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Abby Weitkamp
Honors/AP Chemistry
Hays
27 September 2016
Purpose Statement
Explain why certain substances will react with water, but not oil.
Partners
Madeline Crowley
Sana Navaid
Pre- Lab
3 IMFs
Dispersion Forces
Weakest
All molecules
Dipole Forces
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Hydrogen Bonding
Strongest IMF
Dipole Forces and Hydrogen Bonding are basically the same by Hydrogen Bonding is
more specific
Materials
Water
Vegetable Oil
Food Coloring
Antacid Tablets
Equipment
200-mL beaker
Stirring rod
Procedure
3. Combine the water from flask A with the vegetable oil from flask B in a 200-mL beaker.
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6. Observe what occurs in the water and vegetable oil after the food coloring has been
mixed in.
7. Add one antacid tablet and observe what occurs in the solution.
Observations
The water sinks to the bottom when combined with the vegetable oil in the beaker.
When adding 3 drops of food coloring, the drops sit at the bottom of the oil and the top of
the water.
After stirring up the food coloring, the water changed colors but the vegetable oil
When the antacid tablet was first added, it sunk to the bottom where the water was and
As the antacid tablet dissolved, it released carbon dioxide bubbles which floated up into
the vegetable oil where they stuck to the side of the beaker or released into the air when
The bubbles in the oil are more pronounced than those in the water.
After adding another antacid tablet, the solution fizzed over the top of the beaker.
After adding 3 more drops of of food coloring, the color of the solution became darker
but there were drops of food coloring that did not fully dissolve into the solution.
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Conclusion
Lab Questions
1. The water has a higher density. This is known because the water sunk to the bottom when
2. The food coloring mixes with the water evenly but not in the oil. There was also a fine
3. There is a chemical reaction because carbon dioxide was released in the form of bubbles.
4. Yes, the tablet did interact differently with the oil than it did with the water. In the water,
the tablet was activated and created small bubbles that quickly floated to the top.
However, in the oil, the bubbles grew larger but slowed down and either stuck to the side
5. When food coloring is dropped on the liquids, it sinks to the bottom of the oil but stays in
the small drops. When it enters the water, it slowly blends in as it sinks to the bottom.
6. Water is polar, therefore, the food coloring also has to be polar. This means that the
vegetable oil must be nonpolar because the food coloring didnt bond with it. The
intermolecular forces around the water are hydrogen bonds. There is slight hydrogen
7. Yes, intermolecular forces aler a compounds ability to react because it causes molecules
to be polar. Polar molecules bond with other polar molecules and nonpolar molecules
cannot bond with polar molecules. This was seen in the lab when the water bonded with
8. Oil and water have opposite intermolecular forces. They seem to mix at the border
between them because they have the ability to bond together. However, the waters
hydrogen bonding was stronger, so the oil couldnt bond with all of the water molecules.
Syllabus Questions
1. This lab demonstrated the effects of intermolecular forces relating to polarity. Yes, we
achieved the desired purpose of understanding how intermolecular forces can create a
2. The results for this lab were not data, but observations. We discovered that oil and water
dont mix because they have opposite intermolecular forces and different polarities. The
food coloring mixed with the water because they have the same polarities.
3. One possible source of error is if you mix the water and the oil for an extended period of
time because the antacid tablet will not have the same effect. Another is if the ratio of
water to oil is extremely uneven, it may cause a different effect in how the food coloring
4. From this experiment, I learned that intermolecular forces play a large role in the bonding
between compounds. Stronger intermolecular forces will bond together instead of with a
weaker intermolecular force. Also, molecules of the same polarity will bond together.