Molarity Remote Lab

Concentration – Understanding Molarity and Parameters affecting Molarity Remote Lab (This lesson is designed for a student working remotely.) Learning Goals ● Describe the relationships between volume and amount of solute to solution concentration. ● Predict how solution concentration will change for any action (or combination of actions) that adds or removes water, solute, or solution, and explain why. Develop your understanding: Explore the Concentration simulation. Try to find all the ways you can change the concentration of the solution in the beaker. Explain your understanding: 1. Mole calculation review. Show your work: a. How many moles is 55 g of NaCl? = 0.94 mol NaCl 0.025 g of NaCO3? = 0.0004 g of NaCO3 b. How many grams is 0.5 moles of NaCl? = 29.2 g 2.11 moles of NaCO3? = 123.3 g 2. There are several ways to measure Concentration. This simulation uses Molarity (mol/L). a. What does mol/L mean? mol/L means Molar Concentration. b. Describe in your own words how mol/L compares to grams/liter. (similarities and differences) Similarities: mol/L and grams/liter both are units of concentration. Differences: mol/L concentration says how many moles of solute are present in 1L of solution. grams/liter concentration says how many grams of solute are present in 1L of solution. 3. Describe at least 2 ways in the simulation to change each of the parameters: page 1 a. Volume of solution = evaporating or adding more water b. Amount of solute = reducing the water or evaporating some water c. Concentration of solute in solution = evaporating or adding more solute page 2 4. Volume effects on concentration: a. Is dilution directly or indirectly related to Molarity? directly Explain how you used the sim to determine the relationship and give evidence of measurements you made to support your ideas. This helped determine the relationship because the more water you add, the smaller the concentration gets. For example, for example, my concentration started at 0.670M but as I added .5L it became 0.335M. So, the molarity decreases when volume increases. b. How is evaporation related to Molarity? Use your own words to describe why the relationship makes sense based on the data you used to support the dilution relationship. Explain how you used the sim to determine the relationship and give evidence of measurements you made to support your ideas. This helped determine the relationship because Molarity is the amount (in mole) of solute in a solvent. ... If the solute is very volatile, then it will be evaporated from the solution as temperature rising. So, the amount of solute is decreasing, causing the molarity decreasing. If the solvent itself volatile, then the molarity will increase. c. What is one way to change the volume without changing the concentration? Describe why the concentration doesn’t change. One way to change the volume without changing the concentration is by adding more solute 5. Does the concentration change in the same way if you used solid or liquid to add solute? Explain why your observation makes sense using things from your everyday life like table salt. No, the concentration does not change in the same way if we used solid or liquid to add solute. Summarize your understanding: 6. What are all the things that affect Concentration measured in mol/L (parameters in the sim). List here and identify if the variable is directly or indirectly related to the concentration: Evaporation, amount of water, amount of solute, volume of solvent 7. Explore the Molarity simulation and consider how it compares (similarities and differences) to Concentration. Write down your observations. - molarity simulation only shows the molarity of the substance - concentration shows the moles - you balance each thing you pour into the beaker with the molarity simulation. page 3 Test your understanding: 1. Show your work: 2. Show your work: 3. Show your work: page 4 For #4-8, predict your answer and support your answer with an explanation. Then use the Concentration simulation to verify and add screen captures to your explanation. 4. Prediction and explanation with support 5. Prediction and explanation with support 6. Prediction and explanation with support page 5 7. Prediction and explanation with support 8. Prediction and explanation with support page 6