Calcium Chloride And Sodium Iodate Lab Report

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OBJECTIVE The objective was to determine the relationship between the reactants calcium chloride and sodium iodate their product calcium iodate. INTRODUCTION Experiment six was about the relationship between reactants and products. In this experiment the relationship of calcium chloride and sodium iodate in a reaction that produces calcium iodate. The calcium chloride and the sodium iodate undergo a precipitation reaction to produce calcium iodate. The goal is desirable for gaining understanding of limiting reagents in reactions and moles in equations. The purpose of the experiment was to determine how different amounts of calcium chloride and sodium iodate affect how much calcium iodate is produced. The chemical equation used in this reaction is: CaCl2 (aq) + 2NaIO3 (aq) → Ca(IO3)2 (s) + 2NaCl (aq) and this equation, (Concentration of …show more content…

It was observed that as increased volumes of calcium chloride was added more product was in fact produced, but it did level off. This was caused because there was not enough sodium iodate to react with all of the calcium chloride. The mole is important in stoichiometry to distinguish relationships between reactants and products. It allows you to convert between different compounds and molecules, it is also more easily identifiable. In the graph for the reaction of the experiment there should have been two clear and different slopes to represent exactly when there was an excess of sodium nitrate for the first slope and an excess of calcium chloride for the second slope. Due to the fact there is no way to have 100% yield and Graph 1 did not have two different slopes there were errors, these are some: not properly pouring the solution through the filtrate losing the precipitate under the filter paper, not rinsing the Erlenmeyer flasks completely out to filter all of the solution, and spilling any solid precipitate when removing the filter paper from the Buchner funnel or after drying when taking the

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