Lab 7: Reactions Lab



Reactions Lab

Introduction:

The purpose of this lab was to test several different reactions and observe what each one does. Also, we used the reactions that did occur and wrote and classified balanced chemical equations to increase our understanding of the various reactions and possibly find patterns.




Conclusion/Explanation:

Overall, the lab was pretty successful, but my partner and I ran into some trouble with a broken Bunsen burner. We were able to still finish a few different reactions. Our favorite reaction was probably the burning magnesium because watching the metal strip burn was very exciting and gave a very great, bright light show. At first the color of the fire was just a light blue with a few flickers of orange. Then, eventually, the flickers became longer until it was a consistent darker red. Very slowly, the tip of the magnesium strip became white followed by a bright long flash of white. This probably lasted for at least 10-15 seconds after heating up for about 5-10 minutes.

Basically, what happened was while the magnesium strip was being heated up and exposed to oxygen, the magnesium and oxygen went through a synthesis reaction and became magnesium oxide. 


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