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Experiment 8: Chemical Calorimetry: Heat of Combustion of Magnesium

Report Sheet
Bri Dale 11/2/20
Name____________________________ Date______________ Lab Section_____________
Tues 1pm
(e.g., Tues, 8am)
Part A. Determination of ǻH/mol for Equations (1) and (2)

1. Fill in the appropriate data from your notebook:

Reaction 1 (MgO) Reaction 2 (Mg)

Volume of 3 M HCl
solution (mL) 28.7 29.9
Mass of HCl solution (g)
28.7 29.9
Final (maximum) solution
temperature (°C) 34.1 56
Initial solution temperature
(ºC) 20.1 20.2
Change in Temperature
(ºC) 14 35.8
Heat, qsoln (kJ)
1.710654 4.51593
ǻHrxn (kJ)
-1.710654 -4.51593
Mass of reactant (g)
0.504 0.249
Moles of reactant
0.013 0.01
ǻHrxn/mol (kJ/mol)
-131.589 -451.593
2. Below show all of your calculations for the determination of ǻHrxn/mol for MgO in equation
(1). Include your calculations for qsoln, ǻHrxn, moles of reactant, etc.

1) qsoln = mCΔT
qsoln = (28.7 + 0.504) * 4.184 * (34.1 - 20.1)
qsoln = 1710.654 J
1710.654 / 1000 = 1.710654 kJ
Hrxn = -qsoln
Hrxn = -1.710654 kJ
0.504 / x = 40.31 / 1
x = 0.013 mol MgO
ΔH/mol = -1.710654 / 0.013
ΔH/mol = -131.589

2)qsoln = (29.9 + 0.249) * 4.184 * (56 - 20.2)

qsoln = 4515.93 J
4515.93 / 1000 = 4.51593 kJ
Hrxn = -4.51593
0.249 / x = 24.31 / 1
x = 0.01
ΔH/mol = -4.51593 / 0.01
ΔH/mol = -451.593
 Part B. Calculation of Heat of Combustion of Magnesium

1. Use Hess’s Law and the data for reactions (1), (2), and (3) to determine ǻHrxn/mol for the
combustion of magnesium. Show all work to receive full credit.

MgO + 2HCl -> MgCl2 + H2O = -131.589

Mg + 2HCl -> MgCl2 + H2 = -451.93
H2 + 1/2O2 -> H2O = -285.5

-131.589 + -451.93 + -285.5 = 869.32 ΔH/mol

2. Show your calculation for the percent error in your determination of ǻHrxn/mol for the
combustion of magnesium.
-601.6 (accepted value) / -869.32 (my value) = 0.692
0.692 * 100 = 69.2% error

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