Copper Carbonate Lab Report

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Decomposing a carbonate

By Ronan
Science
8/15/2015
Contents
Background information…..pg2
Aim……pg3
Hypothesis……pg3
Apparatus…..pg4
Method….pg3













Background information
HCI or hydrochloric acid is a powerful mineral acid and is often used in factors and industries. Copper carbonate is a name given to a mineral found in malachite and azurite ores. The reaction between the two elements in its basic form without the heating of copper carbonate. When copper carbonate is placed straight into HCI the reaction makes the HCI become see through and clear but during the process the HCI i become a blue like Colour. The reaction when the copper carbonate is heated and vapour of the chemical is then directed into a chemical called limewater …show more content…

This only happens if the condition is suitable and are met. Saying this there are two differences there is an ionic a covalent reactions. An ionic bond is where two opposite ions connect to each other. A covalent bond is where two nonmetal atoms share there electron with other atoms and covalent bonds.









Aim
The aim of the experiment is to decompose copper carbonate by heating it.

Hypothesis
If by heating the copper carbonate in a test tube. The Colour of the carbonate will change to a light blue and will being to bubble sending the gases that are released from the copper carbonate into the tube of lime water. The lime water will react by bubbling a producing a gas and the Colour of the liquid will whiten. The reason this will happen is because of the reaction of the gas that the copper carbonate will produce by being heated.
Apparatus
1x Bunsen burner
1x heat mat
1x box matches
1x glass tube
1x rubber stopper
2 x retort clamp
3 x test tube, medium (~150 x 15 mm), borosilicate ("pyrex")
1 x spatula
1 x electronic scales
Copper carbonate (approx. 5g)
50ml lime water
1 x Hydrochloric acrid (10 ml) 1m
1 x 5ml measuring …show more content…

Measure 2 grams of copper carbonate into a watch glass
5. Use a funnel to put copper carbonate into an empty test tube
6. Measure 5mL HCL in measuring cylinder
7. Add 5mL HCL to test tube that contains copper carbonate
8. Observe results
Results
Results for part A: when the copper carbonate is heated it produced a gas called copper dioxide the gas flows into the limewater. The limewater becomes cloudy and begins to bubble due to this the limewater becomes white and milky the limewater’s test tube also begins to heat up. When lifted up the test tube is clear at the bottom, white and murky at the top.
Results for part B: the copper carbonate is put into the test tube that contains the copper oxide. The affects which follow are that the colour changes from blue to an aqua green colour. the other test with copper carbonate and HCL has the same change but instead of the mixture turning green it become crystal clear.



Discussion
The experiment has gone exactly as planned as was stated in the hypothesis. The colour of the lime water changed due to the reaction that happened when the copper carbonate was heated and the copper oxide is released into the limewater. Along with this the second experiment consisting of placing the HCl in the copper oxide and the mixture turn to a greenish blue

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