Galvanised iron is iron or steel coated with zinc. From your observations, explain how galvanising iron will reduce corrosion even if the zinc surface coating is damaged.

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Part A - Corrosion
On the diagram below sketch the regions where colour has developed and what colour each region is for each test tube.
Part A - Corrosion
A1 - Preparation of Agar Gel [Student 1 does this WHILE STUDENT 2 IS DOING PART A2]
On separate watch glasses weigh 0.8 g of agar and 5.0 g of NaCl using top loading balances.
Thoroughly rinse a 10 mL measuring cylinder and two tall, narrow test tubes. Use the measuring cylinder to dispense 2
mL of phenolphthalein solution into one test tube and 1 mL 0.1 M potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) [K,Fe(CN),] into
the other test tube, ready for step 7 below.
2.
3.
Wash a 250 mL beaker with a little detergent and rinse well before use.
Get a Bunsen burner, wire gauze and heat-proof mat and heat to boiling about 100 mL of demineralised water in the
cleaned 250 mL beaker. (Remember: the gas tap is yellow.)
4.
5.
Move the Bunsen aside, add the agar to the water, and then resume heating with stirring until the agar has completely
dissolved.
iron nail
iron + tin
iron + zinc
iron + aluminium
iron + copper
6.
Turn off the Bunsen and add the NaCl to the hot solution and stir until it dissolves.
Hint: there is no blue colour in the iron + zinc and iron +
Add 2 mL phenolphthalein indicator and 1 mL 0.1 M potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) [K3Fe(CN),] (from step 2), stir
the solution well. The mixture should be yellow, not pink, green, blue, or colourless. Consult your demonstrator if the
mixture is not yellow. Allow the mixture to cool to room temperature before proceeding to part A3. The solution you
have prepared will give a blue colour with Fe2+ (ferrous) ions and a pink colour with OH- (hydroxyl) ions.
7.
aluminium test tubes (and the pink colour is around the
iron nail in these test tubes).
There's blue colour here.
Galvanised iron
iron or steel coated with zinc. From your observations, explain how galvanising iron will reduce corrosion
even if the zinc surface coating is damaged.
A2 – Cleaning the Iron Nails [Student 2 does this WHILE STUDENT 1 IS DOING PART A1]
8.
Place 5 iron nails into one test-tube containing 15 mL of 2 M H,SO, for about 2 minutes.
Get a Bunsen burner, wire gauze and heat-proof mat. Boil about 50 mL of water in a 250 mL bcaker, decant (pour off)
the acid from the nails in the previous step, rinse them several times with tap water and then carefully add them to the
boiling water. After 1 minute (no longer!) turn off the bunsen. Remove the nails one at a time as required, using tongs.
9.
10. Rinse five regular test tubes several times each with water. Label them 1-5. In tube 1 place one of the cleaned nails. In
tubes 2-5 you will place a cleaned nail wrapped in a piece of metal (as described below), and it is important that the
piece of metal fits tightly around the nail.
11. Using a fresh nail (NOT ONE CLEANED IN THE STEPS ABOVE) and a hammer, punch a hole in a piece of tin foil
and then insert one of the cleaned nails through the hole, making sure there is good contact between the nail and tin.
Based on your observations, would it be a good idea to use an iron bracket to hold a copper pipe to a wall? Explain what
would happen.
12. In a similar manner, punch holes in pieces of zinc foil, aluminium foil and copper foil and insert a cleaned nail into the
holes. Place cach nail+metal into the appropriate labeled test tube (tubes 2-5).
Transcribed Image Text:Method Part A - Corrosion On the diagram below sketch the regions where colour has developed and what colour each region is for each test tube. Part A - Corrosion A1 - Preparation of Agar Gel [Student 1 does this WHILE STUDENT 2 IS DOING PART A2] On separate watch glasses weigh 0.8 g of agar and 5.0 g of NaCl using top loading balances. Thoroughly rinse a 10 mL measuring cylinder and two tall, narrow test tubes. Use the measuring cylinder to dispense 2 mL of phenolphthalein solution into one test tube and 1 mL 0.1 M potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) [K,Fe(CN),] into the other test tube, ready for step 7 below. 2. 3. Wash a 250 mL beaker with a little detergent and rinse well before use. Get a Bunsen burner, wire gauze and heat-proof mat and heat to boiling about 100 mL of demineralised water in the cleaned 250 mL beaker. (Remember: the gas tap is yellow.) 4. 5. Move the Bunsen aside, add the agar to the water, and then resume heating with stirring until the agar has completely dissolved. iron nail iron + tin iron + zinc iron + aluminium iron + copper 6. Turn off the Bunsen and add the NaCl to the hot solution and stir until it dissolves. Hint: there is no blue colour in the iron + zinc and iron + Add 2 mL phenolphthalein indicator and 1 mL 0.1 M potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) [K3Fe(CN),] (from step 2), stir the solution well. The mixture should be yellow, not pink, green, blue, or colourless. Consult your demonstrator if the mixture is not yellow. Allow the mixture to cool to room temperature before proceeding to part A3. The solution you have prepared will give a blue colour with Fe2+ (ferrous) ions and a pink colour with OH- (hydroxyl) ions. 7. aluminium test tubes (and the pink colour is around the iron nail in these test tubes). There's blue colour here. Galvanised iron iron or steel coated with zinc. From your observations, explain how galvanising iron will reduce corrosion even if the zinc surface coating is damaged. A2 – Cleaning the Iron Nails [Student 2 does this WHILE STUDENT 1 IS DOING PART A1] 8. Place 5 iron nails into one test-tube containing 15 mL of 2 M H,SO, for about 2 minutes. Get a Bunsen burner, wire gauze and heat-proof mat. Boil about 50 mL of water in a 250 mL bcaker, decant (pour off) the acid from the nails in the previous step, rinse them several times with tap water and then carefully add them to the boiling water. After 1 minute (no longer!) turn off the bunsen. Remove the nails one at a time as required, using tongs. 9. 10. Rinse five regular test tubes several times each with water. Label them 1-5. In tube 1 place one of the cleaned nails. In tubes 2-5 you will place a cleaned nail wrapped in a piece of metal (as described below), and it is important that the piece of metal fits tightly around the nail. 11. Using a fresh nail (NOT ONE CLEANED IN THE STEPS ABOVE) and a hammer, punch a hole in a piece of tin foil and then insert one of the cleaned nails through the hole, making sure there is good contact between the nail and tin. Based on your observations, would it be a good idea to use an iron bracket to hold a copper pipe to a wall? Explain what would happen. 12. In a similar manner, punch holes in pieces of zinc foil, aluminium foil and copper foil and insert a cleaned nail into the holes. Place cach nail+metal into the appropriate labeled test tube (tubes 2-5).
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