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Junior Padilla

Law of Conservation of Mass Lab


“You can’t get something for nothing!”
Pre-lab:

1. What is the law of conservation of mass?

Mas can not be created nor destroyed., But change from one form to another.

2. Why would it be hard to prove the law when a gas is produced?

Because the gas molecules move quickly into the outside space and away from the system.

3. Read through what you will be doing in the lab. What is the difference between an “open” system and a
“closed” system?
In an open system both matter and energy can enter or leave. Whereas in a closed system the
amount of matter is constant and only energy can enter or leave.

Reaction: Water and Effervescent Tablet


Materials: timer, balloon, Erlenmeyer flask, electric balance, water, 2 effervescent tablets

Part 1: OPEN system Water and Effervescent Table


1. Confirm the balance is on and zeroed. OPEN System
2. Fill a clean Erlenmeyer flask with 50 mL of water.
3. Find and record the starting mass of ONLY the flask, water and tablet: Starting mass (g): 75
Place the flask and effervescent tablet on the balance. Record in the
data table. Ending mass (g): 75
4. Place the tablet into the flask of water. Swirl and wait 3 minutes.
Amount changed (g): 0
5. Once the reaction is complete, record the ending mass.
6. Calculate the amount of mass changed.

Part 2: CLOSED system


1. Thoroughly clean the flask and fill with 50 mL of water. Water and Effervescent Table
2. Place an effervescent tablet into a balloon. You can break the tablet if CLOSED System
needed.
3. Place the balloon around the rim of the flask, but DO NOT let the Starting mass (g): 78
tablet fall into the water.
4. Find and record the starting mass of ONLY the flask, water and tablet: Ending mass (g): 78
Place the flask and effervescent tablet on the balance. Record in the
Amount changed (g): 0
data table.
5. Lift the balloon, causing the tablet to fall into the water. Swirl and
wait 3 minutes.
6. Once the reaction is complete, record the ending mass.
7. Calculate the amount of mass changed.

Analysis:

As you know scientists write chemical reactions like mathematical formulas. The reactions are on the left of the arrow
and the products are on the right of the arrow.
REACTANTS 🡪 PRODUCTS

The effervescent tablet contains a chemical called sodium bicarbonate (baking soda). This chemical reacts with water
according to the following reaction:

H2O + NaHCO3 🡪 NaOH + CO2 + H2O

Water + sodium bicarbonate 🡪 sodium hydroxide + carbon dioxide + water

1. Based on the chemical equation provided:


a. What are the products in the reaction?
sodium hydroxide + carbon dioxide + water

b. What are the reactants?


Water + sodium bicarbonate

2. Describe what happened when the effervescent tablet was put into the water.
it started dissolving

3. Did a chemical reaction (chemical change) occur? What evidence do you have to support your answer?
yes because a gas was produced in the making

4. Compare part 1 of this reaction, the open system, to part 2, the closed system. How are they alike? How were they
different?

they have the same amount of mass changed


They have different start/ending mass numbers

5. How did the starting mass of part 2 compare to the ending mass? Based on your observations and data, does this
experiment support the Law of Conservation of Mass? Explain why or why not.
they were the same number, and yes it does support the law because some of the water was
changed into a gas

6. If there was a change between the starting mass and ending mass, what could account for that change?
a. Open System:

b. Closed System:

7. In this experiment, what errors could have occurred that would have affected the outcome?
- for the closed system the balloon had a hole, changing ti to an open system.
- different amounts of water in each system
- different sizes in the tablest

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