Effect of Salt on the Boiling Point of Water

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The Effect of Salt on the Boiling Point of Water Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to test the effect of salt on the boiling point of water. Materials: Three 500 ML beakers Hot Plate Weighing cup Scale Salt Distilled water Thermometer Stirrer Hypothesis: If more salt is added to water then, the boiling point will increase. Independent variable: The dependent variable is the amount of salt put into each beaker filled with 200 ML of water. Dependent Variable: The dependent variable of this experiment is the boiling point of all the different beakers. Control: The control of this experiment is the one beaker filled with 200 ML of water and no salt. Constants: The things that are constants in this experiment is the amount of water in each beaker, the heat setting of the hot plate, the type of water, and the type of beaker. Procedures: First, all materials were gotten out, which includes the 3 beakers, the hot plate, the weighing cup, the scale, the salt, the distilled water, the thermometer, and the stirrer. Exactly 200 ML of distilled water were put into all three beakers. Then 5 and 10 grams of salt were weighed using the weighing cup and the scale. The weighing cups of salt were poured into beakers B and C. B receiving 5 grams and C receiving 10 grams. As the hot plate was warming up the salt was stirred in using the stirrer. When the hot plate was ready to go we placed beaker C (with 10 grams of salt) onto the hot plate. Once it started boiling the temperature was taken and it was 102 degrees Celsius. After the first results were recorded and beaker C was cleaned out and put away, beaker B (5 grams of salt) was placed onto the hot plate. As beaker b started boiling the temperature was recorded at 100.8 degrees Celsius. The results were then written, the beaker was cleaned out, and then put away. The

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