Analytical Chemistry Laboratory – Experiment 2 (Data sets for the Statistical analysis)

Part 2.1
Academic year 2019/2020 marks of students in CHEM 22571 (Analytical Chemistry lab)

Row 35 71 71 56
Result
Number 36 57 72 68
1 40 37 61 73 60
2 61 38 45 74 ab
3 54 39 51 75 62
4 67 40 67 76 74
5 46 41 70 77 79
6 40 42 48 78 73
7 43 43 58 79 43
8 40 44 58 80 70
9 46 45 59 81 76
10 60 46 59 82 57
11 48 47 61 83 42
12 55 48 25 84 58
13 61 49 66 85 59
14 68 50 33 86 57
15 62 51 51 87 47
16 40 52 45 88 40
17 40 53 57 89 40
18 ab 54 43 90 57
19 54 55 72 91 55
20 61 56 56 92 75
21 70 57 63 93 46
22 62 58 51 94 70
23 50 59 52 95 67
24 40 60 72 96 70
25 50 61 60 97 68
26 57 62 40 98 70
27 59 63 48 99 55
28 56 64 54 100 50
29 ab 65 59 101 61
30 47 66 56 102 64
31 40 67 62 103 70
32 58 68 75 104 82
33 51 69 83 105 65
34 40 70 ab 106 55
107 63 148 40 189 40
108 ab 149 56 190 45
109 51 150 76 191 ab
110 30 151 77 192 55
111 61 152 56 193 63
112 55 153 59 194 53
113 75 154 74 195 51
114 65 155 49 196 52
115 60 156 55 197 43
116 53 157 83 198 47
117 49 158 52 199 40
118 59 159 63 200 58
119 60 160 65 201 70
120 48 161 51 202 43
121 46 162 25 203 50
122 ab 163 73 204 50
123 59 164 50 205 65
124 49 165 71 206 47
125 53 166 71 207 61
126 ab 167 45 208 60
127 51 168 50 209 49
128 70 169 63 210 56
129 44 170 66 211 40
130 64 171 65 212 51
131 67 172 66 213 30
132 75 173 63 214 57
133 62 174 46 215 ab
134 63 175 53 216 56
135 49 176 58 217 59
136 85 177 73 218 52
137 56 178 58 219 58
138 63 179 76 220 46
139 47 180 49 221 ab
140 32 181 58 222 57
141 43 182 34 223 35
142 71 183 50 224 47
143 65 184 59 225 45
144 60 185 13 226 51
145 60 186 57 227 52
146 58 187 54 228 76
147 69 188 65 229 58
230 60 263 49 296 61
231 49 264 40 297 62
232 49 265 43 298 56
233 33 266 40 299 40
234 48 267 43 300 40
235 42 268 48 301 57
236 ab 269 50 302 48
237 51 270 60 303 61
238 40 271 56 304 42
239 44 272 40 305 60
240 55 273 47 306 61
241 55 274 65 307 61
242 47 275 55 308 60
243 65 276 60 309 63
244 56 277 40 310 53
245 58 278 58 311 49
246 77 279 65 312 30
247 58 280 57 313 47
248 40 281 49 314 60
249 44 282 52 315 52
250 41 283 61 316 53
251 42 284 45 317 70
252 41 285 55 318 57
253 48 286 40 319 54
254 63 287 50 320 43
255 48 288 50 321 43
256 25 289 40 322 52
257 40 290 56 323 45
258 60 291 40 324 42
259 63 292 40 325 63
260 ab 293 58 326 41
261 ab 294 33
262 61 295 72
Part 2.2 – Rejection of questionable
a. Amount of iron (Fe) in a mineral sample measured using a colorimetric method

Trials
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

Amount
of Fe
135.0 142.0 195.0 130.0 135.0 140.0 145.0 99.0 138.0
(ppm)

b. Following results were obtained from the GC analysis of ethanol in water in

undergraduate research.
Peak Areas = 878 mm2, 890 mm2, 870 mm2, 1120 mm2 ,876 mm2,
885 mm2 , 882 mm2 , 875 mm2, 892 mm2 , 880 mm2

Part 2.6 – Plotting suitable graphs to represent your data

1) Tea, derived from the leaves and buds of the shrub Camellia sinensis, is one of the
world's most popular beverages. Ceylon tea grown in certain geographical areas in Sri
Lanka has gained a great popularity in the global tea market due to its unique
characteristics. An undergraduate researcher conducts a study to find a relationship
between height and the number of leaves of the tea plant by selecting five main tea
growing regions in Sri Lanka.

The result of this study as follows,

Region Average Height of the Average Number of
plant (cm) leaves
Nuwara Eliya 450 580
Kandy 390 470
Dimbula 270 410
Uva 440 240
Ruhuna 360 440
Udupussellawa 210 520

2) Soil texture plays a vital role for nutrient supplies, aeration, root development and
moisture content. Various combinations of different sizes of mineral particles form soil
 texture. A student analyzed a representative soil sample from the University of Kelaniya
and different mineral particles responsible for soil texture was obtained as follows,

Mineral Particle Percentage by

volume (%)
Clay 37.5
Slit 24.1
Fine Sand 13.8
Coarse Sand 6.4
Gravel 18.2

3) A student carried out an experiment in which variable masses of Magnesium (Mg) were
added to an excess of dilute sulfuric acid (H2SO4), and the volume of hydrogen (H2) gas
evolved were measured each time. Here are the results of this experiment,

Mass of Vol. of H2 Standard

Mg (g) (cm3) Deviation
0.5 35.0 ±10.4
1.0 65.0 ±6.7
1.5 90.0 ±18.9
2.0 95.0 ±7.5
2.5 115.0 ±8.2
3.0 140.0 ±5.8
3.5 155.0 ±12.3
4.0 160.0 ±11.9

4) The Arrhenius equation quantifies the relationship between reaction rate and temperature.

Where, K = Reaction rate

A = Pre-exponential factor
Ea = Activation Energy
R = Gas constant
T = Temperature in Kelvin
The rate constant for the following reaction was determined over the range of 50 K.
The Activation energy of this reaction was 53.07 kJ/mol and the Pre-exponential factor
was 2.3 10-9 Lmol-1s-1
 2N2O (g) 2N2 (g) + O2(g)
a) Select suitable parameters from the Arrhenius equation to plot a graph

b) Prepare the spreadsheet starting form T=100 K to 150 K and with a difference of 1 K

c) If the Ea of this reaction has decreased to 29.64 kJ/mol, then what changes would you
expect in your graph?