Chemistry Lab Report

CL General Chemistry 111 COMPOSITION OF HYDRATED COPPER (II) SULFATE

Student : ___________________________________

Date Experiment Performed ___________________

Date Report Due: ___________________________

Names of Lab Partners: __________________________________________________________

Lab Report Should be

Typed or neatly written in blue / black ink. All writing and numbers must be clearly
legible.
Should be independent work (dont work with others)

Report Should contain:

1. This cover sheet, stapled to the front of the lab report.
2. An Introduction: headed Introduction
State purpose of the lab. Define non-essential water, hydrate, water of
hydration, and anhydrous.
3. Procedure: headed Procedure, in which you briefly describe in your own words, the
lab procedure you followed.
- No data or results belong in this section
- Note any changes or alterations to printed lab procedure.
- Note any problems you may have encountered or lab procedure errors you
might have made.
4. Chemical Equations: label Chemical Equations.
- Write the chemical equation showing the dehydration of the copper (II)
sulfate hydrate into copper(II) sulfate and water. Be sure to include the
number for the moles of water in the formula for the hydrate. Balance the
equation and show states.
5. Results and Calculations completed on the attached sheets.
- Show all work. Include units. Round results of calculations using significant
figures
- Use atomic masses to 2 decimal places for molar masses (for sig fig purposes)

6. Conclusions: labeled Conclusions.

This should be a paragraph or two in which you state the initial mass of the
copper (II) sulfate hydrate; the mass of the water lost, and the moles of water
per mole of Copper (II) sulfate. Write the formula of the hydrated version of the
Copper (II) sulfate hydrate using the number of moles of water you calculated.
 EXPERIMENT 2 COMPOSITION OF HYDRATED COPPER (II) SULFATE

LABORATORY REPORT RESULTS AND CALCULATIONS

(Remember 1. To report all values in significant figures, 2. Include all units,
3. Show all calculations, 4. Work is neat and easily legible)

Table 1: Data for Decomposition of Hydrated Copper (II) Sulfate

1. Mass of crucible and lid

2. Mass of crucible & lid & sample before heating

3. Mass of crucible & lid & sample after heating

4. Mass of copper sulfate hydrate sampele ( #2 - #1)

5. Mass of anhydrous (residue) CuSO4 (#3-#1)

6. Mass of water lost (#2 - #3)

7. Moles of CuSO4

8. Moles of H2O

9. The value of x in CuSO4xH2O ( #8 / #7)

Calculations for Mass of sample:

Mass of sample: ___________

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Calculations for anhydrous (residue) CuSO4

Mass of anhydrous CuSO4: __________

Calculations for Mass water lost:

Mass of water lost: ___________

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Calculations for moles of CuSO4

Moles of CuSO4___________
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Calculations for moles of H2O

Moles of H2O __________________

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Calculations for Moles of water in CuSO4xH2O (remember the x in the formula represents
moles of water)

Value of x ______

OVER FOR QUESTIONS:

[3] How would you test an unknown crystalline compound to determine if it was a hydrate?

[4] If you did not heat the hydrated copper (II) long enough, and it was not completely
converted to the anhydrous product, how would that affect the percent of water you calculated
to be in the hydrate? Would you value be too large or too small or unaffected?

Explain fully.