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Cycle Of Reaction Lab

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Introduction: Bioavailability is used to describe when a substance is in a form that can cause a biological effect. The purpose of this experiment was to demonstrate a cycle of reactions involving copper. A specific quantity of copper will be transformed through a series of reactions and then recovered as solid copper. A percent yield will be calculated in order to determine the loss or gain of the solid copper product. Materials and Methods: In the first step of the copper cycle 0.2517 grams of copper was obtained. The copper turnings were weighed on an analytical balance. It was placed in a 50 mL beaker and reacted with 6 M HNO3. In the second step of the copper cycle, 10 mL of distilled water is added to the reaction and while stirring, …show more content…

The initial mass of copper was recorded, and then compared with the mass of recovered copper at the end of the experiment. The reactions that occurred during this lab include; Metathesis reactions, which are biomolecular reactions that occur in water, Redox reactions or reduction-oxidation reactions in which electrons are transferred between reactants, Single displacement reactions, which are redox reactions where a metal replaces a metal cation from its salt, Combination reactions, which occur when two or more reactants produce on product and Decomposition reaction, which occur when one reactant produces two or more products. Table of Reactions Cycle Step # Equation Reaction Type #1 Cu(s )+ HNO3(aq)Cu(NO3)2(aq) + NO2(aq) + H2O(l) Single displacement redox reaction #2 Cu(NO3)2(aq)+NaOH(aq)Cu(OH)2(s) + NaNO3(aq) Precipitation reaction #3 Cu(OH)2(s)CuO(s) + H2O(l) Redox decomposition #4 CuO(s) + H2SO4(aq)CuSO4(aq) + H2O(l) Double displacement reaction (metathesis) #5 CuSO4(aq) + Zn(s)Cu(s) +ZnSO4(aq) Single displacement reaction Balanced Equations: #1 - Cu(s)+ 4 HNO3(aq)Cu(NO3)2(aq)+ 2 NO2(aq)+ 2 H2O(l) #2 - Cu(NO3)2(aq)+ 2 NaOH(aq)Cu(OH)2(s)+ 2 NaNO3

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