EXPERIMENT 5

INTRODUCTION
The Law of Conservation of Mass dates from Antoine Lavoisier's 1789
discovery that mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions. In
other words, the mass of any one element at the beginning of a reaction will
equal the mass of that element at the end of the reaction. If we account for all
reactants and products in a chemical reaction, the total mass will be the same at
any point in time in any closed system. Lavoisier's finding laid the foundation for
modern chemistry and revolutionized science.

OBJECTIVES
At the end of the experiment, the students will be able to:
1. state the Law of Conservation of Mass
2. explain the Law of Conservation of Mass

APPARATUS AND MATERIALS

measuring cylinders conical flask electronic balance
barium chloride solution 10ml test tube cork
sodium sulfate solution

PROCEDURE
1. Measure 5 ml of sodium sulfate solution in a measuring cylinder. Pour it
into a conical flask.
2. Measure 5 ml of barium chloride solution in another measuring cylinder.
Pour it into a 10 ml test tube.
3. Tie the test tube using a thread and hang the test tube in a conical flask
carefully, so that the solutions do not mix with each other. Cork the conical
flask so that the thread holding the test tube is held firmly in place.
4. Take the conical flask and carefully weigh the flask on an electronic
balance, with all the contents, ensuring that the solutions do not mix, and
note the reading.
 5. Take the flask from the balance, tilt it and swirl the flask so that barium
chloride solution in the test tube spills and mixes with sodium sulfate
solution in the flask and forms a white coloured precipitate of barium
sulfate (BaSO4) and an aqueous solution of sodium chloride (NaCl).
6. Wait for 10 min. to complete the reaction. The precipitate of barium sulfate
settles down to the bottom of the flask.
7. Weigh the contents of the flask again and note down the reading. It will be
observed that “The total mass of the reactants is equal to the total mass of
the products”. Hence, the Law of Conservation of Mass is verified.

Experiment Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=casNoSzuma4
Name: Marielle Demin Date Performed: October 26, 2022
Course: BS Psychology 2-5 Date Submitted: November 4, 2022
Group No. 1 Instructor: Ms. Florence Jimenez

EXPERIMENT 5

DATA AND RESULTS

Mass of Conical Flask and Contents First Reading 150.2137 g

Mass of Conical Flask and Contents Second Reading 150.2137 g
QUESTIONS
1. What are formed when sodium sulfate reacts with barium chloride?

A double displacement reaction occurs when a solution of sodium sulfate

and a solution of barium chloride interact.

Barium sulphate and sodium chloride are created in this reaction; however,
because sodium chloride dissolves in water, only sodium chloride is
present in the solution as a white precipitate (insoluble).

2. Describe the products.

- The barium chloride solution and the sodium chloride reacts, it will form
barium sulfate and sodium chloride, it is called double displacement. Both
of them remain in the same aqueous state that proves the law of
conservation of mass, which means that the total mass of reactants and
products are equal.

3. Write the balanced chemical equation of the chemical reaction in the

experiment.

ANSWER: 1 BaCl₂ + 1 Na₂SO₄ → 1 BaSO₄ + 2 NaCl

Solution:
1 = 1 x 1 - Ba - 1 x 1 = 1
 2 = 1 x 2 - Cl - 1 x 2 = 2
2 = 1 x 2 - Na - 1 x 2 = 2
1 = 1 x 1 - SO₄ - 1 x 1 = 1

4. State the Law of Conservation of Mass.

- According to the rule of conservation of mass, neither physical nor
chemical activity may produce or pull down mass in an isolated
system. A chemical reaction needs an equal mass balance allying the
reactants and products in line with the rule of conservation of mass.
According to the law, even if the mass undergoes chemical or
physical transformations, it will remain conserved.