Thursday & Friday, Lab Activity: Mass-to-Mass Relationship in Reactions

Students will work in groups of three to determine the mass of a dry precipitate that resulted from a chemical reaction that they have carried out in the lab on day 1. Students will follow a set procedure to carry out the reaction and obtain the precipitate through a delicate process with the help of a beaker, filter paper, and Buchner funnel that are utilized with running water. As a further reinforcement on day two, students are expected to determine the limiting reactant in this reaction as we will extend our discussion and elaborate upon the idea of percentage yield on day 2 in order for the students to utilze their data to determine the efficiency of their reaction and thus their work!