Stoichiometry Lab Report

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Lab 27. Stoichiometry and Chemical Reactions Report In our lab we were asked Which Balanced Chemical Equation Best Represents the Thermal Decomposition of Sodium Bicarbonate. Sodium Bicarbonate is a chemical compound with the formula NaHCO3, also known as baking soda. In the process to answer our guiding question we have to determine how atoms are rearranged during a chemical reaction. That is where stoichiometry comes along, which is the quantitative relationships or ratios between two or more substances undergoing a physical or chemical change in a balanced equation. It identifies the mole ratio between reactants and products. To understand stoichiometry you have to understand the products and reactants, which involves how to solve balanced reactions. This allows chemists to determine how many moles of a product will be produced from a specific number of moles of a recant or how many moles of reactant are needed to produce a specific amount of a product. …show more content…

First, you place the bunsen burner on the ring stand and tightly place the metal ring and place the clay triangle on it. Before placing the crucible on the ring you must put baking soda in the crucible, and place it on the ring stand. Then with safety precautions light the bunsen burner with the matches provided. In our first experiment we first started with 1.04 grams of NaHCO3 and ended with .60 g Na2CO3. In the second experiment we started with 3.2 g NaHCO3 and had a result of 2.0 grams