2-3: Strong and Weak Electrolytes

2-3: Strong and Weak Electrolytes
1. Start Virtual ChemLab, select Reactions and Stoichiometry, and then select Strong and Weak
Electrolytes from the list of assignments. The lab will open in the Titration laboratory.
2. Enter the stockroom by clicking inside the Stockroom window. Once inside the stockroom, double-
click or click and drag on the three reagents, NaCl, Na2CO3 (100%), and NaHCO3 (100%) to move
them to the stockroom counter. Click on the green Return To Lab arrow to return to the laboratory.
3. For each salt that was selected in the stockroom, complete the following procedure: double-click or
click and drag the bottle on the stockroom counter to move it to the spotlight next to the balance.
Click on the Beakers drawer and place a beaker in the spotlight next to the salt bottle in the balance
area. Click on the Balance area to zoom in and open the bottle by clicking on the lid (Remove Lid).
Drag a piece of weighing paper and drop it on the balance and then Tare the balance. Pick up the
Scoop and scoop out some sample by first dragging the scoop to the mouth of the bottle and then
pulling the scoop down the face of the bottle. As the scoop is dragged down the face of the bottle it
will pick up different quantities of solid. Select the largest sample possible and drag the scoop to the
balance and drop it on the weighing paper. This will put approximately 1 g of sample on the balance.
Now drag the weighing paper with the sample and drop it in the beaker. Click on the green Zoom Out
arrow to return to the laboratory.
Move the beaker to the stir plate. Pick up the 25 mL graduated cylinder near the sink and hold it
under the water tap until it fills. Pour the water into the beaker by dragging and dropping the cylinder
on the beaker. Turn on the conductivity meter located on the lower right of the table and place the
conductivity probe in the beaker and record the conductivity of the solution in the data table below.
Double-click on the salt bottle to place it back on the stockroom counter. Place the beaker in the red
disposal bucket. Repeat for the other two reagents.
4. When you have completed the three reagents, return to the Stockroom. Double-click on each bottle to
return it to the shelf. Obtain three more samples (two salts and one solution): KNO3, NH4Cl, and NH3
and return to the laboratory. Follow procedure #3 for NH4Cl and KNO3, except in the case of NH4Cl
use only 0.6 g of sample (a 0.5 g scoop and a 0.1 g scoop).
For the NH3 solution, complete the following procedure: Place a beaker on the stir plate. Pick up the
NH3 solution from the stockroom shelf, drag it to the 25 mL graduated cylinder, and let go to fill the
cylinder. The solution bottle will automatically go back to the stockroom shelf. Drag the 25 mL
graduated cylinder to the beaker on the stir plate and drop it to transfer the solution into the beaker.
Place the conductivity meter probe in the beaker and record the conductivity in the data table.
5. When you have completed the three reagents, return to the Stockroom. Double-click on each bottle to
return it to the shelf. Obtain two more samples: HCl and HCN. Measure the conductivity of each
solution following procedure #4 and record the conductivity in the data table.
Data Table
NaCl Na2CO3 NaHCO3 KNO3
NH4Cl NH3 HCl HCN
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6. Electrolytes are compounds that conduct electricity in aqueous solutions. Which compounds in your
table are electrolytes? Which are not electrolytes?
7. Would any of these electrolytes conduct electricity in the solid form? Explain.
8. Are these ionic or covalent compounds? Classify each compound in the grid as ionic or covalent. For
a compound to be an electrolyte, what must happen when it dissolves in water?
9. When an ionic solid dissolves in water, water molecules attract the ions causing them to dissociate or
come apart. The resulting dissolved ions are electrically charged particles that allow the solution to
conduct electricity. The following chemical equations represent this phenomenon:
NaCl (s) = Na+ (aq) + Cl- (aq)

Na2CO3 (s) = 2Na+ (aq) + CO32- (aq)
Write a similar balanced chemical equation for each electrolyte in the data table.
10. After examining the chemical reactions for the electrolytes, why does Na2CO3 have a higher
conductivity than all of the other electrolytes?
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table are electrolytes? Which are not electrolytes?

a compound to be an electrolyte, what must happen when it dissolves in water?

NaCl (s) = Na+ (aq) + Cl- (aq)

conductivity than all of the other electrolytes?

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