Introduction
During this experiment, the mass of copper was weighed in grams. It was measured with sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, zinc, hydrochloric acid, methanol, and acetone. The main instruments used in this experiment was a balance, beaker, stirring rod, evaporating dish, wire gauze, ring stand, graduated cylinder, copper wire, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, water, sodium hydroxide, zinc, sulfuric acid, and a hot plate. By finding the raw data, the percent recovered was able to be calculated.
Theory
The equation that was used in this experiment is % recovered = 100% X m/m0. M = mass of copper recovered and m0 = mass of original copper sample. In order to get the percent recovered, the mass must be determined. After determining the mass, you have to multiply 100% by the mass of the copper recovered divided by the mass of the original copper sample.
Experiment
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Wash the solid with 10 mL of acetone. Decant the liquid.
14. Evaporate the remaining acetone.
15. Dry the evaporating dish. Wait for the dish to cool off then weigh it with the product.
Mass of copper wire .2654g
Sodium Hydroxide 45mL
Sulfuric Acid 25mL
Zinc 3.0g
Hydrochloric acid 15mL
Methanol 10mL
Acetone 10mL
Calculations
In order to find the percent recovered, 100% was multiplied by .2285g divided by .2654g = .086.
Mass of copper (beginning) .2654g
Mass of copper recovered .2285g
Color of Copper oxide Black
Conclusions
The first attempt of this experiment was unsuccessful because the solution did not turn black after putting the nitric acid into the copper wire. It could have been because there were too much nitric acid that was added which caused it to stay blue instead of changing to black. After retrying the experiment, the results that were received were successful. The percent recovered found in this experiment was .086. In order to find the percent recovered, the mass of the copper had to be measured. The main purpose of doing this experiment was to find out the percent