SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

CHEMISTRY. TENTH GRADE.

LABORATORY: CHANGES OF STATE

C3: EXPERIMENTAL SKILLS AND

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INVESTIGATION
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A. OBJECTIVE (2 points)

B. INTRODUCTION (10 points)

CONCEPT DEFINITION

Specific Heat

Heat of fusion

Heat of vaporization

Calorie

Heating Curve

C. PROCEDURE
1. Weigh a dry and cold 250 mL beaker. Fill the beaker approximately ¾ full of ice. Add around 50 mL of water.
2. Determine the mass of the ice/water mixture by difference. Show your process in the results section.
3. Create a data table to record time/temperature data.
4. Place a thermometer in the ice-filled beaker and record the temperature.
5. Place the beaker on the hot plate and record the temperature every 10 seconds. Continue recording data until the
water has been boiling for 2 minutes. Also, record the temperature when the ice melts and when the water boils.
 6. In the table data you created, record your observations (what you SEE) every time you take a temperature reading.
7. Draw a heating curve of your time/temperature data. Make sure all axes are labeled and include units. Include a
title in your graph.
8. Label the boiling point and melting point of your sample on your curve.

D. RESULTS (6 points)

1. (1 points) Mass of the ice/water mixture.

Process:

2. (2 points) Data table 1. Time/Temperature data.

 3. (3 points) Heating Curve
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E. DATA ANALYSIS (16 points)

1. (3 points) Assuming you started with ice at 0C. Calculate the amount of heat needed to melt the ice completely to
water.

2. (3 points) After all of the ice melted, how much heat was needed to heat the water from 0 oC to 100oC?

3. (3 points) How much heat would be needed to turn the water to steam?
 4. (2 points) Why is heat required for a phase change calculated differently from heat required to raise the
temperature of a substance.

5. (3 points) What did you observe during the phase changes? How can you explain this? What is happening on a
molecular level, include the words kinetic energy and bonding in your explanation?

6. (2 points) In the internet look at the heating curve of water. How is your heating curve different? The same? Explain
possible reasons for a difference.

F. CONCLUSION (2 points )
G. RESOURCES (2 points)

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