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Maalox Lab Report

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In this lab we were trying to make Maalox. Maalox is an antacid that used to reduce heartburn by raising the Ph of a person’s stomach. In the lab we mixed an acid that forms precipitate. When the two precipitate were mixed, they formed maalox. Fromt the lab I concluded that maalox is a combination of different chemicals that work together to make and acid into a base.

Many signs show that a chemical reaction has occurred. Some ways we know there is a chemical reaction are the formation of gas, formation of precipitate, change in temperature, and,or change in color. In part one of the experiment, we know there was a chemical change because of the formation of the white precipitate. We poured the ammonia and water in the flask with alum and water, forming a white, cloudy substance in between the two liquids. The white, cloudy substance between the two is liquids is also known as aluminum hydroxide. The second part of the experiment was very similar to the first, but in the second part we mixed epon salt, water, and ammonia. The precipitate formed from mixing the epson salt, water, and ammonia was called magnesium hydroxide. …show more content…

Exothermic is in which the reaction give off heat causing the temperature of the outside air to rise. Endothermic is in which the reaction need more heat causing the outside air to become colder. In the first part of the lab the reaction was exothermic because it caused the the outside water to heat up from 24 degrees celsius to 25 degrees celsius. In the second of the experiment it was an exothermic reaction because the solution went from 18 degrees celsius to 21 degrees

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