CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND

Chemistry is an experimental science that requires the use of a standardized system of

measurements. By international agreement in 1960, scientists around the world now use SI Units
(Systeme International d'Unites) that are based on the metric system of measurements. SI
consists of seven base units: mass(kg), length(m), temperature(K), amount of substance(mol),
electric current(A), time(s), and luminous intensity(cd) (Chemistry 102, 2010).

The International System of Units( SI), generally known as the metric system, is the
transnational standard for measurement. The International Treaty of the Meter was signed in
Paris on May 20, 1875 by seventeen countries, including the United States and is now celebrated
around the globe as World Metrology Day. NIST provides sanctioned U.S. representation in the
colorful transnational bodies established by the Meter Convention CGPM- General Conference
on Weights and Measures; CIPM- International Committee for Weights and Measures; and
BIPM- The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (NIST, 2022).

All measuring devices are subject to error, making it impossible to obtain exact
measurements. Students will record all the digits of the measurement using the markings that we
know exactly and one further digit that we estimate and call uncertain. The uncertain digit is our
best estimate using the smallest unit of measurement given and estimating between two of these
values. These digits are collectively referred to as significant figures. The electronic balance is
designed to register these values and the student should only record the value displayed. When
making measurements, it is important to be as accurate and precise as possible. Accuracy is a
measure of how close an experimental measurement is to the true, accepted value. Precision
refers to how close repeated measurements (using the same device) are to each other (LibreTexts
Chemistry, 2022).
OBJECTIVES

To use standard laboratory measurement devices to measure length, volume and mass amounts.

To use these measurements to determine the mass and volumes

To determine the mass of warm water and ice alone

APPLICATION

CHAPTER 2: LIST OF APPARATUS, REAGENTS, AND EXPERIMENTAL SET UP

LIST OF APPARATUS
LIST OF REAGENTS
EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP

CHAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION

CONCLUSION
RECOMMENDATIONS

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SI Units. (2022, August 22). Office of Weights and Measures.

https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/metric-si/si-units

Chemistry 102. (2010). NC State University Chemistry Department.

https://www.webassign.net/question_assets/ncsugenchem102labv1/measurements/manual.html

Measurements in the Laboratory (Experiment). (2022, October 16). LibreTexts Chemistry.

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