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Chem Lab Report 1 - Nacl

The purpose of the lab was to compare the densities and concentrations of NaCl solutions to find the concentration of two unknown solutions. Five known concentration solutions were made and their densities measured. A scatter plot was made comparing concentration and density, and a linear regression line was fitted. This line was used to calculate the concentrations of the two unknown solutions based on their densities. The r2 value of 0.9941 indicated the calculations had little error.

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Chem Lab Report 1 - Nacl

The purpose of the lab was to compare the densities and concentrations of NaCl solutions to find the concentration of two unknown solutions. Five known concentration solutions were made and their densities measured. A scatter plot was made comparing concentration and density, and a linear regression line was fitted. This line was used to calculate the concentrations of the two unknown solutions based on their densities. The r2 value of 0.9941 indicated the calculations had little error.

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The Relationship Between Density and Concentration - A Mathematical Model

Olivia Solverson
September 17, 2018
Lab Partner: Owen Daugherty
Purpose
The purpose of this lab was to compare the densities and concentrations of five NaCl
solutions and make a scatter plot with a best fit line of this relationship in order to find the
concentrations of two NaCl solutions of unknown concentration, but known density.

Procedure
The materials were gathered. Ten milliliter solutions of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, and 25%
NaCl were made. One by one, the temperature in Celsius, mass in grams, and volume in
milliliters (constant at ten milliliters) were measured, and the density in grams per milliliter was
calculated. These statistics were also taken for two solutions of unknown NaCl concentration.
The results were recorded. A scatter plot was constructed by comparing the concentrations and
densities of the solutions of known concentration. A linear regression line was plotted and the
equation of this line was used to find the concentrations of the unknown NaCl solutions using the
densities.

Experimental Data

NaCl Temperature (°C) Mass (g) Volume (mL) Density (g/mL)


Percentages by
weight (%)

5 23.80 10.55 10.00 1.055

10 22.80 10.89 10.00 1.089

15 32.30 11.08 10.00 1.108

20 27.20 11.38 10.00 1.138

25 29.50 11.69 10.00 1.169

Unknown #1 24.90 10.78 10.00 1.078

Unknown #2 23.70 11.29 10.00 1.129


Calculations and Graphs

Equation of linear regression line: y = .0055x + 1.029


y is the density
x is the percent NaCl
Unknown solution 1: 8.909% NaCl
Unknown solution 2: 18.18% NaCl

Conclusion
It was concluded from this experiment, using the line of regression plotted above, that the
percent NaCl of the first unknown solution is 8.909, and that the percent NaCl of the second
unknown solution is 18.18.

Error Analysis
The r2 value was .9941 for this experiment, so there was very little error in calculations.
However, it is evident that minor error was present due to the y-intercept of 1.029 as opposed to
1.000, the density of pure water (0% NaCl). It is possible that the salt was not completely
dissolved, which affected measurements, or that the amount of salt used or total amount of
solution made was not exact.

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