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CC 101 INORGANIC AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
NAME: Andrea T. Andojar SCORE:
COURSE AND YEAR: BSMT – 1A DATE: Oct. 10,2022

Laboratory Activity No. 6

MOLES AND STOICHIOMETRY

I OBJECTIVES
After completing this activity, you should be able to
1. Explain the mole concept;
2. identify limiting reactant and excess reagent; and
3. examine the result of the chemical reactions.

II MATERIALS
test tube with a cork splint
test tube rack hydrochloric acid
test tube brush medicine dropper
match platform balance
magnesium

III PROCEDURE
1. Obtain 2 g of magnesium and put it into the test tube.

2. Add a few drops of hydrochloric acid and quickly seal the test tube with a cork.

3. After the reaction takes place, light the splint with a lighter or match.

4. Open the cork and put the lit flame inside the test tube.

III OBSERVATION
When the magnesium ribbon is put inside the test tube, we later on added few drops of hydrochloric acid and it
gave off a little reaction. The magnesium ribbon reacted with the hydrochloric acid and it bubbled out just like it
is being boiled but did not totally while releasing few moistures while the test tube is being sealed with cork.
After letting the solution’s reaction subside a little, we immediately lit a match, opened the seal of the test tube
and put the lit flame at the opening of the test tube and it resulted a popping sound as the splint was placed inside
the tube with the rest of the solution. I had observed that the popped sound came from the reaction of the flame
and the hydrogen gas being released by the magnesium ribbon-hydrochloric acid solution.

Questions:
1. What are the products of the reactions? Write the balanced equation of the reaction.
The products of the single replacement reaction are magnesium dichloride and hydrogen. The
balanced equation is Mg + HCl MgCl2 (aq) + H2(g) .

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2. How many mole of magnesium were initially given?
With the given of 2 grams of magnesium, it is needed to be converted into moles and the result ended up with
0.082 moles of magnesium were initially given in the experimentation.

3. What is the excess reagent? Explain.

The excess reagent is the reactant that could keep reacting if the other had not been consumed. Based
on the solution, the excess reagent is the hydrochloric acid because even after the experimentation,
there is still the hydrogen gas that contributes to the moisture on the solution inside the test tube.

4. Find how much excess reactant is left after the reaction, assuming that 30 mL of HCl were
used.
Since we only used a few drops, about 5 drops of hydrochloric acid after the reaction there are like
about 3 drops of hydrochloric acid inside the test tube which is slowly and minimally reacting with the
magnesium.

5. Which part of the experiment showed that hydrogen gas had been formed?
The part where after the hydrochloric acid was added to the magnesium, right after their reaction,
hydrogen gas is released inside the test tube that is sealed with cork resulting to the moisture inside the
tube and reacted later when the gas came directly with the flame.

6. Explain the reason why magnesium reacts with hydrochloric acid violently.
Acids react with metals to produce hydrogen gas and metal salts. Magnesium is a metal that reacts
quickly. Magnesium chloride and hydrogen gas will be produced during the reaction with
hydrochloric acid. Because hydrogen gas is explosive, magnesium ribbon is a combustible solid,
hydrochloric acid is a corrosive liquid, and there is a violent reaction.

V DRAWING (Use the back portion)

VI GENERALIZATION
Through the experimentation between magnesium and hydrochloric acid, we got to observe and proud the
reaction type and the equation produced by the reactants. I also got to apply the knowledge about stoichiometry
and the nature of metals and acids and their reactions. It has been proven that the number of moles and quantity
of the reactant do matter to the resulting product of the experiment. It can be observed as well the limiting
reactant which is the magnesium and the excess reactant, the hydrochloric acid. It has also been into my mind
the safety that is needed to be prioritized upon handling acids and chemicals because some of them could
brought danger if not handled properly, just like the magnesium ribbon which is a flammable material, the
hydrochloric acid as a corrosive liquid, and hydrogen gas which is explosive.

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College of Medical Technology

CALAYAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC.

Maharlika Highway, Lucena City, Philippines • Tel. No. +63 (042) 710-2514
www.cefi.edu.ph