Garrett#17 Skraby Science 2/13/14 Lab Question: Canthelawofconservationofmatterbeproven? Hypothesis: Ifsomeonecombinesthetwochemicalstogether,themassoftheproductwouldbe differentfromthetwochemicalsseparated. Materials: 1. 2beakers 2. 2graduatedcylinders 3. PotassiumIodide 4.

LeadNitrate 5. scale 6. weights 7. coffeefilter 8. classes/goggles 9. penandpaper 10. calculator

Procedures: 1. weighgraduatedcylinderswithnochemicalsincluded 2. measure5mLofpotassiumiodide 3. measure5mLofleadnitrate 4. weighgraduatedcylindersagainwiththechemicals 5. subtracttheweightofthecylinderwithnomatterinsidefromthecylinderincluding matter 6. recordtheweight 7. repeatwiththeotherchemical 8. recordtheweight 9. addthetwodifferencestogetherandrecordthatnumber 10. weighthebeaker 11. recordtheweightofthebeaker 12. pourthetwochemicalstogetherinthebeaker 13. subtracttheweightofthebeakerwithnomatterfromthebeakerwiththematter 14. recordtheweight 15. pourthesubstanceintoanotherbeakercoveredbyacoffeefilter 16. whenthesubstanceisseparateweightheprecipitateandweightheliquidthatwas separated 17. recordthefinalweightandobserve Analysis: Whenmygroupmeasuredleadnitrateandpotassiumiodidewhentheywere

separatedtheyweighedadifferentamount.Whenthetwochemicalswereputtogetherthe totalweightwas12g.Thenwemixedthetwochemicalsthenweighedthatsubstance.It weighedroughlyaboutthesameasbefore.Finally,mygroupseparatedthesolid (precipitate)fromtheexcessliquid.Wethenweighedtheliquidanditweighedaboutthe sameasthetwotimesbefore. Conclusion: Fromthisexperimentmygroupendedupgettingthreeweightsthatweighedroughly thesameamount.Wemeasuredthetwochemicalswhentheywereseparated,thenwe addedtogettheweighttheywouldbeiftheyweretogether.Fromthat,wecomparedthe restoftheweightstoitandsincetheywereroughlythesameamountonecaninferthat matterisneithercreatednordestroyed. Data: Object LeadNitrate Cylinder Weight 27g Weightwith Chemical 32g Chemical 5g 12g Potassium IodideCylinder Beaker Precipitate Liquid 27g 111g 2g 11g 34g 121g 2g 7g 10g 2g 11g 10g Total

Balancing: 1Pb(NO3)2+2KI>1PbI2+2K(NO3)