 100 mL beaker and place
it into the drying oven overnight.
13. Place the filtrate in the 150 mL beaker into the drying oven with the 100 mL beaker.
14. Next day determine the mass of the 100 mL beaker, filter paper and precipitate. Also
determine the mass of the 150 mL and the NaNO3.
14.
15.
16.Data:
17.
Mass of labelled 150 mL beaker
__________________ 0.01
grams
18.
Mass of labelled 100 mL beaker
__________________ 0.001
grams
19.
Mass of filter paper
__________________ 0.001 grams
20.
Mass of Na2CrO4
__________________ 0.001
grams
21.
Mass of Pb(NO3)2
__________________ 0.001 grams
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24.

grams

Mass of 150 mL beaker & NaNO3

__________________ 0.01

Mass of 100 mL beaker, filter paper & PbCrO4

__________________ 0.001

grams

25.
26.Questions:
27.
1. Determine the mass of each product.
(NaNO3 & PbCrO4)
28.
2. Copy the following table and make the necessary calculations to fill in the entries.
3.
31. Number of Moles
29. Reactant or Product
30. Mass
32.
33. Pb(NO3)2

34.

35. 0.00500

36. Na2CrO4

37.

38. 0.00500

39. PbCrO4

40.

41.

42. NaNO3

43.

44.

45.
4. Compare the sum of the masses of the reactants to the sum of the masses of the
products by finding the ratio:
46.

Mass of Products
Mass of Reactants

47.
Express your answer as a decimal and use the correct number of significant
figures.
48.
5. What is the significance of the ratio calculated in question 3?
49.
6. What should the ratio be calculated in question 3?
50.
7. Calculate your percent error using your ratio as the experimental and the answer to
question 5 as the accepted.
51.
8. Complete the following chemical equation using your data.
52.
0.00500 moles Pb(NO3)2 + 0.00500 moles Na2CrO4 _____ moles PbCrO4 +
53.
____ moles NaNO3
54.

9. Use the information from question 7 to balance the following equation using small
whole numbers
55.
______ Pb(NO3)2 + ______ NaCrO4 ______ PbCrO4 + ______ NaNO3
56.
57.
10. When a quantity does not change during a chemical reaction, we say that it is
conserved. Use your answers to questions 3 and 8 to answer the following:
a) Is mass conserved in this chemical reaction?
b) Are atoms conserved in this chemical reaction?
c) Are moles conserved in this chemical reaction?
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59.Sources of Error:

60. Conclusion: