Thermochemistry Lab

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Thermochemistry is the study of energy changes that occur during chemical reactions and changes in state. There are two different processes that have to do with the absorption and release of heat. In the endothermic process, the system picks up heat, as the surroundings lose heat. In the exothermic process, heat is released to its surroundings. Heat either goes in or goes out. We are going to make ice cream and we are going to identify which of these two different processes is used.

Materials
• 3 cups of ice
• ¼ of a cup of rock salt
• 1 pint of whole milk
• ½ tbs. of vanilla extract
• 2 Oreo cookies
• 4 tbs. of chocolate powder
• Medium sized Ziploc bag
• Large sized Ziploc bag
• Towel
• 3 tbs. sugar
• A plastic spoon

Procedures

Ice was added …show more content…

It is the changes in energy by the state it’s going through. The mixture converts into a solid because of the change of its surroundings, which was the bag with ice and rock salt. This lab project helps us see the changes on temperature and how the milk was affected to this change.

Post Lab Questions

1. Is the freezing an exothermic or endothermic?
a. Endothermic
2. Why did the outside of the bag get wet? (assume your bag did not leak)
a. The ice was melting due to the heat of our bodies released.
3. Describe the transfers of the energy that occurred in the lab between the air and the bag and between the ice cream and salted ice.
a. The air filled the bag and the ice cream was formed because the melted ice gave it coldness.

4. What happened shortly after you added the salt to the ice cubes? Was the temperature above or below the freezing point of the water?
a. The salt reduced the temperature. The temperature went below the freezing point.
5. What does this tell you about the freezing point of fresh water lake or salt water ocean?
a. The freezing point of fresh water of lake is not as cold as the salt water of the ocean because of the

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