Lab Report

Judy Ayman Abdelnaser

10T

21/11/21

Lab: Properties of metals, ionic and covalent compounds

A: Observations

Table 1:
compound name melting point level
covalent (sucrose) low
metallic (copper) high
ionic (NaCl) high

Table 2:

sample name conductivity of electricity

sucrose poor
sucrose with water poor
NaCl poor
NaCl dissolved in water good
metal electrode good

B: Results Table:

electrode name length of electrode time required to melt the wax

zinc 10.5cm 83s
copper 11cm 52s

C: Data Processing:

Heat transfer per centimeter

Electrode 1 (zinc)= 7.9

83/10.5=7.9

Electrode 2 (copper)= 4.73

52/11=4.72

D: Graphs
 Time required to melt the wax
90
80
Time in seconds
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Zinc Copper

Type of electrode

E: Conclusion and evaluation:

1. To conclude, all 3 compounds had different melting points. Sucrose had a very low

melting point while copper and NaCl (salt) had high melting points. Sucrose had the

lowest melting point because it’s a covalent bond (a bond formed between non-metals).

Covalent bonds tend to have low melting points because of their weak bond forces. On

the other hand, NaCl is an ionic compound (a bond formed between a metal and non-

metal), and copper is a metallic compound. Both ionic and metallic compounds have

relatively high melting points due to their strong ionic bond.

2. As solids, ionic compounds can’t conduct electricity as the ions cannot move freely.

Although, in aqueous solutions (electrolytes), ionic compounds are good conductors and
 can conduct electricity. NaCl is an ionic compound. As a solid, NaCl wasn’t a good

conductor of electricity because it’s ions couldn’t move freely. Although, when NaCl was

dissolved in water (turned to an aqueous solution) it became a good conductor of

electricity because its ions were free to move.

3.

Limitations Improvements

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