Lab Chemistry Through-Course Assessment #3 Chemical Reactions-Eggshell Lab

Jane Lai Period 2 March 21, 2013

Objective: To determine whether there is a difference in the amount of calcium carbonate in brown versus white chicken eggs.

Background: Calcium carbonate, CaCO3, is found in nature giving hardness and strength and things such as seashells, rocks, and eggshells. As hard as the substance is, it will react readily with hydrochloric acid to yield carbon dioxide (and two other products) in the following reaction:

Calcium carbonate + hydrochloric acid -> calcium chloride + water + carbon dioxide gas

Materials: Brown and white eggshells, 3M HCl, 250ml beaker, 100ml beaker, glass stir rod, graduated cylinder, funnel, filter paper, ring stand, balance

Procedure:

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Obtain a sample of brown or white eggshell and record its mass. Place the eggshell in a 250ml beaker and add 15ml of HCl. Stir until all bubbling stops. Obtain a piece of filter paper, white your initials on the edge with pencil, then

record the mass of the paper. 5. Place the filter paper in the funnel, in the ring stand, and place the 100ml beaker

below the funnel. 6. Filter your HCl-eggshell solution through the filter paper, capturing any unreacted

eggshell in the paper.

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Rinse the unreacted eggshell with water a few times, and then place the wet filter

paper in the hood to dry overnight. 8. 9. Repeat steps 1-7 with the other color of eggshell. The next day, determine the mass of your dried filter paper and unreacted

eggshell.

White Egg Shell Mass of egg shell (g) Mass of beaker (g) Mass of HCl (g) Total initial mass (g) Final mass of beaker and contents (g) 2.65 70.55 10.22 83.42 82.75

Brown Egg Shell 3.02 71.45 10.30 84.58 84.07

Conclusion questions 1) Does it matter how much sample of eggshell a student uses in the lab? Explain. No because the pigment of the eggshell does not affect the hardness. There is does not matter how much of the eggshell used in the lab. 2) How would a student be sure they added a sufficient amount of acid to completely react with all of the calcium carbonate? 3) If the student failed to add sufficient HCl, how would this affect their data? Explain. Yes because it will affect the percentage by mass of calcium carbonate.