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Citlally Velazquez
Mrs. Stitz
Chemistry p.2
Introduction
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My assigned lab group and I created a small scale airbag out of zipper baggies using the
chemical reaction between baking soda and vinegar to create the CO2 gas needed to inflate the
airbag (zipper baggies) . We were trying to make our small scale airbag as similar to the real deal
as possible. Our restrictions were a limited number of supplies provided, and the weight of the
baggie could not exceed 12 grams. Our overall objective was to maximize the volume of the
baggy. Our hypothesis was that in order to get our baggy to meet the weight restriction we had to
use more baking soda then vinegar, also that we would not completely fill up the baggy with the
● 10 ml graduated cylinders
● 30 mL of vinegar
● Two pipettes
● Gram scale
Procedure
2. Weigh the mass of your zip lock bags and record all three results onto your data table.
3. For each trial record the mass of baking soda and vinegar being used and write data
4. When pouring materials into ziplock bag one partner will use their fingers to separate the
baggie into two sides and pour baking soda into one side and vinegar into another.
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Another group member will close zip the bag making sure to get rid of the air, once bag
5. Before moving onto a trial make sure to complete all stoichiometry calculation, and have
6. Do not discard any airbags until your best airbag is checked by teacher.
Data
Our data shows the weight of our raw material, along with The results of our chemical reactions
Data Analysis
1𝑚𝑜𝑙 22.4 𝐿
. 3𝑔 𝑁𝑎𝐻𝐶𝑂 3 × × = .08 𝐿 𝐶𝑂 2
84 𝑔/𝑚𝑜𝑙 1
1𝑚𝑜𝑙 1 22.4𝑙
2.5g 𝐻𝐶2 𝐻 3O 2 × 60.05𝑔/𝑚𝑜𝑙 × 1 × =.93LCO 2
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The beginning and ending units were given to us, so in order to go from grams to liters we had
to do conversion through stoichiometry. Since we were starting off with grams a form of mass
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we needed to find out the molar mass and mole ratio. Our first trial was our least successful so
1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 1 22.4 𝐿
4.1𝑔 𝑁𝑎𝐻𝐶𝑂 3 × 84 𝑔/𝑚𝑜𝑙 × 1 × =1.1 CO 2
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1𝑚𝑜𝑙 1 22.4𝑙
2.6g 𝐻𝐶2 𝐻3 𝑂 2 × 60.05𝑔/𝑚𝑜𝑙 × 1 × =3.2LC𝑂2
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For our second trial we tried adding more raw material, because we saw that we had a lot to still
work with. Our mistake was adding too much vinegar. Our results show that we did not meet the
weight limit.
1𝑚𝑜𝑙 1 22.4
8.9g 𝑁𝑎𝐻𝐶𝑂3 × 8.4𝑔/𝑚𝑜𝑙 × 1 × = 2.37𝐿𝐶𝑂2
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1𝑚𝑜𝑙 1 22.4
3.6g 𝐻𝐶2 𝐻3 𝑂2 × 60.05𝑔/𝑚𝑜𝑙 × 1 × = 𝐿𝐶𝑂2
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Our third trial was our most successful. We used the results from our second trial to conclude
that less was better, in this case less vinegar and more baking soda. Our results show that we
Conclusion; Our small scale airbag was similar to an actual air bag by being ‘powered’ by a
chemical reaction, they were different because our experiment was not as efficient at blowing up.
The limitations of our data were that we were working on limited amount of time and also our
calculations could be misleading at times. Our hypothesis was correct, in order to inflate the
baggy as much as possible we needed to use more baking soda instead of more vinegar. We
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came to this conclusion because the baking soda weighed less and we needed to meet weight
requirements. Our calculations supported this because in trial two when we used more vinegar
than baking soda our baggy didn't blow up nearly as much as when we used more baking soda in
trial three. In trial two a specific error that occured is that we unintentionally mixed our materials
before completely closing our baggy, causing the bag to not inflate to its full potential. Some
physical limitations were that we did not have a ten mL graduated cylinder, we had to use a
twenty mL graduated cylinder, this prevented us from getting exact measurements. The next time
we do this experiment I would make sure to get exact materials instead of improvising.