Purpose: to determine the percent by mass of magnesium chloride in a potassium nitrate magnesium chloride mixture using a gravimetric analysis.
Theory: In our lab we perform an analysis called gravimetric analysis, hence the title of the lab. Gravimetric analysis, by definition, includes all methods of analysis where the final stage is weighing. Gravimetric analysis can also be described as a method based on the isolation of the desired constituent in pure form or in some combined form from a sample, and weighing the isolated constituent. This is very similar to what we performed in our lab.
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Materials:
• Mixture sample
• Weighing vial
• Analytical balance
• Filter paper
• Funnel
• 250 mL beaker
• Stirring rod
• Distilled water
• .1 M AgNO3
• Buret
• Buret clamp
• Ringstand
Safety Considerations:
Silver nitrate is...