Unknown Solution Lab Report

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Unknown Solution 1
I believe that the first unknown solution is made up of molecular compounds. This is because the solution had very little conductivity, meaning there was not an equal amount of ions broken down in the solution. The solution had no scattering, which means the molecular compounds were fully dissolved in their solvent, which was not water. When tap water was added to solution 1, the color changed from green to blue. If water was the original solvent, we would not see this color change. The absorption spectrum follows most of what the color green would absorb on its own: red, blue, and purple wavelengths. However, there was some absorption of the green wavelength. The first solution has the highest overall absorbance …show more content…

The transition metals are known for giving solutions a pigmentation, such as the yellow of solution 2. Furthermore, I believe the solution is made up of ionic bonds because it has the highest conductivity out of all three solutions. The ions, when broken down, create a hospitable environment for conduction. The absorbance spectrum makes sense because of the color of the solution, yellow. The wavelengths absorbed the most were blue and purple. When the sodium hydroxide was added to the solution, an orange precipitate formed. Precipitates are insoluble ionic solids, such as the precipitate formed when FeCl3 and NaOH were mixed in a previous lab session. The solution was also determined to be a strong acid by the pH strip. This means that when the bonds of the ionic compound were broken by the solvent, there was a high concentration of protons. Only metals can be positive ions, so therefore the solution must contain a heavy concentration of metal ions, and due to the conductivity, there is also a high concentration of nonmetal ions present. The last experiment we performed only proved that there were no hydroxides present, as previously mentioned. This furthers my explanation that the solution is ionic, and contains a transition …show more content…

There was scattering present, which means that there are particles present in the solution, and the clear color means that there are no dyes or transitions metals present. The absorption was extremely low for this solution, meaning that there is a low concentration of particles in the solution. However, the compounds are ionic because there was a high conductivity for this solution. When NaOH was added, there was no precipitant, because all of those molecules are already present in the solution, or at least molecules that behave in a similar fashion. There was no change in the scattering when the sodium hydroxide was added, which means the particles present remained constant. A pH strip proved the solution was neutral, much like a salt would be. The solution, when mixed with solution 1, turned solution 1 blue. This change was most likely due to the presence of hydrogen and oxygens atoms in solution 3. When tap water was added to the solution, there was no change macroscopically or with the scattering. This most likely means the solution is made up of a salt dissolved in

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