‫بسم ال الرحمن الرحيم‬

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Experiment 5
"Decomposition of potassium chlorate"
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I. Observations and results:

Part A
Mass of test tube and MnO2 10 g
Mass of test tube, MnO2 and KClO3 11 g
Mass of test tube, MnO2 and KCl residue 10.61 g
Mass of KClO3 added 1g
Mass of oxygen lost 0.39 g (1)
% oxygen in potassium chlorate (experimental) 39 % (2)
% oxygen in potassium chlorate (theoretical) 39.18% (3)

Part B
Mass of test tube and MnO2 14.58 g
Mass of test tube, MnO2 and mixture 15.58 g
Mass of test tube, MnO2 and residue 15.5 g
Mass of oxygen lost 0.08 (4)
Moles of oxygen lost 5*10-3 mol (5)
Moles of potassium chlorate in mixture 1.67*10-3 mol (6)
% potassium chlorate in the mixture 20.4% (7)

II. Calculation:

(1) Mass of oxygen = 11-10.61=0.39 g

(2) % oxygen =(m(O2)/m(KClO3))*100%=)0.39/1)*100%=39%

(3) From 1 mol KClO3 % oxygen =(48/122.5)*100%=39.18%

(4) Mass of oxygen=15.58-15.5=0.08 g

(5) n=0.08/16= 5*10-3 mol

 (6) KClO3 : oxygen

1: 3 so n (KClO3) = 5*10-3 /3=1.67*10-3 mol

(7) Mass KClO3 =1.67*10-3*122.5 =0.204 g

% potassium chlorate=(0.204/1)*100%=20.4%

III. Answer the following questions:

1. How would your experiment results be effected if :
a. Heating was not strong enough to decompose potassium chlorate
completely
The potassium chlorate will not decompose completely so the mass of
residue will increase and mass of oxygen lost will decrease so %of
oxygen will decrease
b. some soot from the burner was deposited on the test tube
The soot will effect on weighting which we take after remove the test
tube from burner (this value will increase) then the mass of oxygen will
decrease because the addition soot become over oxygen final %oxygen
will decrease
c. Manganese dioxide was not added
Manganese dioxide is used as catalyst, and we know the catalyst not
part of reaction it's faster the reaction also, so if we don’t add it the
reaction become slower than if we add the catalyst, in the result the
reaction will complete but in more time

2. If after heating 1.5 g of sodium bicarbonate – sodium carbonate mixture till

the complete decomposition of sodium bicarbonate the loss of the mass
was 0.369 g, what is the percentage of sodium bicarbonate in the mixture?
2NaHCO3 Na2CO3+H2O+CO2
2NaHCO3(s)+ Na2CO3(s) Na2CO3(g)+ Na2CO3+ H2O+ CO2
mmix =m NaHCO3 +m Na2CO3=1.5 g ………..(1)
m Na2CO3+m Na2CO3=1.05-0.369=1.131 g …………………..(2)
From equation of reaction: n Na2CO3=(1/2)n NaHCO3
From (1) & (2)
M NaHCO3+1.131-m Na2CO3 =1.5
M NaHCO3+1.131-(n Na2CO3 *M Na2CO3) = 1.5
M NaHCO3+1.131-((1/2)(n NaHCO3)(106)=1.5
M NaHCO3=1g
% NaHCO3 = 1/1.5*100%=66.7%

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