The purpose of this experiment was to see how single-replacement reactions change the physical matter of the original reactants. Hypothetically, the use of 2.120g of CuCl2 should react with the iron nails forming exactly 1 gram of copper. Upon starting the lab process, there was a displacement of 2.120 grams of CuCl2 into the plastic cup containing 50 ml DI water before joining the two iron nails. After the solution sat overnight, the iron nails became black in exterior color, orange copper settlement collected at the bottom with the solution orange in color. Through decanting, the separation of the solution left the sediment of copper prior to the nails had been collected from forceps. Weighing the final product, the amount of copper collected
