Friday, January 14, 2011

Soluble and Insoluble substances

Experiment 1: What substances dissolve in water?

Copper Sulphate (CuSO4)
Sodium Chloride (NaCl) (Salt)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Sugar (CnH2nOn)
Course ground Pepper
Test tubes

First we put 1/4 measure of Copper Sulphate into a test tube and added 2cm of water. Then we shook the test tube gently, and left it in the test tube rack. We did the same with the others, and a few minutes later we had a look at them. Here are the results:

Name of Chemical Did it dissolve?

Copper Sulphate Yes

Sodium Chloride Yes

Calcium Carbonate No

Sugar Yes

Course ground Pepper No



Observations
When the Copper Sulphate dissolved, it turned the water slightly blue.

When we shook the Calcium Carbonate, it looked like it dissolved, but a few minutes later, when we looked at them again, we saw that it had settled at the bottom of the test tube.


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4 comments:

Abi said...

I did a nice table, and the post has messed it up!!!! GRRRR

Catrin said...

abi,you are three yrs younger than me,and you know lloooaaaddsss more than me!!!!!!!!!!

Abi said...

the chemical formulars (however ya spell it) were copied and pasted off wikipedia.

Anonymous said...

now thats more like it:)