Le Chateliers Principle Lab Report

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Le Chatelier’s Principle Introduction The purpose of this experiment is to determine the effects of various stresses, such as changes in temperature or concentrations of reactants and products, imposed on a system on its equilibrium. These shifts in equilibrium are explained in Le Chatelier's principle, which states that a reaction will shift either right or left to restore equilibrium. Procedure Part 1 1. Fill one 50ml beaker with tap water and add crushed ice to make an ice bath. 2. Fill one 50ml beaker with very hot tap water to make a hot bath. 3. Set both aside In the well plate: 4. Add 5 drops of MgCl2 to wells C1 and C2, 10 drops to C3 and C4 5. Add 1 drop of phenolphthalein to wells C1-C4, stir with toothpick 6. Add 5 drops of NaOH to C1-C4, stir and record observations 7. Add 1 drop of HCl to C1 and stir, add more drops until color changes, record observations 8. Add 1 drop of Na2 EDTA to C2 and stir, add more drops until color changes, record observations 9. Suck up the mixture in C3 into a pipet 10. Place the C3 pipet in hot bath. Attach pipet to side of beaker with clothespin to prevent it from floating, 11. Repeat step 10 but with C4 and place in ice bath. 12. Record observations 13. After 10 minutes, swap the pipets and record observations 14. Dispose of solutions down the drain. Part II 1. Fill one 50ml beaker with tap water and add crushed ice to make an ice bath. 2. Fill one 50ml beaker with very hot tap water to make a hot bath. 3. Set both aside In the well plate: 4. Add 5 drops of NaHSO4 to wells A1-A3 and 10 drops to A4 and A5 5. Add 1 drop of Thymol Blue to wells A1-A5, stir with toothpick, record observations 6. Add 1 drops of Na2SO4 to A1, stir and compare with A2, record observations 7. Repeat step 6 drop by drop until color changes, record observations 8. Add a few crystals of Na2SO4 to A3, stir and compare with A2, record

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