Hydrate Lab

Topics

• Hydrates & Anhydrous Salts

• Empirical Formulas

• Percent Composition

Learning Objectives

• Experimentally determine the mass of water in a hydrate.

• Calculate the moles of water and the anhydrous salt.

• Determine the mole ratio of water to the salt.

• Write the correct empirical formula for a hydrate.

• Calculate the percent composition of water in a hydrate.

Standards Alignment

• HS-PS1-7

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