Saturation Lab

Report

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Grade 8 Science - Mix and Flow of Matter

September 29, 2022

Abstract

In this report, we conducted an experiment to create saturated solutions. We

made three different saturated solutions with sugar, iced tea powder, and salt as our
solute, and water as the solvent. We then recorded our observations for each solution in
a graph where we recorded the mass added, the volume of the water, the concentration
of the solution as well as things we noticed during the experiment. Although we weren’t
able to finish the iced tea powder solution and were not able to get the sugar solution
completely saturated, we still obtained useful information about the procedure of
saturation and concentration.

Background

We are doing this experiment to learn about saturated solutions and

concentration as well as how to run a proper experiment. We are doing this experiment
in class and doing this write up as part of the project.

Question

The question for our experiment is “How can you make a saturated solution?” We
will be testing three different substances, sugar, salt and iced tea powder, to see how
much is needed for the substance to be saturated. We want to see which substance
takes the most and which takes the least amount to dissolve, which will be the most
concentrated and the least.

Hypothesis

As our hypothesis, for each solute (the sugar, iced tea powder, and salt), we
thought sugar would dissolve the easiest and be the quickest to become saturated as
well as be the least concentrated. Because the sugar grains seemed to be the largest
grains out of the three substances, that would mean it would take up more space in the
solute thus having to put less sugar and being less concentrated.
We then thought the iced tea powder would be the second to become saturated
and put more iced tea powder in than the sugar. We thought this because the iced tea
powder grains seemed to be a bit bigger than the sugar but bigger than the salt.
We thought that the salt would take the longest to become saturated as the
grains seemed to be very small. It would take more salt to dissolve so being more
concentrated.
Procedure

For this experiment, we will be conducting three experiments for the sugar, salt,
and iced tea powder as the solute and water as the solvent. For each experiment, we
will be using a beaker containing 50mL of water, a ¼ teaspoon (1.42g), a mixing/stirring
tool, and the sugar, salt, and iced tea powder. For each experiment, the same steps will
be performed but with different solutes.
First, measure 50mL of water into the beaker. Then, take the ¼ teaspoon and
take an equal and level scoop of the solute (either the sugar, salt, or iced tea). Add your
¼ teaspoon of solute into the 50mL beaker of water. Stir the solute until completely
dissolved. Once dissolved, repeat the step of adding ¼ teaspoon of solute and stir until
dissolved. Keep adding until absolutely no more solute can dissolve in the water, no
matter how much you stir. You now have a saturated solution. Repeat these steps for
each solute.
As we did the experiment for each the sugar, salt, and iced tea powder, we recorded
our observations and data. We arranged our observations and data into a graph for
each solute.
Data

Sugar:
Substance: Mass Added: Volume of Concentration Observations:
Water: (g/100mL):

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 2.84g/100mL Easy to

(1.42g) dissolve

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 5.68g/100mL Easy to

(1.42g) dissolve

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 8.52g/100mL Easy to

(1.42g) dissolve

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 11.36g/100mL A bit longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 14.2g/100mL A bit longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 17.04g/100mL A bit longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 19.88g/100mL A bit longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 22.72g/100mL A bit longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 25.56g/100mL More longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 28.4g/100mL More longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 31.24g/100mL More longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 34.08g/100mL A lot longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 36.92g/100mL A lot longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Sugar ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 39.76g/100mL A lot longer to

(1.42g) dissolve
 For our sugar experiment, we weren’t able to finish the experiment and get the
sugar saturated but by the end of our experiment, we had a couple of sugar grains left
on the bottom of the beaker.
Salt:
Substance: Mass Added: Volume of Concentration Observations:
Water: (g/100mL):

Salt ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 2.84g/100mL Easy to

(1.42g) dissolve

Salt ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 5.68g/100mL Easy to

(1.42g) dissolve

Salt ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 8.52g/100mL A bit longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Salt ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 11.36g/100mL A bit longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Salt ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 14.2g/100mL A bit longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Salt ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 17.04g/100mL More longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Salt ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 19.88g/100mL A lot longer to

(1.42g) dissolve

Salt ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 22.72g/100mL A lot to

(1.42g) dissolve -
Saturated
For our salt experiment, with 8 ¼ teaspoons of salt, we were able to get a
saturated salt solution.
Iced Tea Powder:
Substance: Mass Added: Volume of Concentration Observations:
Water: (in g/100mL):

Iced Tea ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 2.84g/100mL Easy to

Powder (1.42g) dissolve

Iced Tea ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 5.68g/100mL Easy to

Powder (1.42g) dissolve

Iced Tea ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 8.52g/100mL A bit longer to

Powder (1.42g) dissolve

Iced Tea ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 11.36g/100mL A bit longer to

Powder (1.42g) dissolve

Iced Tea ¼ Teaspoon 50mL 14.2g/100mL A bit longer to

Powder (1.42g) dissolve
For our iced tea experiment, we weren’t able to get our iced tea solution
saturated.

Conclusion

For our conclusion to our experiment, we were able to create saturated solutions
with the salt and sugar (we weren’t able to finish the iced tea powder solution). We
noticed each solute had very different concentrations and took different amounts and
time to dissolve and become saturated.
Our hypothesis for what would happen to the sugar was wrong. We thought it
would be the least concentrated and the first to be saturated. But we found it took the
most scoops of sugar and was the most concentrated, and was able to take in the most
amount of solute out of the three solutes. We weren’t completely able to make it
saturated as we didn’t have enough time.
Our hypothesis for the salt taking the longest and most amount to be saturated
was wrong. We thought that it would become the most concentrated but it was the least
concentrated. We were right with our guess that it would take a lot of salt to make it
saturated.
Since we weren’t able to finish our ice tea portion of the experiment we didn’t get
the result for it, but we were finding that it was pretty quick at becoming concentrated
like the salt, but the sugar still remained the most concentrated. We could have added
more solute if we had enough time to finish the experiment.
 The only problem we ran into during the experiment was not having enough time
to finish the ice tea part of it as well as a bit for the sugar, but otherwise our experiment
went very smoothly.
We learned a lot throughout these experiments about concentration, saturation,
and just how much time it took for something to become saturated. Although most of our
hypothesis was wrong, we still learned much from it and understand more about the
process of saturation.

Bibliography

For our bibliography, we used the Science 8 Textbook.