Redox Arena Lab

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Redox Arena Lab Observations of Reagents for all lab parts Boiling chips- small white chalky chips with slight acidic smell Desiccant – large white chalky chips with chlorine like smell Acetic acid solution- clear liquid, no smell Granular zinc – silver, tiny chips Iodine chips - small sparkling silver chips Zinc ion and iodine-iodide-triiodide ion in water- brown liquid, strong smell Solid zinc iodide – white tiny chalk like solid Mineral oil – clear thicker liquid Silver nitrate (AgNO3) – clear liquid Magnesium turnings - Sodium thiosulfate- clear solution PART 1: Getting the Reactants Changes and Tests The zinc we weighed and added to the reactants (R) boiling tube was 1.99 grams. We also weighed 1.99 grams of iodine crystals and added them to the same tube. We then poured 0.17 M acetic acid to the R boiling tube and swirled it for about 1 min and 30 seconds before steam began to form and the solution turned brown. At this time we pipetted some of our mixture into another tube labeled “color solution tube (C)”. The solution was dark reddish brown. After some more intense swirling the solution turned a clear yellow. The mixture smelled like vinegar. Decanting the yellowish solution from the gray solid into the “P” product boiling tube was relatively easy. The gray stayed behind and stuck to the walls of the “R” boiling tube. Heating the gray solid in the “R” boiling tube took about 4 minutes over a Bunsen burner to remove most of the moisture. Some the gray solid was still stuck to the tube but any more heating might have broken the tube. Heating the “P” boiling tube with the solution took considerably longer to evaporate and react. It took about 3 minutes for the solution to start bubbling and 10 minutes for all of the solution to evaporate The solution gave off slight steam which was just the moisture evaporating and the

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