Lab

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UNIT 5 PROJECT

TEMPERATURE AND EQUILIBRIUM VIRTUAL LAB

SC300

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1. NO NUMBER OF WORDS EXPECTED BUT ENOUGH TO ANSWER ALL OF THE
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Results of Virtual Lab Experiment

I. Introduction.

This experiment was conducted to test how long it would take for equilibrium to establish

itself in a model of red and blue molecules when the temperature is changed. The mass (size)

and the number (volume) of molecules stayed the same while only the temperature varied. It

was conducted using a virtual model through ChemConnections, a java script web site (2000).

There were two chambers in the model, with red molecules on the left and blue on the right and a

barrier separating the two. For the experiment the mass was set at 199 amu and the number at

99.

II. Materials used

Red molecules

Blue molecules

Divided chamber with sliders to change mass, volume, and temperature

III. Methods

The first part of the experiment was to enlarge the size of the molecules in both chambers to

199 amu. Then the temperature in the left chamber was reduced to 1 K and the difference in

motion of the molecules was noted between the chambers. Temperature of the right chamber

was lowered to match that of the left chamber. The number of molecules in each chamber was then increased to 99 and

then the barrier between the chambers was removed. The time it took for equilibrium to establish itself was recorded. It is interesting to note that

the internal pressure at this temperature barely registered on the pressure meter.

The second part of the experiment followed the exact same procedure except that the

temperature was increased to 999 K. Again, the time it took the chambers to equalize after the

removal of the barrier was recorded. The internal pressure at this temperature was nearly at

maximum level.
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IV. Data and Results

Mass Volume Temperature Reaction

(amu) (number) (K) time
Experiment 1

Experiment 2

1. How does lowering the temperature change the speed at which the molecules move?

2. How would adding more molecules affect the motion inside each chamber?

CONCLUSION

According to these experiments, the lower the temperature the slower the molecules

move and the higher the temperature the faster they move. For this reason, the molecules

reached equilibrium more slowly in the colder temperature and much faster in the higher

temperature.

Based on these results placing honey in a cup of tea with a temperature of 200 would

cause the honey to dissolve more quickly than in a cup of tea with a temperature of 45 .

As far as eating stinky Limburger cheese in a parking lot with shoppers 50 feet away, it

would take longer for the smell to reach the shoppers in the winter time. Colder temperatures

slow the movement of molecules, so the smell would not reach them very fast.

REFERENCES

Molecules in motion (2000). ChemConnections. Retrieved September 23, 2009 from

http://chemconnections.org/Java/molecules/index.html.