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Common mistakes on experiment

of determining magnesium oxide


empirical formula
Not Quantify the materials

How many? (make sure to put quantity and unit correctly)


Materials vs apparatus

Materials is the substances

Apparatus is a tools, you can use it again in the other experiment


Not provided quantities detail in
procedure
Too far: Steps until calculation

Step you make supposed to be until you get the raw data
Incorrect concern of safety

1. Risk of exposure (oral, inhale, skin) of substance you use


2. How to handle when get expose
3. How to properly dispose the left over to in environment
Not answering the experiment
question

So what is the empirical formula of magnesium oxide?


Evaluation

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