Table of Contents

I. Introduction 4
II. Methodology 4
A. Procedure 4
B. Apparatus 4
III. Results and Discussion 4
IV. Conclusions 4
V. References 5
VI. Appendices 5
I. Introduction

This section should explain the motivation behind this experiment and include any

relevant background information. Incorporation of any relevant textbook or course lecture

material is welcomed; please cite where appropriate. It should conclude with a statement of the

objectives of the experiment and how they were achieved.

II. Methodology

This section should explain the materials and methods used to complete the objective.

A. Procedure

A step-by-step list of how the experiment was performed. This procedure should

be detailed enough to allow any chemical engineering student to reproduce your data.

B. Apparatus

Explanation of any relevant equipment used. Figures are recommended (make

sure they appear in the Table of Contents).

III. Results and Discussion

Salt (g) Water (g) time (s)

55.9659 1.013 1578
55.7809 0.801 900
55.7474 0.6196 562
56.25 0.4263 331
56.8061 0.2286 197
Table 1: Water and Salt Evaporation Times

For each trial, the salt was attempted to be balanced at the same amount to prevent error.

Overall the amount of the salt should not affect drying time, since they are so close in weight,

and greatly outweigh the quantity of water. When the water is deposited, it does not completely

dissolve the salt, instead wetting a certain surface area. After drying it was observed that the site

with the most water, had become a small nugget of salt. This might’ve been because of water's
surface tension holding the salt together in wet form, and when they dried, it was in a better

lattice formation to stick together. The unwetted salt seemed to be unaffected by drying in

consistency.

Figure 1: graphed time against water weight

The hypothesis that the slope of time would decrease with more water, as drying sites

would increase, seems to have been proven wrong. This graph demonstrates that slope is

exponentially increasing, very quickly. This indicates, that additional water increases the drying

time. This is most likely because some water seeps deeply into the salt, under a layer of saturated

salt water mixture. A lower layer of salt, would not be able to be accessed until the first layer is

dryed. More testing should be conducted on this effect, such as dispersing the water over a wider

area. The R value is very low, indicating that the relationship observed has very small error.

IV. Conclusions
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experimental results. It should include any recommendations for how to proceed based on the

results obtained, and a discussion of proposed future experiments.

V. References

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and ASME style) method, where each reference is ordered as it is cited in the report and given a

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are consistent and sufficient information is included to enable the reader to find the reference

cited.

VI. Appendices

This section should include sample calculations with UNITS, any relevant data not

included in the main text, as well as physical properties or any other relevant information that

can be referred to in the report.