Homework Help: Chemistry Lab

Posted by Shaniquaa on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 8:53pm.

We did a lab where we reacted antacid with HCL and measured the pressure increase after the reaction. Then we found the percent concentrations of calcium carbonate of the antacid tablet. The question is: say the percent of calcium carbonate from trials 1 & 2 are consistent while trial 3 is much higher. How could a wet flask be used to explain this result? A wet flask would allow water to react with the calcium carbonate before we measure it, but i'm not sure what do say next. I think I need to use a gas law?

The setup: put a vial of HCl inside a flask of CaCO3. Plug the top with a stopper and suck out air to make it airtight, and there are instruments in the stopper that measure the inside temperature and pressure. When we are ready to measure, we tip the vial so that the HCl reacts with the CaCO3 to produce CO2 and since the flask should be airtight, the pressure will go up.

Chemistry Lab - DrBob222, Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 9:14pm
Personally, I don't think a wet flask CAN account for high results (or low results, for that matter). The CaCO3 is essentially insoluble in water and won't react with any water there before the HCl vial is tipped. The CaCO3 can't tell the difference between water that might be there before the HCl vial is tipped and the water that's in the HCl solution. I think you need to look for other reasons that would account for the high results. Perhaps the tablet's mass was recorded or weighed incorrectly. Perhaps the flask was not cleaned properly between trials 2 and 3.
Perhaps another tutor will give his/her opinion.
Chemistry Lab - Shaniquaa, Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 11:54pm
Nevermind I think i figured it out. But CaCO3 is supposed to react with water in the presence of CO2
Chemistry Lab - DrBob222, Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 12:15pm
CO2(g) + CaCO3(s)==> Ca(HCO3)2(aq)
Chemistry Lab - ian, Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 5:15am
action with acid
Chemistry Lab - ian, Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 5:17am
properties of hydrogen

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