Lindsay Abbott Drew Kurzman Copper Cycle Lab 11/17/11 Purpose: to demonstrate a cycle of reactions involving copper Introduction:

The most common ore for copper is copper sulfide, or Cu2S, and is extremely important source of copper because the compound contains approximately 80% copper. Because of its chemical and physical properties, copper is a good conductor of both heat and electricity, and this is why It can be found in both electrical lines and cooking pots. As an alloy agent, copper can be used in brass and bronze. Copper oxides are bluish green in color and can be seen in many statues and roofs, most namely the Statue of Liberty. Materials: 250mL beaker glass funnel ring stand iron ring wire gauze Bunsen burner Balance Red litmus paper Copper (.5 grams) 16M nitric acid (4 mL) 3M NaOH (30mL) zinc powder (2g) 6M hydrochloric acid Procedure: 1. Mass a 250mL beaker, mass out .5g copper into the 250mL beaker and record the mass of both. 2. Bring the beaker to the fume hood and have your teacher add 4-5mL of nitric acid to the beaker. Record observations. 3. Add 100mL of water to the beaker and record reactions. 4. Add 30mL of NaOH and describe the reaction 5. Heat the beaker on a hot plate until the solution changes color. Turn off the heat, take the beaker off, and let the precipitate settle. 6. Decant and wash the precipitate 2 times with 4-5mL of water and discard the filtrate 7. Add 15mL of H2SO4 to the beaker, then add 2g zinc to the solution and record observations for each step. 8. Mix the zinc with the solution until copper falls out and there is no zinc left. 9. Add 3mL 6M HCL to the solution and decant twice, adding 5mL of water each time. 10. Let the copper dry overnight and take the mass the next day.