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Post Lab Research Connection: Graceson Jankovich Questions: 1. Both the article and the experiment both dealt with gravimetric analysis in order to form a precipitate and identify unknowns. Although the desired unknowns were different between the experiment and the journal, the process to find said materials were the same 1 . 2. The journal attempted to find impurities in La2O3 through the use of gravimetric analysis. The scientists also looked to see the differences in impurities between high purity and normal purity La2O3 1 . 3. The scientists used the same standard tools of gravimetric analysis that we used in our experiment. There were some exceptions in the complexity of some of the temperature controlled laboratories and high quality water filters. However, the basic tools were the same. They collected and analyzed their results using a PerkinElmer Optima 4300 DV 1 . 4. According to the article, no further investigation is needed. The experimental ratio to the theoretical value is 0.99991. As you can see the experiment was extremely accurate and the findings were valid and within the scope of reasoning. The experimental expected purity was 99.977 % ± 0.057%. The experimental value was 99.968% which is well within the expected values 1 . 5. Our unknown substance is (NH4)2SO4. The pH of 7.3 and a conductivity test of 6.79 both proved inconclusive. We then moved onto solubility testing which in following the solubility rules, only (NH4)2SO4 could have been the unknown. We then used gravimetric analysis in which we mixed (NH4)2SO4 with BaCl2 to form a precipitate. This confirmed (NH4)2SO4 as the unknown. pH 7.3 Conductivity 6.79 Solubility No ethanol, yes NaOH, Yes HCl, No acetone Only option Left: (NH4)2SO4
Bibliography (1) Miura, T.; Wada, A. Precise Purity Analysis of High-Purity Lanthanum Oxide by Gravimetric Analysis Assisted with Trace Elemental Analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry. Frontiers in Chemistry 2022 , 10 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2022.888636.
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