Name: Jamaica Canales Date Submitted: January 13, 2021

Lab Schedule: Tuesday (10:00 – 1:00) Date Performed: January 12, 2021

Experiment No. 2
Differences between Organic & Inorganic
Compounds and Tests for Element Found in Organic Compounds

I. OBJECTIVES

Results Inference
1. Test for Elements Present in Organic Compound
A. Elements detected by combustion
As the cold water inside the beaker is being
burned at high temperature, carbon in a form of
soot appears at the bottom part of the beaker.
Because of this, element carbon is detected.
Limewater, when burned, will also lead to
formation of white precipitate because of the
presence of 𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑜3 , detecting a carbon element.
Soot Formation Carbon Carbon The limewater that remained was then blowed by
the person conducting the experiment. The
White Precipitate Formation 𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑜3 (Calcium carbonate) Carbon limewater in the test tube then turn cloudy and
milky white in color. The reason for this change is
Cloudy solution 𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑜3 (Calcium carbonate) Carbon also the calcium carbonate present in the
solution.
𝟒𝑪𝑯𝟒 + 𝟓𝑶𝟐 𝟐𝑪𝑶 + 𝟖𝑯𝟐 𝑶 + 𝟐𝑪
Combining urea and sodium hydroxide produced
𝑪𝑯𝟒 + 𝟐𝑶𝟐 𝑪𝑶𝟐 + 𝟐𝑯𝟐 𝑶 a urine-like smelling solution after undergoing the
process of heating. The next procedure in the
𝑪𝒂𝑪𝑶𝟑 + 𝑯𝟐 𝑶 activity required to place a blue litmus paper on
top of a washed glass then expose it to the
vapour of the made solution. Since the litmus
paper did not express signs of discoloration, it
stayed blue indicating that the compound
exposed to it is basic. The presence of ammonia
detected the element Nitrogen.
Urine-like smell 𝑁𝐻3 (Ammonia) Nitrogen
𝑁𝐻3 (Ammonia) Nitrogen Next in the experiment is combining Albumin and
b. Litmus paper remained blue
sodium hydroxide. The resulting solution was then
White Precipitate Lead Sulfide Sulfur separated in two samples; the first one is the
unheated and the other one is the heated. The
Dark- brown Lead Sulfide Sulfur
test tube intended for the heating process was
Precipitate
given 3 minutes to cool down. After that, lead
𝑪𝒐(𝑵𝑯𝟐 )𝟐 + 𝑵𝒂𝑶𝑯 𝑵𝒂𝟐 𝑪𝑶𝟑 + 𝟐𝑵𝑯𝟑
acetate was added to both test tubes. The heated
test tube produced a dark- brown precipitate while
𝑆 −2 (From Albumin) + Pb (AOc)2 PbS + 2OAc the unheated sample produced a white
precipitate. The production of this precipitates are
caused by Lead Sulfide meaning Sulfur is present
in the compound.
 Green Chlorine HCl and CHC𝑙3 both produced green flames
indicating that a halogen is present, specifically
Orange Iodine Chlorine. Kl, KBr, and Saliva produced an orange
flame in the Beilstein Test. This result denotes
Green Chlorine that iodine is detected in Kl and saliva, and
bromine is present in KBr.
Orange Bromine

Orange Iodine

NaCl remained the same even after
being exposed to heat.
Sucrose melted and turned dark
brown to black after being exposed
to heat overtime.
Sodium chloride and sucrose of the same amount
has been placed in one evaporating dish and then
heated. After heating, NaCl did not melt or
change its color contrary to what happened with
sucrose. This experiment displays the low melting
point characteristic of organic compounds.

𝑪𝟏𝟐 𝑯𝟐𝟐 𝑶𝟏𝟏 + 𝟏𝟐 𝑶𝟐 𝟏𝟐 𝑪𝑶𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏𝑯𝟐 𝑶

In this experiment, the test samples namely; NaCl

and Kl solutions showed positive behaviours
when their conductivity were tested. This
inorganic compound samples successfully lit the
bulb which benzene and sucrose failed to do so.
This shows that inorganic compounds are good
conductors of electricity.
 White Precipitate of
Silver Chloride is In the last activity, Silver Nitrate was both added
Formed White Precipitate formed from the to Sodium chloride and chloroform. The reaction
reaction of silver and of the silver nitrate and chloride ions led to the
chloride ions. formation of white precipitates. No reaction
No Visible Results
happened between the chloroform and silver
Chloroform does nitrate because chloroform is a covalent
contain chlorine, compound thus no result is visible. From this, we
however, it is unable to can infer that reaction can only occur when
react with silver nitrate chlorine is present in an ionic compound.
because of its covalent
property.