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Chemical Reactions Lab

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Two chemical reactions occurred in our lab and I have evidence to prove why. To start, the main purposes of the lab were to make two chemical reactions (which are the two main ingredients in the antacid Maalox), to learn about why changes in solubility, state, appearance, pH, and energy indicate that the chemical reaction really happened, and to learn about balanced equations and classifying them. In Part 1, we combined alum and ammonia to make aluminum hydroxide, potassium ammonium sulfate, and ammonium sulfate. In Part 2, we combined epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) and ammonia to make ammonium sulfate and magnesium hydroxide. But the two main ingredients are aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide. All in all, I will prove why I know that …show more content…

In Part 1, the reactants were solid and liquid respectively, and one was soluble and one wasn’t, while the product was a solid and wasn’t soluble. Similarly, in Part 2, the reactants were solid and liquid respectively, and one was soluble and one wasn’t, while the product was a solid and was soluble. Also, more specifically, in Parts 1 and 2, a precipitate (which is a kind of chemical reaction where a solid is formed from a solution) formed which proves that it’s a chemical reaction because it can’t change states of matter without the raising or lowering the temperature which we didn’t do, so we must have created a new substance that becomes a solid in room temperature. Also, the acidity changed from reactant to product. In both Parts 1 and 2, the reactants were acids and bases respectively, and the products were bases. That is some of the evidence, but you still aren’t convinced, then keep …show more content…

(No one can oppose equations! Equations are mathy and nerds like math and nerds are never wrong in math! Therefore, there is nothing you person can say to say that two chemical reactions didn’t happen. This is where your stupidity ends because no is this stupid! (I hope…)) Part 1’s balanced equation is KAl(SO4)2 + 3 NH4OH ---> Al(OH)3 + KNH4SO4 + (NH4)2SO4 and Part 2’s balanced equation is MgSO4 + 2 NH4OH ---> (NH4)2SO4 + Mg(OH)2 . Both of these equations are double replacements because they both have elements in two different compounds trade places. It is necessary for equations to be balanced like these because of the Law of Conservation of Matter that says that no atoms can be created or

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