Molar Volume of Gas Lab

Introduction- The purpose of this lab is to react a known

amount of magnesium with hydrochloric acid to end up calculating the volume of gas produced at STP.

Hypothesis- If we know that the volume should be 22.4

Liters, Then we can prove that one mole at STP is equal.

Materials- (*6M HCI *600mL *beaker *ring stand)

(*Water bottle *Magnesium ribbon) (*Burette clamp *thermometer) (*Disposable burette *50mL eudiometer *thread) (*Graduated cylinder *rubber stop)

Procedure- 1) determine the values. 2) Fill beaker with

600mL of tap water at room temp. 3) Measure a 2.cm+0.1 length of magnesium ribbon. 4) Roll magnesium ribbon into a loose coil. 5) Attach the burette clamp to the ring stand. 6) Measure out 10mL of 6M HCI and pour into the eudiometer. 7) Tilt eudiometer as far as possible without spilling the acid. 8) Slowly poor the tap water into the eudiometer. 9) Lower the magnesium coil into the eudiometer to depth of about 5cm. 10) Place beaker on ring stand and make sure no water comes out of the eudiometer. 11) Clamp the eudiometer into the burette clamp. 12) Find water vapor pressure at temp of classroom. 13) Lift eudiometer out of the burette clamp and carefully transfer it into the 2000mL beaker. 14) Adjust eudiometer height so that the solution level inside and the water level outside are equal. 15) Pour the solution into 600mL beaker, and add sodium bicarbonate. 16) Rinse eudiometer 5

times with tap water, then rinse one last time with 20mL with deionized water.

Data & Analysis- Mg+2HCI H2+MgCl2

PH2O=25.209mmHg Switch to atm P1V1/T1=P1V2/T2 P1=PH2= .635 T1=T average= 230 degrees V= Volume of eudiometer P2= 1 atm T2= 0 degrees .0326L/1 x 1mol/22.4L .0001455657 mol .668= PH2+.003-037 .635=PH2 (.635)(32.6)/23.0= (1)(V2)/0 degrees (27.3)(.635)(32.6)/(1)(23.0)= V2= 200L P1V1/T1=P1V2/T2 = V2 (273)(.635)(32.6)

Conclusion- The molar volume of gas at Standard Time and

Pressure is 29.7 Liters. The purpose of this lab is to see if we can prove if 1 mole of gas is equal to 224 Liters. We were very successful in finding the accurate results as we properly went through the experiment. One of the possible errors that could have occurred is of course wrong measurement. The other possible error is not paying close attention to instruction, which both can be prevented by paying attention to the directions and task at hand. Also by ignoring any distractions that take your concentration away. Any little error can cause an experiment to go wrong, so we must be as careful as possible!