Ingrid Castillo 12-16-2012 Period 5 Larkin An Analysis of Chalk Writing Introduction: Stoichiometry is a branch of chemistry that deals with

conversion of units. The purpose of the lab it was to calculate the average number of particles of chalk that it takes to write a persons name. A scientist named Amedeo Avogadro developed a new unit called a mole which is 6.02 x 10 particles that was named after him. Avogadros number is the number of atoms in 12 g of carbon 12. In order to convert a mole to particles or particles to mole; an equality is needed in order to do a conversion factor. A conversion factor is a numerical factor used to multiply or divide a quantity when converting from one system of units to another. For example, to convert 3 moles of carbon to particles of carbon; 3 mole moles of C needs to multiply by Avogadros number which is 6.02 x 10. Also, the mass in grams of one mole of substance is called molar mass; each element has its own unique molar mass by adding the weight of all the atoms of the chemical. Molar mass is used as conversation to relate the amount of a substance to its mass. Procedures:
1. The students obtained chalk, paper for each member of the group and also a scale. 2. The paper was weighed on the scale and then the weight of the paper was recorded on

paper.
3. Then after recording the weight of the paper, the students wrote their name on the

paper using chalk.

4. The paper was weighed again and then a new weight was recorded. 5. The data from each member of the group was obtained and it was also recorded on the

results table.

Ingrid Castillo 12-16-2012 Period 5 Larkin Results: Table 1: Chalk Mass Data for 5 Elements Avogadro's Number Molar Mass of Caco3 Initial Paper Mass Final Paper Mass Mass of CaCO3 used

6.02E+23

100

Scientist Name

Mole of CaCO3 1.00E-03 Mole of CaCO3 2.00E-03 Mole of CaCO3 3.00E-03 Mole of CaCO3 3.00E-03 Mole of CaCO3

Particles of CaCO3 used 6.020E+20 particles of CaCO3 1.204E+21 particles of CaCO3 1.806E+21 particles of CaCO3 1.806E+21 particles of CaCO3 1.355E+21 particles of CaCO3

Ingrid Castillo

4.6g

4.7g

0.1g

Jose Torres

4.6g

4.8g

0.2g

Angela Rodriguez

4.6g

4.9g

0.3g

Eduardo Fuentes

4.6g

4.9g

0.3g

Average

Ingrid Castillo 12-16-2012 Period 5 Larkin Calculations: Molar Mass of CaCo3: 40Cag/moles Ca +12g/moles of C + 48g/moles of O3 = 100g/moles of CaCO3 Mass of Chalk used (Ingrid): 4.6g - 4.7g = .1g Particles of Chalk used (Ingrid): .1g of CaCO3 x 1 moles CaCO3 100g/moles of CaCO3 = .001mol CaCO3 Average particles of Chalk used: 6.020E+20 particles of CaCO3 + 1.204E+21 particles of CaCO3 + 1.806E+21 particles of CaCO3 + 1.806E+21 particles of CaCO3 = 1.355E+21 particles of CaCO3

Ingrid Castillo 12-16-2012 Period 5 Larkin Conclusion: The purpose of the lab was met by calculating the average number of particles which is 1.355E+21 particles of CaCO3. The average number of particles of chalk needed to write someones name would be 1.355E+21 particles of CaCO3.The molar mass of chalk was found by adding the weight of all the atoms of the chemical that each element has. Then to convert the mass of chalk to amount; the first step is to convert mass of chalk to moles of chalk by setting up a conversion factor that will cancelled mass of chalk. Then multiply moles of chalk by Avogadros number which is 6.02E+23 in order to get the particles of chalk. The data was used to find the average particles of CaCO3 by adding up all the particles of each individual amounts for each name and then dividing by the number of members that were in the group.