I am doing an experiment on saponification. we conducted a hard water test at the end with 4 different test tubes. this experiment went as follows
"Hard Water Reactions.
Place about one-third spatula full of the soap you have prepared in a 50-mL beaker containing 25 mL of water.
Warm the beaker with its contents to dissolve the soap.
Pour 5 mL of the soap solution into each of 5 test tubes (nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5).
Test no. 1 with 2 drops of a 5% solution of calcium chloride (5% CaCl2), no. 2
with 2 drops of a 5% solution of magnesium chloride (5% MgCl2), no. 3 with 2 drops of a 5% solution of iron(III) chloride (5% FeCl3), and no. 4 with tap water. The no. 5 tube will be used for a basicity test, which will be performed later.
Record your observations on the Report Sheet. "
OUR RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS
test tube #4 (water) : Solution turned an thick orange color, no transparency
Test tube #3 (iron III chloride): Solution turned an thick orange color, no transparency
test tube #2 (magnesium chloride): Solution turned an extremely cloudy color, no transparency
test tube #1 (calcium chloride): Solution turned a cloudy white color, solid particle was formed in the middle along with a few bubbles on the top
my question is, what do the results for each test tube mean? i am having trouble writing up my discussion. the full lab link is as follows: http://www.seattlecentral.edu/faculty/ptran/bastyr/Summer%2006/organic/Organic%20Exp/Experiment4Preparation%20and%20properties%20of%20a%20soap1.pdf
I am doing an experiment on saponification. we conducted a hard water test at the end with 4 different test tubes. this experiment went as follows
"Hard Water Reactions.
Place about one-third spatula full of the soap you have prepared in a 50-mL beaker containing 25 mL of water.
Warm the beaker with its contents to dissolve the soap.
Pour 5 mL of the soap solution into each of 5 test tubes (nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5).
Test no. 1 with 2 drops of a 5% solution of calcium chloride (5% CaCl2), no. 2
with 2 drops of a 5% solution of magnesium chloride (5% MgCl2), no. 3 with 2 drops of a 5% solution of iron(III) chloride (5% FeCl3), and no. 4 with tap water. The no. 5 tube will be used for a basicity test, which will be performed later.
Record your observations on the Report Sheet. "
OUR RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS
test tube #4 (water) : Solution turned an thick orange color, no transparency
Test tube #3 (iron III chloride): Solution turned an thick orange color, no transparency
test tube #2 (magnesium chloride): Solution turned an extremely cloudy color, no transparency
test tube #1 (calcium chloride): Solution turned a cloudy white color, solid particle was formed in the middle along with a few bubbles on the top
my question is, what do the results for each test tube mean? i am having trouble writing up my discussion. the full lab link is as follows: http://www.seattlecentral.edu/faculty/ptran/bastyr/Summer%2006/organic/Organic%20Exp/Experiment4Preparation%20and%20properties%20of%20a%20soap1.pdf
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