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Lab Report For Chemistry Lab

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The goal of this experiment was for students to create 6-8 labs to discern among four different clear substances, which is water. Students tested and observed for evaporation, smell/observation, viscosity, surface tension, density, and created two of their own to compare to the control in the experiment. Each lab was created to observe the properties of water. It was imminent that water is a solvent due to the tea grains, has capillary action due to its ability to rise into the cotton ball, evaporates when in the presence of heat, and is far more dense than oil.
My original hypothesis was that substance D was water because it was the only liquid that resembled the control. It did not contain large bubbles or bubbles similar to seltzer water. As a result of the …show more content…

It is possible that these substances are similar to the constant due to different amounts of tea grain were added to each substance causing an error. Moreover, the density test demonstrates that when the oil was added to the constant, it floated up because it was less dense than the water. Substance A, substance B, and substance C was recorded to have the liquid and oil mix. A physical change was observed. Substance D’s result was the same as the tap water’s. The viscosity test supported my hypothesis because the tap water underwent a chemical reaction when baking soda was added to it. The water began to fizz, but died down. However, substance A, substance B, and substance C, continued to fizz and did not return to their original state. Substance D was the only substance that fizzed and died down. The surface tension lab did not support my hypothesis. The popsicle stick floated in the tap water but also in substance A, substance C, and substance D. The result was not satisfactory because more than one substance was similar to the control. A probable source of error for more than one substance being

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