Chem Sba 1

Name Derell Ruan Form 4B1 SBA Chemistry Aim To determine which gas, Ammonia or hydrogen chloride defuses faster. Hypothesis Ammonia will defuse faster than hydrogen chloride. Materials Equipment Chemicals * 2 retort clamp and stand Ammonia * 1 ? m glass electron tube * 2 250cm3 beakers * Cotton Wool * Stop clock * standard rule * Tweezers * 2 Rubber bum Method The equipment was collected. * The glass tube was placed between the two clamps ensuring that it was leveled. * A small amount of hydrochloric acid was poured into the beaker. * The cotton wool was placed at one end of the glass tube using tweezers. Seal it off with a rubber bum. * Repeating steps 3-5 simultaneously. * The hinder clock was started, keeping record of clipping taken to the white cloud to form. * The meter rule was used to measure the distance of the white cloud from apiece end of the tube. ResultsChemical Distance Time ( in sec) Rate of Diffusion Molecular weight Ammonia 90 285 0. 315 17. 03 Hydrochlori c acid 60 285 0. 210 36. 46 Interpretation of results The heading of the glass tube is to eliminate air currents and to let the gas molecules will move on their own. The gas molecules follow a path through the tube as they collide with the air molecules in the tube. Ammonia will diffuses faster because it has a faster rate of diffusion and it is almost twice a scant(p) as Hydrochloric acid.A cloud like figure should show up when the gases collide. Conclusion The reaction which is taking place is ammonia + hydrogen chloride ammonium chloride NH3(g) + HCl (g) NH4Cl (s) The exact time taken for the cloud to form depended on the dimensions of the tube, and the amount of the solutions which are put on the cotton wool. The cloud formed nearer to the hydrochloric acid end of the tube because ammonia diffuses faster than hydrochloric acid.This is because hydrogen chloride has almost twice the molecular weight of ammonia, and the rate of diffusion is inversely proportional to the square root of the molecular business deal of the gas. The hypothesis was correct and is proven by the results of the experiment and what was interpreted was also proven by the results of the experiment. Limitations The experiment could not have been conducted several times modify the results to be more accurate, because of the high risk that it could have done to the human body.