Post Lab Template

Name.#: Guagenti.28
Experiment: CPC
Relevant Sections: 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.6
Date Submitted: 09/06/2019
Lab TA Name: Eric Hantz

Laboratory experiments are intended to support your in-class learning, and the
topics from your labs will appear on mid-term exams. However, students often
have difficulty relating their labs to the questions that appear on tests. To
strengthen these connections (and perform better on the tests) you are tasked
with writing and answering a question based on the laboratory experiment that
relates to a topic you anticipate being on the exam. You will be guided through
the process of creating your exam question, and graded according to the rubric
below. Please note that your question topic must come from a textbook section
from the red box on the assignment for each experiment’s post-lab on
Carmen. While you are encouraged to reflect on topics and questions that appear
in your class (in lecture, from the textbook, recitation, or homework), your work
on this assignment must be original! You are not asked to find a question, but
rather to create a question.

For assistance with completing this assignment, check out the Chemistry 1210
Post-Lab guide (go.osu.edu/1210postlabhelp)

This post-lab assignment must be completed by the time your laboratory report
is due. It it your responsibility to ensure your submission is successful. Late or
rejected submissions will not be accepted.

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 Select a Relevant Key Term

Define, in your own words, a key term (bolded in the text book) from
one of the Approved Relevant Textbook Sections (listed in the red box
on the post-lab assignment page) for this experiment. Explain how this
key term is relates to this experiment. Do not copy the textbook
definition for your chosen term. Be sure to include a citation for the
relevant textbook section on the references page below.

Key Term: Physical Properties

Definition: Any characteristics that can be measured and observed without

changing the chemical composition of matter. (E.g. color, change of state,
temperature)

Connection: This term relates to our CPC lab because when completing Stations A-
D we observed and collected data on whether the stations were chemical or
physical changes, for example finding mass of spheres (physical), and looking at a
distillation apparatus, which performs physical changes to separate substances.

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 Question

Write an original question related to the key term you selected. Many
question formats appear in your textbook and on exams including
calculations, examining a figure, a ranking task, a comparison, etc.

Be sure your question includes sufficient detail such that if it appeared

on an exam, you would be able to answer it with only your general
chemistry knowledge. Therefore, all relevant data, constants, etc.
should be included below. However, you may simply reference any
material found in Appendix E of your lab manual, if needed.

Sarah is testing the different properties of Water (H2O) for her chemistry lab. In
station A she must put a pot of water on a stove and boil it, recording the boiling
temperature and observations that she can see happening including the state of
water turning from liquid to gas. At station B, Sarah must add a small amount of
baking soda to a cup of water, and record her observations as well as write a
chemical formula for the reaction. Using your knowledge about chemical and
physical properties, determine which station produced a physical change and
explain your answer.

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 Explanation

Answer your question. Show all work, including each step of multi-
step calculations.

1.) The station that Sarah observed physical changes would be station A. Here, she
recorded the boiling point and the observation of water changing from a liquid,
into water vapor. Boiling point and state of matter change are both considered
physical properties, and no new substance was created. Meanwhile, in station B
the combination of water and baking soda created a new substance and therefore
cannot be a physical change.

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 References

List a citation (including page numbers) for your edition of the

textbook as well as any other resources you may have used while
completing this assignment.

Brown, Theodore, et al. Chemistry: The Central Science. Pearson, 2018. (Pgs 12-13)

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