Solution Simulation Investigation

Purpose/Introduction: Students will make a solution of known molarity. Molarity is the ratio of moles of solute to
volume of solution in liters. Students will manipulate the formula for calculating molarity to understand how quantities of
variables affect the solution. Students will also investigate various concentrations of solutions to determine the degree of
solution saturation and construct a solubility curve based on authentic data.

Hypothesis: I hypothesize that a Saturated solute solution will have a low solute solution and a high solute amount.

Procedure:
1. Follow the link to the interactive simulation above. Select the arrow next to the solute menu. You may select any
two (2) of the solutes in the menu to use for this simulation
2. Select the Show Values option to see the numerical values for this simulation
3. Select your first solute and drag the Solution Volume and Solute Amount sliders until you make a 0.25M solution
with your chosen solute. You may use any combination of solute and solution that you desire, just make sure that
the final concentration is 0.25M

4. Take a screenshot of your final solution and data. Include this in the data section of your lab report.

5. Record the values of the solute amount in moles and the solution volume in liters in the data section of your lab
report.

6. Repeat steps 2-5 using a different solute, but this time produce a solution with a 0.45M concentration.

7. Analyze your data by answering the following questions

Data:
 Mass of NH4Br per 100 grams of
Temprature H20
0 60
 20 75
40 90
60 105
80 120
100 135

Graph/Results:

Mass of NH4Br per 100 grams of H20

160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Conclusion: In summary of this lab, the purpose of this lab is for students to experiment and manipulate with the
formula of calculating the molarity to understand how quantities of variables affect the solution. They also investigate
various concentrations of solutions to determine the degree of solution saturation. According to my hypothesis I was
correct as in the 2nd procedure the solutions that were saturated had a low solution volume and a high solute amount,
which ended up on it being super saturated. What can be noticed is that Gold chloride III has a medium solution
concentration when it is super saturated. While Cobalt chloride III has a High solution concentration which means that it
dissolves solutes quite well while Gold Chloride III has a neutral time dissolving solutions.

Questions:

Procedure 1:
1. For solution #1, calculate the mass of solute in grams needed to produce your 0.25M solution.
(Hint: Use your amount of solute and volume of solution data from the simulation.)
9.147 g of Co(NO3)2

2. For solution #2, calculate the mass of solute in grams needed to produce your 0.45M solution. (Hint:
Use your amount of solute and volume of solution data from the simulation.)

107.38 g of AuCI3
3. Which solution was more concentrated? Explain why?

Solution 2 is more concentrated since it has a higher molarity.

4. Describe the steps taken to prepare a 500 mL solution of 0.45 M Cobalt (II) Chloride.
First solve for the mass
Then solve for the mass in grams using the molar mass
Which is 29.22g CoCl2

Procedure 2 questions:

1. What does it mean when a solution is saturated?

When a solution is saturated, a solution in which the greatest quantity of solvent has been
dissolved already.

2. Which solution was more concentrated at the point of saturation? Explain.

Supersaturated solution was more concentrated at the point of saturation. This is based on the
reason that supersaturated solution has a higher concentration of dissolved component than a
saturated solution.