Given:

No. of beakers Amount of sHET Soil pH

1 0 5.1
2 10 5.6
3 20 6.2
4 30 6.5
5 40 7.3
6 50

Difference in amount of __: 30 – 20 = 10

Difference in pH level: 6.2 to 6.5 = 3

𝟏𝟎
= 𝟑. 𝟑𝟑 (𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝐶𝑎𝑂𝐻2 )
𝟑
23.33 𝑚𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑂𝐻2

𝑚. 𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 = 𝑁 𝑥 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑂𝐻2 𝑥 10

𝑚. 𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 = 0.04𝑁 𝑥 23.33 𝑚𝑙 𝑥 10

𝒎. 𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 = 𝟗. 𝟑𝟑 𝒎. 𝒆⁄𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒊𝒍

Replacement:

𝟗. 𝟑𝟑 𝒎. 𝒆⁄ 𝟗. 𝟑𝟑 𝒎. 𝒆⁄
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑂𝐻2 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑂3

For the computation of the weight of 𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑂3 , it is important to determine the molecular weight
of the compound.

Ca = 40

C = 12

O = 16 x 3 = 48

𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 (𝑀𝑊)𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑂3 = 40 + 12 + 48

𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 (𝑀𝑊)𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑂3 = 100 𝑔

𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
𝑚. 𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 = ÷ 1000
𝑇𝑃𝐼𝐶
 100
𝑚. 𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 = ÷ 1000
2
𝑚. 𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 = 0.05 𝑔

The calculations for the needed additional amount of 𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑂3 were the following below:

𝑚. 𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑂3 𝑚. 𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑂3
𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 (𝑾) = 𝑥
100 𝑔 1 𝑚𝑒

9. 33 𝑚. 𝑒 0.05 𝑔
𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 (𝑾) = 𝑥
100 𝑔 1 𝑚𝑒

𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 (𝑾) = .47 𝑔

. 47 𝑔 2, 000, 000 𝑘𝑔
𝐴𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑂3 = 𝑥
100 𝑔 1 𝐻𝐹𝑆

𝟗, 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒈⁄
𝐴𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑂3 = 𝑯𝑭𝑺 𝒐𝒓 𝟗. 𝟒 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒔
Based on the data gathered, it can be seen that at 30 ml of sht the soil sample achieved the
standard pH level of soil which is 6.5. For this to occur, additional amount of CaCO3 must
𝟗, 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒈⁄
be added and it was computed and resulted to 𝑯𝑭𝑺 𝒐𝒓 𝟗. 𝟒 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒔. This indicated