Chemistrymolecular and Electronic Structure Ionic vs. Covalent Compounds and Water

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CHL 161 Laboratory Experiment 4 and 5 Molecular and Electronic Structure Ionic vs. Covalent Compounds and Water Objective: 1. The objective of the Molecular and Electronic Structure Lab was to determine the color of light each solution emits. We also had to identify unknown solutions according the color of light each solution emits. Objective: 2: The objective of the Ionic vs. Covalent Compounds was to determine the physical appearance, solubility and conductivity of compounds. We also have to determine if the compound is ionic or covalent based on our findings. Introduction: 1: Molecular and Electronic Structure shows us what light is and how its interaction with matter gives our world color. “Spectroscopy is the study of how materials interact with light. This tool can be used to understand both the nature and structure of molecules. White light is composed of all of the different colors of light combined. White light is refracted into light of different colors. The reason that the light breaks into all of these different colors is that each color of light has a different wavelength and a different energy.” Ba(NO3)2, Cu(NO3)2, LiNO3, KNO3, NaCl, Ca(NO3)2, and Sr(NO3)2 are the salt solutions, which were tested. Each solution gave off a different color. Some of the colors were similar but salt solution had its own distinct differences. Flame tests are the best way to determine the color a solution will emit. “Flame tests are a quick method of producing the characteristic color of metallic ions. The colors seen are a combination of the wavelengths of each transition.” Introduction 2: “An atom can react with another atom to form a compound through either a sharing or transfer of electrons in an interaction called bonding.” An Ion by definition is “an electrically charged atom or group of atoms. Metals on the left side of the table, tend to form
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