Chemistry Investigatory Saturation of Salts

Investigatory project on
“Measuring Solubility Of
Saturated solutions”
SUBMITTED BY:-
Dev kaushik
Roll no:-
INDEX
 Certificate
 Acknowledgement
 Objective
 Introduction
 Basic concepts
 Materials and Equipment
 Experimental Procedure
 Observation
 Conclusion
 Result
 Precautions
 Bibliography
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Dev Kaushik of class XII-G
Has successfully done’ investigatory project on
“Measuring Solubility Of
Saturated solutions”
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INTERNAL
EXTERNAL EXAMINER
EXAMINER
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I gratefully acknowledge my sincere thanks to our
respected chemistry teacher MS Preeti Jain
her remarkable, valuable guidance and supervision
throughout the project work.
Then I would like to thank my parents and friends
who have helped me with their valuable suggestion
and guidance has been helpful in various phase of the
completion of the project.
Last I would like to thank my classmate who have
helped me a lot.
AIM
The aim of this project is to measure the
solubilities of some common chemicals:
 Table salt (NaCl)
 Epsom salts (MgSO4)
 sugar (sucrose, C12H22O11)
Introduction
A good part of the substances we deal with in daily life,
such as milk, gasoline, shampoo, wood, steel and air are
mixtures. When the mixture is homogenous, that is to
say, when its components are intermingled evenly,is
called a solution.
There are various types of solutions, and these can be

categorized by state (gas, liquid or solid)
In fact, water is sometimes referred to as the universal

solvent. The electrical charges in water molecules help
dissolve different kinds of substances. Solutions form
when the force of attraction between solute and solvent
is greater than the force of attraction between the
particles in the solute.
The fact that salt is spread on ice collected on roads in

winters. When the ice begins to melt, the salt dissolves
in the water and forms salt water. The reason is that
with the addition of salt the melting point of water
increases and as a result the snow melts away faster.
Basic Concepts
A saturated solution is a mixture in which no more solute
practically dissolved in a solvent at a given temperature.
It is said practical because theoretically infinite amount
of solute can be added to a solvent, but after a certain
limit the earlier dissolved solute particles start
rearranging and come out at a constant rate. Hence
overall it appears that no solute is dissolved after a given
amount of solute is dissolved. This is known as a
saturated solution.
In an unsaturated solution, if solute is dissolved in a
solvent the solute particles dissociate and mix with the
solvent without the re-arrangement of earlier dissolved
solute particles. Solubility depends on various factors
like the Ksp of the salt, bond strength between the
cation and anion, covalency of the bond, extent of inter
and intramolecular hydrogen bonding, polarity, dipole
moment etc. Out of these the concepts of Hbonding,
covalency, ionic bond strength and polarity play a major
role if water is taken as a solvent . Also physical
conditions like temperature and pressure also play very
important roles as they affect the kinetic energy of the
molecules.
Salt Amount of salt Moles dissolved
Dissolved in100ml
Water to make
saturated solution
Nacl (non-iodized 37.5g 0.7
common salt)
MgSo4 33g 0.275
C12 H22 O11 52.5g 0.15

(sucrose)
 Adding more solute at the same temperature to the

saturated solutions yielded no significant changes in NaCl
and Epsom salt.
However at all temperatures the saturation point of sucrose
could not be obtained exactly as due to the large size of the
molecule the solution became thick and refraction was more
prominent. Neglecting this observation in the room for
error, the experiments agreed with the theory.
Adding more solute to heated solutions increased the
solubility in all the 3 cases. The largest increase was shown
by NaCl, followed by Epsom salt and sucrose. These facts
too agreed with the theory as at high temperatures the
kinetic energy of molecules increases and the collisions are
more effective.
Conclusions:
The solubility of NaCl is the highest as it an ionic salt and
easily dissociates in water. Also since the size of both the
cation and anion are small, the collisions are more and
hence probability of dissociation is high. The solubility of
MgSO4 is also high as it is also an ionic salt, but due to a
larger anion, collisions are not
very effective. The solubility of C12H22O11 is the least
as it a very large molecule due to which hydrogen
bonding with the water molecules is not very effective.
Also due to the large number of carbon and oxygen
atoms, inter molecular H-bonding is more dominant than
intramolecular H-bonding.
Result:
The saturated solutions of NaCl, MgSO4 and C12H22O11
were made and observed. The observations agreed with
the related theory within the range of experimental
error.
Precautions:
#While adding the solute to the solvent, the solution should be
stirred
slowly so as to avoid the formation of any globules.
# Stirring should not be vigorous as the kinetic energy of the

molecules might change due to which solubility can increase.
# While stirring, contact with the walls of the container should

be avoided as with every collision, an impulse is generated
which makes the dissolved solute particles rearrange
themselves. As a result solubility can decrease.
#The temperature while conducting all the three experiments

should be approximately same.
# Epsom salt should be first dried in order to remove the water

of crystallization (MgSO4.7H2O).
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Investigatory project on

There are various types of solutions, and these can be

In fact, water is sometimes referred to as the universal

The fact that salt is spread on ice collected on roads in

MgSo4 33g 0.275

C12 H22 O11 52.5g 0.15

 Adding more solute at the same temperature to the

# Stirring should not be vigorous as the kinetic energy of the

# While stirring, contact with the walls of the container should

#The temperature while conducting all the three experiments

# Epsom salt should be first dried in order to remove the water

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