Percent in Hydrate

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Hydrate Lab The purpose of this lab is to analyze the percent water in a crystalline hydrate and to indentify the hydrate from a list of possible unknowns. The solid hydrate will be heated to remove the water, and the percent can be found by measuring the mass of the solid before and after heating. The hydrate will be indentified by comparing the percent water in the hydrate with the percent water calculated for the possible unknown. Before the lab there are pre-lab questions: 1. Describe the three general safety rules for working with a Bunsen burner. Tie back any long hair or dangling jewelry. Place Bunsen burner at least 12 inches away, and don’t leave flames unattended. 2. The following data were obtained when a sample of barium chloride hydrate was analyzed as described in the Procedure section. Calculate (a) the mass of the hydrate, (b) the mass of water lost during heating, and (c) the percent water in the hydrate. Mass of empty test tube 18.42 g Mass of test tube and hydrate (before heating) 20.75 g Mass of test tube and anhydrous salt (after heating) 20.41 g. Mass of the Hydrate is 2.33g. Loss (H2O) is 0.34g. Percent H2O in Hydrate is equal 0.34/2.33=14.6% 3. The general formula of barium chloride hydrate is BaClg-nHZO, where n is the number of water molecules. Calculate the theoretical percent water for each value of n—divide the sum of the atomic masses due to the water molecules by the sum of all the atomic masses in the hydrate, and multiply the result by 100. Complete the table. | BaCl2 | BaCl2•H2O | BaCl2•2H2O | BaCl•3H2O | Sum of atomic masses (BaCl2) | 208.23 | 208.23 | 208.23 | 208.23 | Sum of atomic masses (nH2O) | 0 | 18.02 | 36.04 | 54.06 | Sum of atomic masses (hydrate) | 208.23 | 226.25 | 244.27 | 262.29 | Percent water in hydrate (theoretical) | 0% | 7.96% | 14.75% | 20.61% | In this lab we used a Balance, centigram

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