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Lab Session 1:

• Prepare the mixture (described in Section 3) and begin stirring the mixture so that it will
be saturated when you are ready to begin collecting samples.
• Prepare the standardized HCl solution (Section 1).
• Prepare the test tubes (Section 2).
• Collect the saturated solutions at ~ 20°C, ~ 10°C, ~ 0°C (Section 3).
• If time permits, titrate the three samples (Section 5).

Lab Session 2:

• Prepare the mixture (described in Section 4) and begin stirring and heating the mixture.
• If you did not complete the titrations of the 3 samples from Section 3 in the previous lab
session, titrate them now (Section 5). Be sure to watch the solution you are heating to
prevent it from exceeding 70°C.
• Collect the saturated solutions at ~ 50°C, ~ 40°C, ~ 30°C (Section 4).
• Titrate the three samples (Section 5).

Section 1: Standardized HCl solution

1. Carry out the procedure on the addendum.

Section 2: Preparing the test tubes

2. With pipette, measure precisely 5.00 mL of water into each of six test tubes and mark the
levels with a wax pencil. You will use these as a measure of your volume of solution later.
3. Label the test tubes ~ 50°, ~ 40°, ~ 30°, ~ 20°, ~10 °C, and ~ 0°C.
4. Empty the test tubes and dry them.
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5. In beaker, mix 5-5.5 g of borax and 65 mL of water and allow to stir on a magnetic stirrer for
at least one hour (60 minutes).
6. Record the measured temperature of the solution, and transfer 5.00 mL to the test tube
labeled ~ 20°C.
7. Then, put the beaker into an ice bath and carefully monitor the temperature, as you stir the
solution carefully with the thermometer, until the solution is at ~10°C. Once the solid has
fully settled, transfer 5.00 mL of the solution to the 10°C test tube. Record the precise
temperature.
8. Allow the solution to cool as low as it will go (may not get to 0°C), record the precise
temperature and transfer 5.00 mL to the ~ 0°C test tube.

Section 4: Obtaining the saturated solutions for 30° - 60° C

9. On a hot plate, heat a mixture of about 30 g of borax and 65 mL of water in a 150 mL beaker
to about 65°C. Try not to allow the solution to exceed 70°C, as thermal decomposition may
occur.
10. Keep the solution at ~ 65°C for 45-60 minutes.
11. Remove from the hot plate.
12. While carefully stirring the solution occasionally with a thermometer (be gentle – your
thermometer is fragile), allow the solution to cool to ~ 50°.
13. Allow the borax to settle out and transfer precisely 5.00 mL of the solution into the test tube
labeled ~ 50°. Use a preheated glass pipette for the transfer. Record the precise
temperature in your notebook and use it in your calculations. It will likely not be exactly 50°.
14. Allow the mixture to cool to ~ 40°C and transfer a second sample. Repeat for ~ 30°C.

Section 5: Analyzing samples for Borate ion

15. If borax has precipitated from the solution (usually only a problem for the 40° or 50°C
samples), carefully warm the test tube to redissolve the crystallized borax.
16. Transfer the contents of this test tube to a 250 mL Erlenmeyer flask. Rinse the test tube with
several portions of water to assure that you have transferred all the borax to the flask.
(You should see no white film on the inside of the tube – the white film would be
precipitated borax.)
17. Add enough deionized water to the flask to keep the borax dissolved.
18. Add two or three drops of bromcresol green indicator and titrate the solution with the
standardized 0.5 M HCl. The end point is signified by a color change from blue to green to
yellow.
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1. Based on the values of 'H and 'S that you determined for the dissolution of Borax, what
would be the value of Ksp at 70.0qC?

2. Based on the values of 'H and 'S that you determined for the dissolution of Borax, what
would be the solubility of borax at 85.0qC?
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• PRELAB Guidelines:
o Prepare a standard prelab including the reaction studied (put in appropriate context).
o The Prelab questions should be answered on the printed lab handout pages.

• Assignment & Report Guidelines:

o DATA: Present the original data, any excel or reorganized data tables (if appropriate).

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! Present the COMPLETE calculations for the Ksp of Borax dissolution at a single
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! Report ∆Hº and ∆Sº values for the reaction.
! Calculate ∆Gº at each measured temperature based on the ∆Hº and ∆Sº values.
Summarize in the results table above.

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