I have no idea how to do this activity..can someone please help!?
In this activity you will investigate how chemical reactions are limited by the amount of reactants present. You will be using paper clips to represent atoms. You can describe the quantities of reactants and products in a chemical reaction from a balanced chemical equation. You will investigate how the quantities of each reactant influences the amount of product formed. Remember limiting reagent limits or determines the amount of product that can be formed in a reaction. The excess reagent will remain unreacted.
When you remove 15 molecules from the paper bag, you should have between 5 and 10 metal paper clips molecules (M2) and the remainder, colored paper clips (15-n M2). If you do not, do it again so that you do.
(There are 5 questions to the activity and if anyone can help me with this I will really appreciate it because I have no clue)
1. List the number of each type of reactant molecule that you removed from the bag.
2. How many molecules of the product did you form?
3. Which reactant molecule did you run out of first?
4. How many molecules of each reactant remained at the completion of the reaction?
5. Repeat the experiment and compare the results.
I'm sorry but I can't envision the activity. And I don't know what you removed from the paper bag, in what order, and how they were clipped together.
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To begin this activity, you will need a paper bag containing both metal paper clips (M2 molecules) and colored paper clips. The objective is to investigate how the quantities of each reactant influence the amount of product formed.
1. To answer the first question, you need to remove 15 molecules from the paper bag. As per the instructions, there should be between 5 and 10 metal paper clip molecules (M2) remaining, and the rest should be colored paper clips (15 - n M2). Count the number of each type of molecule you removed and make a list.
2. To determine the number of product molecules formed, you need to know the balanced chemical equation for the reaction. In this case, since we are using paper clips to represent atoms, the equation will not be a traditional chemical formula. However, based on the provided information, the product is formed by combining the metal paper clips with the remaining colored paper clips. Count the number of product molecules you obtained.
3. To identify which reactant molecule you ran out of first, you need to observe the number of metal paper clip molecules remaining after the reaction. If you have fewer than 5 metal paper clip molecules (M2) left, it indicates that you have run out of this reactant first.
4. To determine how many molecules of each reactant remained at the completion of the reaction, you need to count the remaining metal paper clip molecules (M2) and colored paper clip molecules. Subtract the number of reactant molecules used in the reaction, as indicated by the product formed, from the initial number of reactant molecules to find the remaining quantity.
5. Repeat the experiment, following the same procedure, and note the results. Compare the outcomes of this repetition with the previous trial to observe any similarities or differences in the quantities of reactants and products.
Remember, the activity instructions provide the general guidelines and concepts. You may need to adjust the details and specific numbers based on your actual experiment.