Double Replacement Reaction Lab Report

For the second single replacement reaction experiment, zinc metal is place in a 2mL of hydrochloric acid solution; during this reaction, bubbles are forming inside the test tube which indicates the formation of gas. After the reaction, the HCl solution appears to still have bubbles in its presence and the zinc metal is fizzing. In this reaction, the zinc reacts with the hydrochloric acid to form zinc chloride and hydrogen gas (equation 10). For the first double replacement reaction, barium nitrate Ba(NO3)2 is combined with sodium hydroxide NaOH. During the reaction, the mixture is cloudy and white while there are small particles of precipitation in the solution of the test tube. After the reaction, the mixture of barium nitrate and sodium hydroxide remains cloudy and the precipitation is …show more content…
This mixture remains clear and no visible reaction is present in the test tube. After the reaction, there is still no visible reaction and it is the same way it first started. The activity series of metals in this reaction is that sodium is above hydrogen which means sodium has the ability to replace hydrogen5. In this reaction, nitric acid and sodium hydroxide reacts to form water and sodium nitrate (equation 12). The third double replacement reaction experiment, nitric acid HNO3 is combined with sodium carbonate Na2CO3. This mixture also remains clear and no visible reaction is present in the test tube. After the reaction, no visible reaction and non-reactivity is present in the test tube just like the way it started. The activity of metals for this reaction is that sodium has a higher reactivity than hydrogen, being able to replace hydrogen in the compound5. In this reaction, nitric acid and sodium carbonate reacts to produce sodium nitrate and carbonic acid (equation 13). In the combustion reaction experiment, the isopropyl alcohol is ignited by the flame of the Bunsen