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EXPERIMENT # 3

EVIDENCE FOR THE PARTICLE MODEL OF MATTER

PROBLEM:

1.To observe and explain changes in volume during a phase change.

2.To compare and explain the compressibility of solids, liquids, and gases.

3.To compare and explain the effect of a temperature on the volumes of solids, liquids, and gases.

4.To explain how particles of matter are held together.

5.To compare and explain diffusion in solids, liquids, and gases.

HYPOTHESIS:

1.For most substances the phase will occupy the least volume, the

phase the next most, and the phase the most volume.

2.The phase(s) of matter that can be significantly compressed will be .

3.When matter is heated it will (expand, contract) with the phase being most affected, the phase the next most, and the phase the least.

4.The three types of forces that hold particles of matter together will be .

5.The phase of matter in which diffusion occurs most rapidly will be , next most rapidly will be and slowest will be .

APPARATUS AND MATERIALS:

Water and coloured water150 mL beakerHot plates or bunsen burners

Potassium permanganate solutionUtility clampsRing clamp & wire gauze

Highly scented perfumeSupport standsStriker for bunsen burner

Boyle's Law ApparatusTest tubesTest tube holder

Stoeckle TubeStirring rodBeaker tongs

400 mL beaker250 mL Erlenmeyer flaskRubber tubing with glass inserts

BalloonsSeveral large textbooksStirring rod

Rubber bandsEye droppers2 Bar magnets

Ring Ball ApparatusPetri dishesCradle for magnets

WaxCapillary tubesFood colouring

Masking tapeVinyl stripsSmall pieces of paper

NeedleWool clothRubber stoppers

PROCEDURE:

PART I: EXPANSION OF LIQUIDS: (DEMONSTRATIONS)

1.Add water to the test tube until it is about 1 cm deep. Fasten a balloon over the end of the test tube with a rubber band. Hold the test tube upright with a test tube holder and heat it gently with a bunsen burner. Record what happens in Table I.

2.When the balloon is fairly full hold the tube upright and observe how much water is left . Record the results in Table I. Allow the test tube to cool in the room. Record what happens in Table I.

3.Fill an Erlenmeyer flask with coloured water. Place a stopper in the flask into which has been inserted a long capillary tube. Using masking tape mark the coloured water level in the capillary tube. Using a hot plate gently heat the water in the flask for several minutes.

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PART II: EXPANSION OF SOLIDS: (DEMONSTRATION)

4.Observe a Ball and Ring Apparatus. Attempt to put the ball through the ring. Record what happens in Table I.

CAUTION: BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL NOT TO TOUCH HOT APPARATUS !

5.Heat the ball for several minutes in a bunsen burner flame. Again attempt to pull the ball through the ring. Record what happens in Table I.

PART III: EXPANSION OF GASES: (DEMONSTRATION)

6.Place a stopper holding a glass tube with attached balloon into an empty 250 mL Erlenmeyer flask. Gently heat the air in the flask. Record what happens in Table I.

PART IV: EXPANSION OF LIQUIDS: (STUDENT EXPERIMENT)

CAUTION: WAX IS FLAMMABLE ! DO NOT ALLOW ANY WAX TO GET ONTO THE HOT PLATE !AND AVOID GETTING ANY WATER INTO THE TEST TUBE !

7.Obtain a test tube containing some wax. Obtain a 400 mL beaker about three-quarters full of hot tap water. Using a test tube holder or utility clamp and support stand position the test tube containing the wax in the hot water so that the wax is almost below the water line but the test tube does not touch the bottom of the beaker. Heat the water in the beaker on the hot plate. Record what happens in Table I.

8.When the wax has all melted turn off the hot plate and raise the test tube out of the hot water. Be certain the test tube is vertically upright. Mark the level of the wax in the test tube with a very small piece of masking tape or transparency marker.

9.Place the test tube containing the wax in a 400 mL beaker of cold water. When the liquid wax has become completely frozen, take it out of the beaker and compare the level of the wax to what it was in the liquid phase after heating. Record the results in Table I.

PART V: STOECKLE TUBE: (DEMONSTRATION)

CAUTION: MERCURY IS POISONOUS WITH LONG TERM TOXIC EFFECTS ! BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL NOT TO BREAK THE STOEKLE TUBE !

10.Examine a Stoekle tube containing some coloured glass beads and liquid mercury metal. Gently heat the bottom of the tube with a bunsen burner. Record what happens in Table I.

11.Now heat the Stoekle tube more strongly and record what happens in Table I.

 

 

 

 

 

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PART VI: COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS AND GASES: (STUDENT EXPERIMENT)

CAUTION: ABSOLUTELY DO NOT PUSH DOWN ON THE PISTONS WITH YOUR OWN FORCE AND DO NOT PLACE MORE THAN FOUR LARGE TEXTBOOKS ON THE PISTON !

12.Obtain four large textbooks and a Boyle's Law Apparatus secured by a utility clamp and a support stand. Only if necessary, remove the red cap on the bottom of the cylinder and pull the piston up to the top marker to fill the cylinder with air. Replace the red cap securely. Record the volume in mL in Table II.

13.One at a time progressively add large textbooks to the wooden support on the top of the cylinder. Always support the books with two hands but BUT DO NOT PUSH DOWN ! Again record the volume in Table II after each book is added. Be prepared to graph the results.

14.One at a time remove the textbooks from the piston. Record the volume after removing each book.

15.Now obtain a Boyle's Law Apparatus filled with water. Only if necessary remove the red cap and use the piston to draw water from a beaker into the cylinder. Be certain that all air is removed from the cylinder. Pull the piston to the top marker and replace the red cap securely. Record the volume in mL in Table II.

16.Repeat Procedures #13 and 14. Record the volumes in Table II. Be prepared to graph the results.

PART VII: FORCES THAT HOLD LIQUIDS TOGETHER: (STUDENT EXPERIMENT)

17.Observe any object in the solid phase. Describe its volume and shape in Table I.

18.Using an eye dropper place a single drop of liquid water on a glass plate. Carefully observe its shape and appearance. Record your observations in Table I.

19.Carefully observe the shape and appearance of the mercury in the bottom of the Stoekle Tube used in Part V. Record your observations in Table I.

20.Using a small beaker half-fill a petri dish with water. Carefully attempt to float a needle on the water. Subsequently tap the petri dish gently. Record your observations in Table I.

21.Dip a stirring rod into the water and draw it out very slowly. Carefully observe the water. Record your observations in Table I.

22.Using a small beaker half-fill another petri dish with water and add some food colouring. Holds the open end of a capillary tube in the water for about 15 seconds. Record what happens in Table I.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PART VIII: FORCES THAT HOLD SOLIDS TOGETHER: (STUDENT EXPERIMENT)

23.Place a bar magnet in a cradle hung from a utility clamp on a support stand. Bring the North end of another magnet near the South end of the cradled magnet. Repeat but now bring the North end of the other magnet near the North end of the cradled magnet. In each case describe the behaviour of the magnets in Table I.

24.Hold onto a pen as an example of a solid. Let go of it. Record what happens in Table I.

25.Vigorously but carefully rub a vinyl strip with a wool cloth to give it a static electrical charge. Quickly bring the charged vinyl strip near a pile of small pieces of paper in a petri dish. Record what happens in Table I.

PART IX: DIFFUSION: (STUDENT EXPERIMENT)

26.Open the bottle of perfume. Stand back a few steps and record in Table I how long it takes to smell the perfume odour.

CAUTION: POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE WILL STAIN SKIN AND CLOTHING !

27.Obtain two petri dishes. Half fill one with cold water and the other with hot water. If necessary heat some water in a small beaker on a hot plate. Work quickly so that the hot water does not cool down too much. Draw up a little potassium permanganate solution into an eye dropper. Hold the dropper upright very near the surface of the water and as gently as possible add one single drop of potassium permanganate solution to the centre of each dish. Compare and record in Table I what happens to the potassium permanganate in each petri dish especially noting the speed at which it occurs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OBSERVATIONS AND DATA:

1.Write the following: "Refer to Table I". Record all observations as described in the Procedure sections I-V and VII-IX in Table I.

2.Write the following: "Refer to Table II". Record data for volumes of air and water being compressed by large textbooks.

3.Write the following: "Refer to Graph I". Plot one graph of "Volume of Material vs Number of Books" for both air and water in the cylinder. The graph should have two clearly labeled smooth curves both on the same graph.

DISCUSSION:

1.For the same sample of a given material which phase occupies the most volume, second most, and the least volume ?

2.What is the one substance for which the volume of the solid is actually greater than that of the liquid ? (HINT: Its solid phase would float on its own liquid phase)

3.State from the experiments in Parts I and IV one specific example each to demonstrate that:

a.A gas occupies more volume than a liquid.

b.A liquid occupies more volume than a solid.

4.What is the effect of increasing the pressure on the trapped air in the cylinder by adding more textbooks ? How does the "Particle Model of Matter" explain this result ?

5.What is the effect of increasing the pressure on the trapped water in the cylinder by adding more textbooks ? How does the "Particle Model of Matter" explain this result ?

6.Why does the relative amount of compression of air decrease as the volume of trapped air in the cylinder becomes smaller ?

7.With reference to your Graph I: (Show work in dotted lines on the graph)

a.Estimate the volume of trapped air if 2.5 books had been used.

b.Estimate to one decimal the number of books it would take to give a 20 mL volume of air.

8.State from the experiments in Parts I-III one specific example each to demonstrate that:

a.A solid expands when heated.

b.A liquid expands when heated.

c.A gas expands considerably when heated.

9.Explain using the "Particle Model" why a solid has a fixed shape and volume.

10.State from the experiments in Part VII one specific example each to demonstrate that:

a.Water particles strongly attract each other.

b.Water particles attract each other more strongly than do mercury particles.

c.Water particles are attracted to glass particles.

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DISCUSSION: (continued)

11.How does the "Particle Model of Matter" explain why water particles are pulled up the capillary tube in Part VII ?

12.What are the three types of energy forces that appear to attract matter and are therefore responsible for holding particles of matter together ? State from the experiments in Part VIII one specific example each to demonstrate the action of these three forces. (three answers)

13.In the Stoekle Tube in Part V:

a.Why do the glass chips sit on top of the mercury rather than in it or floating above it ?

b.What is causing the glass chips to bounce when the tube is heated ?

c.Why is mercury condensing near the top of the tube ?

14.Compare the rates at which perfume diffuses through air and potassium permanganate diffuses through hot and cold water. How does the "Kinetic Molecular Theory" explain this result ?

CONCLUSION:

Make a judgement statement about each of your original hypotheses and answer the five questions in the problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TABLE I: OBSERVATIONS OF EVIDENCE

PARTDESCRIPTIONOBSERVATIONS

I1.BALLOON HEATED

EXPANSION

OF LIQUIDS2.BALLOON COOLED

3.ERLENMEYER

HEATED

II4.BALL & RING COLD

EXPANSION

OF SOLIDS5.BALL & RING HOT

 

III6.BALLOON ON

EXPANSIONERLENMEYER

OF GASESFLASK HEATED

 

IV7-8.WAX HEATED

EXPANSION

OF LIQUIDS9.WAX COOLED

 

V10.CONTENTS COLD

STOEKLE

TUBE11.CONTENTS HOT

 

VI12-16.RECORD IN TABLE II

COMPRESS

 

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TABLE I: OBSERVATIONS OF EVIDENCE (continued)

PARTDESCRIPTIONOBSERVATIONS

VII17.SOLID

FORCES IN

LIQUIDS18.WATER DROP

19.MERCURY

20NEEDLE

21.STIRRING ROD

22CAPILLARY

 

VIII23.MAGNETS

FORCES

IN SOLIDS24.PEN

25.VINYL STRIP

 

IX26.PERFUME

DIFFUSION

27.DIFFUSION COLD

DIFFUSION HOT

 

 

 

 

 

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TABLE II: COMPRESSIBILITY

NUMBERVOLUME OFVOLUME OF

OF BOOKSAIR (mL)WATER (mL)

0

1

2

3

4

3

2

1

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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