COURSE CODE

AS115

CLASS
RAS1151B

EXPERIMENT 1 :
EMPIRICAL FORMULA OF MAGNESIUM OXIDE

STUDENT NAME :
NURUL HUDA BINTI MOHD AMRI
(2020604752)

LECTURER :
DR RAZIF
OBJECTIVE
To determine the empirical formula of magnesium oxide .

MATERIALS AND APPARATUS

Magnesium ribbon, oxygen gas, Bunsen burner, tripod stand, pipe-clay triangle,
crucible and lid, tongs, electronic balance, sandpaper.

PROCEDURE
1. An empty crucible and its lid are weighed, and the mass is recorded.
2. A 10 cm magnesium ribbon is cleaned with sandpaper.
3. The magnesium ribbon is coiled and placed in the crucible.
4. The crucible with its lid and content are weighed and recorded.
5. The crucible without its lid is heated strongly.
6. When the magnesium ribbon starts to burn, the crucible is covered with its lid.
7. Using a pair of tongs, the lid is carefully lifted a little at intervals.
8. When the burning is complete, the lid is removed, and the crucible is heated
strongly for 1 to 2 minutes.
9. The crucible is cooled to room temperature with its lid still on.
10.The crucible with its lid and the content is weighed again. The mass is recorded.
11.The process of heating, cooling, and weighing are repeated until a constant mass
is obtained and recorded.

DATA AND OBSERVATION

Description Mass (g)
Mass of crucible + lid 31.064
Mass of crucible + lid + magnesium 31.634
Mass of crucible + lid + magnesium oxide 31.970
DISCUSSION
Element Magnesium, Mg Oxygen, O
Mass (g) 0.57 0.336
No of moles 0.02 0.02
Simplest mole ratio 1:1 1:1
Empirical formula MgO Mgo
[Relative atomic mass: Mg; 24 : O; 16]

For this part of experiment, the objective was to determine its empirical formula
of magnesium oxide. The empirical formula of a substance can be determined
converting the mass of each element to moles using the molar mass from the
periodic table. Divide each mole value by the smallest number of moles
calculated round to the nearest whole number

First, measured the mass of the empty crucible and lid. Then using a sandpaper,
cleaned the surface of a 10cm Mg ribbon. Rolled the magnesium ribbon into a
ball and placed it in crucible. Placed the lid back on your crucible. Weigh the
crucible and lid with the Mg ribbon and recorded the mass. Heat the crucible until
the magnesium ribbon burn and covered the crucible with lid. the lid is carefully
lifted a little at intervals using a pair of tongs. The lid is removed when the heating
is complete and the crucible is heated strongly for 1 to 2 minutes. Once the
crucible and lid have cooled, the mass of the crucible with its lid and the content
is weighed and recorded.

The mass of crucible with lid was 31.064g. The mass of crucible with lid and
magnesium (Mg) was 31.634g. The mass of crucible with lid and magnesium
oxide (MgO) was 31.970 g. Which means the mass of Mg was 0.57g, obtained by
subtracting the mass of crucible, lid and Mg with the mass of crucible with lid. By
subtracting the mass of crucible, lid and MgO with the mass of crucible with lid
and magnesium, the mass of O (oxide) was 0.336g. The number of moles of Mg
in MgO was 0.02 moles and the number of moles of O in MgO was 0.02 moles.
This make the molar ratio of Mg and O was 1:1 and the simplest molar ratio was
1:1. The empirical formula for this experiment was MgO.
CONCLUSION
The objective was completed. The objectives was to determine its empirical
formula. The empirical formula for Magnesium Oxide from this experiment
is MgO.