The effect table salt

(NaCl) and table sugar

(C12H22O11) have on the
boiling point of water
(H2O).

By: Michael W, Emily R, Noor H, and

Ariana Y
Materials:

Materials:
-Two 250 ml beakers
-Two plastic cups either
filled with salt or sugar
(three packs of table sugar)
-Two Celsius thermometers We used the
flask to fill the
-Flask beakers
-Two proportion cups
-Hot plate (550 degrees
Celsius)
-Electronic balance
Background knowledge

Before starting the experiment, heres the information we knew:

A physical property is that water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

Table salt and table sugar are both solutes.
Water is a solvent and solutes dissolve in solvents.
When you combine a solute and a solvent, a physical change occurs and you
get a solution.
Steps of Experiment

-Fill two beakers to 250 mL

-Dump salt and sugar into two cups
-Put beakers on to 5500C hotplate
-Boil water until it is 1000C
-Then pour salt into one beaker and sugar in the other
-Wait a few minutes and take the temperature
-Observe the changes of the beakers
How we showed precision through our
experiment
We used two different Celsius thermometers
in our beakers to ensure that there was no
cross contamination. In addition, we held the
Celsius thermometers at an angle to get the
most precise measurements.
Measuring table salt and table sugar
We filled each proportion cup, one with table sugar and one filled
with table salt. Before starting to boil the water in the beakers, we
topped off both proportion cups with a protractor to ensure we
had the amount needed. To measure their mass, we measured
them with an electric balance. The salt weighed 26.8 grams and
the sugar weighed 21.7 grams. After taking away the mass of the
portion cup, we found that the table sugar weighed 10.9 grams and
the table salt weighed 16 grams.
Adding sugar to boiling water

Before the water boiled, it started

bubbling at 87 degrees Celsius.
When the water in our first 250 mL
beaker started boiling at 100
degrees Celsius, we added the sugar
in our portion cup to the water. We
watched as the sugar quickly
dissolved into the water. When we
used a Celsius thermometer to
measure what the sugar did to the
temperature of the water, we
observed that it stayed close to its
initial temperature of 100 degrees
Celsius as it went up to 101 degrees
Celsius.
Adding salt to boiling water

About 5minutes after our first 250

mL beaker hit 100 degrees Celsius,
our next beaker started to boil.
After we added the salt, contrasting
to when we added the sugar, the
salt did not dissolve right away.
When we measured the
temperature of the water after
adding the salt, it also stayed about
the same to the initial temperature,
as it went down to 99 degrees
Celsius.
Conclusion/Analysis

In conclusion, when adding salt and sugar to boiling

water, it only changed the temperature of the water
slightly, as the temperature only went up or down by
one degree Celsius.
Table Salt Table Sugar

Mass (grams) 16 10.9

Effects on boiling Made temperature Made temperature

water go up by 1 degree go down by 1
Celsius (99 degrees degree Celsius (101
Celsius) degrees Celsius)