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Summer Murphy, Skyler Brown, Jimmy Warren

Chemistry, 7th Hour


May 11, 2014

Title: Mole Rocket Lab


Background: Hydrogen gas can be created by reacting zinc metal and hydrochloric acid. The
decomposition of hydrogen peroxide can help create oxygen gas, which supports combustion. In
this experiment, yeast will be used as a catalyst in the decomposition reaction to create oxygen
gas.
Pre-Lab Questions:
1. 2Zn + 2HCl H2 + 2ZnCl
2. 2H2O2 O2 + 2H2O
Hypothesis: If the ratios of hydrogen and oxygen are equal, then the gas mixture will be the
most powerful.
Materials:
HCl, 3 M, 15 mL
H2O2, 3%, 15 mL
Yeast supspension, 2%, 5 mL
Mossy zinc, 5 g
Beaker, 250 mL
Graduated Cylinder, 10 mL
Marker
Rubber stoppers

Paper towels
Pipets, graduated
Safety matches
Spatula
Test tube rack
Test tubes
Scissors

Procedure:
-On EdmodoResults:
i.
Pop-test Properties of H2
Pop-test Properties of O2
Oxygen:Hydrogen Mole Ratio
1:5
2:4
3:3
4:2
5:1

Semi-loud pop, louder than O2


Semi-loud pop, not as loud as H2
Relative Loudness
Loud pop, 5
Loudest pop of all, 9
Loud pop, but not louder than 2:4, 7
Most quiet pop, 2
Did not pop, 0

Summer Murphy, Skyler Brown, Jimmy Warren


Chemistry, 7th Hour
May 11, 2014

ii.
5;1

4;2

3;3

2;4

1;5
0

iii.

10

When the oxygen to hydrogen ratio was 1:5, the pop (on a scale of 1-10) was about a
5. When the ratio was 2:4, it was the loudest pop observed/heard, at a rate of about 9.
At a 3:3 ratio, it was a semi-loud pop, but not louder than 2:4 ratio, at about a 7.
When the ratio was 4:2, it was the quietest pop, at a 2. At a ratio of 5:1, it did not pop
at all.

Conclusion:
1. The relative loudness of pure oxygen was . The relative loudness of pure hydrogen
2. 2H2 + O2 2H2O
3. 2 moles of hydrogen react with 1 mole of oxygen to give 2 moles of water.
4.
Parts H2 6
5
4
3
2
1
Parts O2 0
1
2
3
4
5
Which
H2
H2
H2
Neither
O2
O2
reactant is
excess?
How
much is
left over?

None

0
6
O2
2

5. The oxygen to hydrogen ratio of 2:4 produced the most explosive nature. This mixture
was the most explosive because hydrogen is combustible, and it burns quite readily.
Therefore, when just enough oxygen is added to it, which supports combustion, it will be
the perfect ratio for the hydrogen to have enough support.

Summer Murphy, Skyler Brown, Jimmy Warren


Chemistry, 7th Hour
May 11, 2014
6. The hydrogen and oxygen gas mixtures in the collection bulb do not react as soon as they

are collected because gas molecules at room temperature are spread far apart. Therefore,
they are not colliding with each other and creating a reaction. The match, gradually
increasing in temperature, helps to increase the temperature of the gas molecules, causing
them to increase in speed, and collide more. This creates the reaction, but it takes time
because the average kinetic energy is gradually increasing.

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