Iodione Lab Essay

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Southside Seaweed Seaport Iodine: Atomic Number: 53 Atomic Mass: 126.90447 Boiling Point: 457.4 K (184.3 °C, 363.7 °F) Focus: Did we indeed make a “tincture of iodine”? Answer: Yes, our lab experiment did indeed prove that we make a “tincture of iodine”. Test Standard (+/-) Comments Lab-Made Tincture (+/-) Comments Test for Iodine (I2) + purple layer formed + turned purple shade Test for Iodide (I-) + yellow precipitate + white-yellow precipitate Test for Triiodide (I3-) + orange/red coloration + orange/red coloration table 1.0 Confidence Report: 1. Matching the Standard Ran three tests against our home-made “tincture of iodine” versus the standard “tincture of iodine”. Each test (for Iodine (I2), for Iodide (I-), and for Triiodide (I3-)) match the standard for each reactant (I2, I-, I3-). For example, when testing for I2 we mixed 1/3 of our home-made tincture and added the reagent mineral oil. Mineral oil, unlike water, is nonpolar and when mixed with nonpolar iodine, like dissolves like. Iodine mixes with mineral oil and a purple color is observed. Therefore our standard results matched our home-made results. 2. Group Data Compared group results to class results. The class collectively weighed in with the same positive test results. The test has thus been run multiple times with the same outcome. In order for lab experiments to prove out we must run and re-run the tests multiple times to prove validity of results. 3. Positive Test Results As exemplified in table 1.0, three qualitative tests were run. For each test (testing for iodine, iodide ion, and triiodide) the results returned positive. We solidified our positive results by testing for all three components. For example, the test for triiodide ion produced the most obvious results. A standard was created by mixing 2 crystals of iodine into H2O and a
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