Investigation of the effect of NaCl concentration on the evaporation rate of water. Chemistry HL Internal Assessment Vitaebella Tsang Ao Ling Contents page Contents page 2 Introduction 3 Design 4 Research question 4 Variables 4 Method 5 Results 6 Discussion 9 Evaluation 9 Bibliography 10 Introduction Many recipes call for salt to be added to the water when cooking pasta to add flavor, but there has been common belief or misunderstanding that adding salt will make the water boil faster. However, it is now known that that is not the fact, and that adding salt will do the opposite and make the water boil more slowly instead. The boiling point of saltwater is higher than pure water, so it takes longer for saltwater to reach its boiling point and for all the water to boil and evaporate completely. This phenomenon is known as boiling-point elevation. …show more content…
The boiling point of the solution will be higher than that of the pure solvent itself. The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which its vapor pressure is to equal the atmospheric pressure. When a solute is added there are less solvent molecules near the surface and the solvent’s vapor pressure will decrease, so the vapor pressure of the solution will be less than that of the solvent. For the vapor pressure to reach the atmospheric pressure, a higher temperature must be reached, which means the boiling point is elevated. According to this theory, adding salt to water would make the boiling point higher, and make it harder to reach the boiling point. The boiling-point elevation can be calculated by this
A hot plate was placed under the ring stand. 50 mL of 3.0 M NaOH in a 250 mL beaker and a stir bar was placed in the beaker. The beaker with NaOH was placed on the hot plate and 3.75 grams of NaAlO2*5H2O was placed in the beaker. The temperature probe was placed in the beaker with the solution, not touching the bottom of the beaker. The solution was heated and stirred till the solution dissolved.
I have chosen to use this scale of strontium nitrate because it will give me more results so the graph will be more accurate. I will measure the precipitate formed with a ruler in millimetres. I have decided to measure this in millimetres because it is a more accurate measurement so I will be able to compare them easily and more precisely. 1. Place 8 boiling tubes in a boiling tube rack and label them 1-8.
Salinity is the measure of all the salts dissolved in water
When temperature is increased, the amount of obtainable energy increases; meaning that particles will move at faster pace at a higher temperature. Thus rate at which molecules diffuse will progressively speed up as the temperature increases. However if temperature of solution is decreased the rate of osmosis will decrease and rate at which molecules diffuse will be significantly less than that of higher
Research Question: To investigate and compare how different temperature (5℃, 15℃, 25℃, 35℃, 45℃) can affect the concentration of carbon dioxide in soda water through titration with sodium hydroxide solution. Introduction: Carbon dioxide plays an important role in soft drinks. Soda water is manufactured by pumping carbon dioxide into water under high pressure. Carbon dioxide dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, which is the fizz we find in soft drinks. CO2 + H2O ⇌
The documentary "Trouble the Water" is filled with stories and different accounts of the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. The film begins by introducing Kimberly Roberts and her husband. They are the main characters of this film. The first part of the film shows the day leading up to the hurricane as shot by Mrs. Roberts home video. It focuses on the evacuation order and the people who are not able to leave for lack of transportation.
Explanation of the Science Behind this Experiment: This experiment is an example of freezing point depression. Ice melts when it absorbs energy so it can change from a solid to a liquid. On the contrary, when salt is added to the ice, it lowers the freezing point of the ice. That means that in order for the ice to melt, it needs to absorb even more energy.
The dissolution of the salt could be reversed by evaporating the water as shown in part one of the experiment, just as evaporating the water could be reversed by adding water as demonstrated in part two of the
When the concentration of the salt was increased, the amount of water decrease and it is the same the other way around. The mass of the egg will increase if the amount of water is more than the concentration of the salt water and all of this happens because of osmosis. This motion will cause the water to continue moving back and forth across the membrane to create and equilibrium, with equal concentrations on both
1. Grade Level: Second Grade 2. Subject/Content Area: Science 3. Lesson Title: Introduction to the Water Cycle 4.
Desalination Essay Introduction: Drinking seawater is bad, the salt makes you dehydrated and the more salt water you drink the more it makes you sweat. You also get a dry mouth and low blood pressure as well as your heartbeats faster; you could get bad headaches and a lot of dizziness. Most of the biggest desalination plants are in the middle east like United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Israel and many more, but the biggest desalination plant in United Arab Emirates it is the biggest power production, in Jebel Ali M-station in Dubai. The plant has an installed capacity of 2,060MW (mega watts) and 140 million imperial gallons of water per day.
In this experiment, the amount of water lost in the 0.99 gram sample of hydrated salt was 0.35 grams, meaning that 35.4% of the salt’s mass was water. The unknown salt’s percent water is closest to that of Copper (II) Sulfate Pentahydrate, or CuSO4 ⋅ 5H2O. The percent error from the accepted percent water in CuSO4 ⋅ 5H2O is 1.67%, since the calculated value came out to be 0.6 less than the accepted value of 36.0%.This lab may have had some issues or sources of error, including the possibility of insufficient heating, meaning that some water may not have evaporated, that the scale was uncalibrated, or that the evaporating dish was still hot while being measured. This would have resulted in convection currents pushing up on the plate and making it seem lighter by lifting it up
The higher the altitude the lower the boiling point of a substance or in this case water will be. This is because the higher the altitude the lower the atmospheric pressure and thus the vapor pressure needed to boil is lower making the boiling point lower. 6) This affects food preparation at higher altitudes as well. Food labels suggest cooking food for longer times at higher altitudes because the boiling point is the hottest a substance will get, so for if you are at high enough altitudes water will boil at much lower temperatures and it will not get any higher.
Introduction Solubility is a chemical property that is measured in terms of the maximum amount of solute dissolved in a solvent at equilibrium. The resulting solution is called saturated solution. For example when a sample of sodium chloride solution in water is heated the behavior of the reaction is endothermic obstructing exothermic behavior. Another relationship that can be said about solubility is that the solubility of a solid substance increases as the temperature increases. The solubility of solutes is dependent on temperature.
Usually, the salty water is corrosive, so all the metal parts may easily corrode, thus needing replacement at some point. High Water Temperatures In order to function properly, a salt system needs higher temperatures, 65° or higher, because otherwise it will produce little chlorine or even worse, it will automatically shut down. Therefore, you have to make sure that you keep the required temperature in order to make sure that the system works and there aren 't any