Name: Tasheka Jarrett

Date: February 16, 2021

TITLE: SOLUBILITY
Aim: was to determine the effect of temperature on the solubility of potassium
nitrate in water by measuring the temperatures at which crystallization occurs.

Apparatus: Test tube, Beakers, Bunsen burners, stirring rod, test tube holder,
tripod stand, thermometer.

Materials: potassium nitrate, distilled water, tap water.

Method/Procedure:
1) Measuring cylinder was used to add 100cm³ (this volume is V1) of the
distilled water to a test tube.

2)15g of potassium nitrate crystals were added to the water and were heated
in a water bath. The contents were stirred with a stirring rod until the crystals
dissolved.
3) The solution was cooled in a beaker with water until the crystals began to
form. The temperature was recorded as the crystals just began to form (this is
T1).
4) 2cm³ of water was added to the above mixture. The mixture was heated
again, while stirring to dissolve the crystals. The resulting solution was heated
until crystallization began. The new temperature and volume were T2 and V2
respectively temperature T3, T4, T5ect.

5) The following relationship was used to determine the solubility at each

temperature:
Solubility in grams of solute per 100g of water.
=15x100                                                                                                                                
                      
       V2
Results:
A completed table of solubility of KNO3 at the corresponding temperatures. 
Show all calculations.

Calculations
1) Volume- 10cm³
15 x 100/V
15 x 100/10
150(g/100)
2)
Volume- 12cm³
15 x 100V
15 x 100/12
125(g/100)
3) Volume- 14cm³
15 x 100/V
15 x 100/14
107(g/100)
4) Volume- 16cm³
15 x 100/V
15 x 100/16
94(g/100)
5) Volume- 18cm³
15 x 100/V
15 x 100/18
83(g/100)
6) Volume- 20cm³
15 x 100/V
15 x 100/10
75(g/100)
7) Volume-22cm³
15 x 100/V
15 x 100/68
68(g/100)
8) Volume- 24cm³
15 x 100/V
15 x 100/24
62(g/100)

Treatment of results:
1)Plot a graph of solubility versus temperature.
Answers to the questions: 
The solubility of Potassium nitrate at 55◦C is 113 grams per 100g of water.
The solubility of Potassium nitrate at 28◦C is 61  grams  per 100g of water.
Second answer: 31.25 grams to be exact.
Conclusions
As the con compound potassium nitrate becomes more water-soluble, there is
an increase in temperature. In other words, since the saturated line increases
with the temperature, it has high solubility in water. Potassium nitrate has a
maximum solubility of 150(g/100) and it dissolves at 70 degrees Celsius. These
two coordinates are located on a saturated line above the curve, indicating the
solution is supersaturated.