M6L2 Engineering a Better Airbag 2022

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Engineering a Better Airbag April 7, 2024 Purpose To replicate a chemical airbag to better understand how the ideal gas law fills up the bag. To replicate a chemical airbag to better understand how the ideal gas law fills up the bag.
1 To replicate a chemical airbag to better understand how the ideal gas law fills up the bag. To replicate a chemical airbag to better understand how the ideal gas law fills up the bag. To replicate a chemical airbag to better understand how the ideal gas law fills up the bag Procedure Mix baking soda and vinegar and watch the reaction by seeing the bag fill up with air and repeat the experiment with different amounts of products. Experimental Data Table 1: Model Air Bag Include correct units with data. Include Calculations where needed. Activit Data Calculations © 2016 Carolina Biological Supply Company
2 y Volume of 6 × 9 inch bag 1.20 L Room temper ature 295K Room pressur e 1.00atm Moles of CO 2 require d to inflate bag 0.0494 mol CO2 1.2(1.00)/(0.0821) (295)n=0.0494 mol CO2 Balanc ed equatio n for the reactio n of NaHCO 3 and CH 3 CO OH NaHCO3(s)+CH3COOH(aq) H2O(I) +CO2(g)+CH3COOH(aq) Mass of NaHCO 3 needed for the reactio n (84.0 g/mol) 4.1530470911gm NaHCO3=0.0494x84 .0=4.1530470911gm Volume of vinegar require d 59.3529853541 ml (0.0494x1000)/ 0.833=59.3529853541 ml © 2016 Carolina Biological Supply Company
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3 (0.833 M acetic acid) Table 2: Model Air Bag Tria l # NaHCO 3 (grams ) Vineg ar (mL) Observations 1 4.15 59.3 The bag inflated, white bubbled began sizzling and the bag inflated when the bag was shaken 2 4.45 64.2 The bag inflated quicker, and it sizzled louder. The bag inflated much more 3 4.65 69.3 The bag was even quicker in inflating. It seemed like the bag was going to pop. Table 3: 160-L Front Passenger-Side Air Bag Activity Data Calculations Moles of CO 2 required to inflate 160-L front passenger-side air bag at room temperature and pressure 6.57mol of CO2 1.00atmx160L/(0.0821Lxatm/mol)x295k=6.57mol of CO2 Grams of NaHCO 3 needed for the reaction 553g NaHCO3=6.58molx84.0g/mol=553g mL of CH 3 COOH (0.833 M) needed for the reaction 7899m l 6.58molx1000mL/(0.833mol/ L)x1L=7899mL © 2016 Carolina Biological Supply Company
4 Lab Questions 1. What are the assumptions you used when calculating the amount of NaHCO 3 and vinegar needed? I assumed that the more NaHCO3 and vinegar was used the faster the reaction. 2. When you built the model air bag, which can expand to a maximum volume of 1.2 L, you tried different amounts of sodium bicarbonate and vinegar. What did you learn from this trials? 3. Based upon the observed performance of the air bag models, are these reactants a good substitute for sodium azide? (the rate of inflation with sodium azide after a triggering impact is 40 milliseconds (0.04 s). Explain your reasoning. No they would not serve as a good substitute, as they are inefficient and not as effective. They reaction time was slow in some instances and did not provide enough filling of the bag 4. What are possible sources of experimental error? Some errors could include measuring the amount needed for each experiment was wrong. Also, not calculating the reactions properly and premature reactions due to user error Experimental Conclusions The experiment was exciting specially to watch the bags get filled up by the air due to the chemical reaction. Personal Reflection It was a cook experiment but there were instances where I thought the bag was going to inflate so much that the bag was going to pop. © 2016 Carolina Biological Supply Company
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