Magnesium Ribbon Lab

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Low Lindford P3 Data collection: Mass of crucible and lid ± 0.001g | 26.355 | Mass of Mg and crucible and lid ± 0.001g | 26.495 | Mass of MgO and crucible and lid ± 0.001g | 31.382 | Observations: When the Bunsen burner heats the magnesium ribbon, there is a bright flame ignited from it and heat is given off. This resulted in the change in the colour of the magnesium ribbon. The magnesium ribbon began to turn from silvery metal to powdery white solid. Processing of data: Mass of magnesium= 26.495 – 26.355 ± 0.002 = 0.14 ± 0.002g Mass of MgO= 31.382 – 26.355 ± 0.002 = 5.027 ± 0.002g Assumption: All Mg has reacted completely. Mass of O in MgO= 5.027 – 0.140 ± 0.002 = 4.887 ± 0.002g Amount of moles of Mg= 0.140/24.31 ± 0.002/24.31= 0.00576 ± 0.00008 mol…show more content…
One of them was the inability to remove the impurities from the magnesium ribbon. As a result, the mass of MgO and the mass of O decrease. Also the number of moles of MgO decreases which in the end, the ratio between the magnesium and and oxygen increases. This error can be reduce by sanding more efficiently as much as

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