ChemP1 Unit5 Lab#2 - Mole Ratio

Student Name:Adam Koh
Date lab completed:8/1
Chemistry, Part 1 – Unit 5 Lab Assignment #1

Perform the mole ratio lab from your lab kit. Complete each answer in complete sentences in
your own words.
Lab Title: Mole ratios
Problem: Which mole ratios of copper nitrate with potassium

What problem will this lab answer? This iodide and calcium nitrate with sodium oxalate can
must be in the form of a question. produce the most amount of precipitates?
Hypothesis: If I experiment with 5 total different mole ratios of

Write this in an if… then statement. double replacement reaction, then I can observe and
figure out what mole ratio produces the most amount of
precipitate
Method: I did a total of 2 experiments, one where I used copper
Briefly describe in one paragraph what you nitrate and potassium iodide with 5 different mole ratios
did in the lab (the procedure.) Include 1:5,1:2,1:1,2:1, and 5:1 while the other one I used calcium
chemicals used and any special equipment nitrate and sodium oxalate with the same ratios and then
in your description. waited 5 minutes for all the reactions to be fully complete
then observed which well had the most precipitation
Results: 1. What mole ratio of copper nitrate with
1)What type of information did you potassium iodide, and calcium nitrate with
collect? sodium oxalate had the most precipitation
2)Summarize the results of the lab? Focus 2. After I waited 5 minutes for the precipitates to
on the chemistry. form, I marked down the one that had the most
3)What did you observe? Was there
precipitate and then after balancing the reactions
something you found interesting or
I learned that 1:2 was the best ratio for copper
unusual?
nitrate and potassium iodide while the best ratio
for calcium nitrate and sodium oxalate is 1:1
because both reactants are fully utilizing their
stoichiometric proportions
3. Nothing I observed was too unusual
Discussion 1: A limiting reactant is a reactant in a chemical reaction
What is a limiting reactant? that is completely used up first
Discussion 2: An excess reactant is where there is more than necessary
What is an excess reactant? reactant in a chemical reaction that isn’t used up
Discussion 3: Stoichiometry is the key to determining the mole ratio

What do you use to determine the mole that maximizes yield.
ratio that maximizes yield?
Conclusion: 1. 1:2 was the best ratio for copper nitrate and
1)What is the answer to the problem potassium iodide while the best ratio for calcium
question? nitrate and sodium oxalate is 1:1 because both
2)Was your hypothesis correct? Defend reactants are fully utilizing their stoichiometric
your answer with your results from the lab. proportions which creates the most amount of
3)What were the sources of error?
precipitates
4)What could be done differently next
2. It was half right because after the lab I also had to
time?
do a bit of math to balance the equations then
5)What chemistry did you learn?
use the steps of stoichiometry to figure out which
mole ratio creates the most amount of precipitate
3. Some sources of error could be from the size of
the drops as they sometimes could be different
which would result in wrong ratios
4. Some things that could be done next time is by
measuring out the ratios instead of just trusting
that we have the right ratios just by dropping
drops
5. Steps of stoichiometry, mole ratios, and balancing
equations
CRAAP Link:
https://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/stoichiometry/st
oichiometriccalculations/section2/
Required Photos (5):
2 photos for each reaction showing the
wells, top-down, and side view. They
should show the precipitate in each well,
and the well with the most precipitate
should be marked in the photo.. A fifth
photo of you doing the lab. All photos are
properly labeled with chemicals in each
well, and you must be clearly visible in the
photo.
Insert a photo or scan of your Table 9.1 and Table 9.2
Completed Lab Manual Questions:
1. Write the balanced equations for the reaction in Part 1 and Part 2.
Part 1 Cu(NO3)2+2KI→CuI2 + 2KNO3
Part 2 Ca(NO3)2(aq)+Na2C2O4(aq)→CaC2O4(s)+2NaNO3
2. The wells with the most precipitate were:
Part 1 B1 Part 2 C1
3. Why did these well have the most precipitate?
Because after balancing the equations and doing the steps of stoichiometry, it reveals that
those ratios completely use up both of the reactants allowing the most amount of
precipitations to form
4. Which chemical is the limiting reactant in well A1? Explain how you know this.
It is Cu(NO3)2 because the perfect ratio of copper nitrate to potassium iodide is 1:2
and the ratio has 3 more drops of KI than intended which makes Cu(NO3)2 the limiting
reactant because more of Cu(NO3)2 is needed to have no excess reactant which
makes Cu(NO3)2 the limiting reactant
5. Which chemical is the excess reactant in well D12? Explain how you know this.
It is sodium oxalate because the correct ratio for calcium nitrate to sodium oxalate is
1:1 but the sodium oxalate has 2 extra drops and it doesn’t have enough calcium
nitrate to react with making it have excess reactant

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Student Name:Adam Koh

Date lab completed:8/1

Chemistry, Part 1 – Unit 5 Lab Assignment #1

Problem: Which mole ratios of copper nitrate with potassium

Hypothesis: If I experiment with 5 total different mole ratios of

Discussion 3: Stoichiometry is the key to determining the mole ratio

Part 1 Cu(NO3)2+2KI→CuI2 + 2KNO3

2. The wells with the most precipitate were:

3. Why did these well have the most precipitate?

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