Lechateliers Principle Essay

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Department of Chemistry Le Chatelier’s Principle Submitted by: Date Submitted: June 7th, 2013 Date Performed: June 5th, 2013 Lab Section: Chemistry II DL2 Course Instructor: Dr. Snyder Purpose: Equilibrium occurs when reactants and products are created at the same rate in a chemical reaction. In this lab there are two main objectives. The first is to observe equilibrium, and how it can be changed or altered. The second is to apply Le Chatelier’s principle to those changes in equilibrium. Le Chatelier’s principle states that if a reaction at equilibrium is stressed, it will readjust to maintain equilibrium. This can be affected by concentration, temperature, volume, or partial pressure, in which the equilibrium will counter the change and reestablish equilibrium. Through this lab physical changes will be able to be observed. Procedure Part I 1. Prepare an ice water bath with cold tap water and ice and a very hotwater bath in the two 50 mL beakers and set aside. 2. Add 5 drops of 2.0 M MgCl2, magnesium chloride solution to wells C1 and C2. Add 10 drops to wells C3 and C4 in the well plate 3. Add 1 drop of phenolphthalein to wells C1, C2, C3 and C4. Stir with a clean toothpick. 5. Add 5 drops of 1.0 M NaOH, sodium hydroxide solution to wells C1, C2, C3, and C4. Stir and observe. 6. Add 1 drop of 6.0 M HCl, hydrochloric acid solution to well C1. Stir and record observations.Continue to add HCl drop-by-drop to well C1 until you see a color change. Record your observations. 7. Add 1 drop of 0.15 M Na2EDTA to C2. Stir and record your observations. Continue to addNa2EDTA drop-by-drop to C2 until you see a color change. Record observations. 8. Label an empty pipet “C3.” Then, suck up the solution for well C3, and place pipet bulb into hot water bath. Be sure to
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