LABORATORY REPORT

COURSE CODE CHM420 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY

GROUP AS257 1A (PART 2)

EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT 2 : WATER OF HYDRATION

LECTURER’S NAME DR. FAZNI SUSILA ALLAN

STUDENT’S NAME SITI NURMAISARAH BINTI AHMAD SHUKRI (2022607976)

PARTNER’S NAME 1. NUR ATHIRAH BINTI ABD AZIZ (2022836244)

2. RAJA SHA AFRIZAL RIFQI BIN RAJA SHA AZLAN (2022845214)
3. NUR FATIN UMAIRAH BINTI RAIHAN (2022845138)
4. NURSYAMIMI SYAHIRAH BINTI ZAMSARIE (2022612104)

DATE OF EXPERIMENT 4 NOVEMBER 2022

DATE OF SUBMISSION 8 NOVEMBER 2022

 A. Qualitative Determination of Water

1. Copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate

(Before heating) (During heating) (After heating)

Before heating During heating After heating

Colour of copper (II) blue white blue

sulphate pentahydrate

Describe the appearance solid solid solid

A few drops of water was - - from white turns to

added blue
B. Quantitative Determination of Water

1. MgSO₄ᆞхH₂O

(After heating)

2. BaCl₂ᆞхH₂O

(After heating)

3. NiCl₂ᆞхH₂O

(Before heating) (After heating)

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