JasminePerez November4,2012 Period5

IonicandCovalentBondingLabReport Mostatomsareneverfoundbythemselves,insteadtheyarebondedtootheratomsinionicor covalentbonds.Thisisbecauseofelectrostaticforce.Whereonecompoundandanotherareattracted. Duetotheoctectrule,valenceelectronswillbesharedbonds. HypothesisTableBeforetheExperiment Compoundsto Test DistilledWater SodiumChloride Sucrose Dextrose Sodiumsulfate Chemical Formulas H2O2
SC C12H22O11 C6H12O6 NaSO4

Hypothesis1:Ionic Hypothesis2: orCovalent HighorLow MeltingPoint ionic low ionic covalent ionic ionic low low high high

Hypothesis3:Will itConduct Electricity no yes no yes no

Results Name/Chemical Formula DistilledWater SodiumChloride 1 Part1:MeltingPoint (15High,Med,or Low) Part2:Conducted Electricity? FinalConclusion:Ionic orCovalentBonds?

Sucrose Dextrose SodiumSulfate

Experiment1:MeltingPointandStrengthofBonds Procedures: Stepone:Foldaluminumfoilintoasquareshape. Steptwo:Placefoldedaluminumfoilontoringstand. Stepthree:Placesmallsamplesoffourdifferentcompounds(DistilledWater,Sodium Chloride,Sucrose,Dextrose,andSodiumSulfate)giventostudents.Isolatethem carefully. Stepfour:NolongerthanoneortwominutesturnontheBusenBurner Stepfive:Observeandrecordobservations. Part2:Electricalconductivity Stepone:Afterexperimentone,placeeachcompoundsampleintothewellplate. Steptwo:Foreachofthecompoundsamples:testthedrycompoundforconductivity withthetester.RecordObservations. Stepthree:Adddropsofdistilledwaterintoeachsectionintheplatewell. Stepfour:Testeachsampleswiththetestertofindtheconductivity.

Afterthislabortoryexperiment,itwascovalentthatwasdistilledSodium,dextose,andsulfate

wereioniccompound:whilesucrosewasacovalentcompound.Allortheinitialhypothesewascorrect. Fromtheresults,sucrosemeltedintoablackliquid.Salt,however,didntmuchmeltintoanythingor dissolvedDexcrosewastheveryfirstonetomelt.Sulfatesortofdissolved.Iguessdexrosewasntable todissolvebecauseithadmoremassandrocky.Likearock,ioniccompoundsareformedfrommetal cationsandnonmrtalfromanion.Whentheydissolveinwater,elecricitycanflowthroughthesolution. Additionally,ionicbondsareverystrongbecausetheyformcrystalstrucutrescauseofelectrostatic force.Therearesometypeofbond.