Chemistry Lab 1
Chemistry Lab 1
Chemistry Lab 1
Experimental Procedure:
1. Set up the apparatus as shown in the diagram above.
2. Place strips of litmus paper in the glass tube.
3. Soak pieces of cotton wool in concentrated ammonia and hydrogen chloride separately.
4. Place the soaked cotton wool simultaneously at each end of the glass tube.
5. Seal of the glass tube ends with rubber bung.
6. Record the time taken for the ammonia and hydrogen chloride vapours to diffuse.
7. Observe changes.
8. Use your observations to explain what happened during the experiment.
Observation:
1. The initial colour of the universal indicator is yellow.
2. The universal indicator changed its colour from yellow to pink when concentrated
hydrogen chloride was added.
3. The universal indicator changed its colour from yellow to blue when concentrated
ammonia was added.
4. A white ring was formed closer to the end of the tube with the concentrated hydrogen
chloride.
Results:
Length of glass tube (cm) Distance of white ring from Distance of white ring from
ammonia (cm) hydrogen chloride (cm)
28cm 19cm3 9cm3