drates Name: Anna Dais Partner’s Name: Avery Anderson Thursday 3:10-6pm 9/7/17 CHMY 141-218 TA: Mackenzie Lynes Introduction The purpose of this lab was to explore the characteristics of hydrates. Hydrates are solid ionic compounds that contain water that is chemically bound to the crystal. In doing this lab, the percentage of water contained in various hydrates, if dehydration is a reversible or irreversible change, and the mathematical relationship between starting mass and mass lost. As there