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MATTER Post Lab2003

This experiment examined the properties and transformations of various matters. Procedures included melting ice, evaporating ethanol alcohol, burning magnesium ribbon and filter paper, sublimating naphthalene, and reacting mossy zinc with hydrochloric acid. Careful observations were made of both physical properties like state changes as well as chemical properties and reactions. Results showed that matters with physical properties like ice and alcohol underwent physical changes of melting and evaporation, while chemical reactions like burning and acid reactions led to chemical changes in composition. The experiment demonstrated both physical and chemical transformations of different materials.

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MATTER Post Lab2003

This experiment examined the properties and transformations of various matters. Procedures included melting ice, evaporating ethanol alcohol, burning magnesium ribbon and filter paper, sublimating naphthalene, and reacting mossy zinc with hydrochloric acid. Careful observations were made of both physical properties like state changes as well as chemical properties and reactions. Results showed that matters with physical properties like ice and alcohol underwent physical changes of melting and evaporation, while chemical reactions like burning and acid reactions led to chemical changes in composition. The experiment demonstrated both physical and chemical transformations of different materials.

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Properties and Transformation of Matter

Nika Ira M. Ropa


Aki S. Otani
De La Salle University-Dasmarinas
Dasmarinas, Cavite Philippines
ABSTRACT

Matter varies from one another through their properties. This experiment had undergone through various
procedures to determine the properties and transformations of a certain matter. The procedures done in
this experiment included the melting of ice in a 250mL beaker for 10 minutes, the evaporation of Ethanol
Alcohol on a watch glass for 5 minutes, the burning of a filter paper, ignition of Magnesium Ribbon,
sublimation of Naphthalene and the reaction of Mossy Zinc if added with 5mL of HCl. The properties of
matter such as the Physical and Chemical Properties were generated in this experiment. And the
transformations of matter such as the Physical and Chemical changes were also seen and observed in
each procedure done in this experiment. All the properties and transformations of matter were carefully
observed during the experiment because of the sudden reactions with reagents and the rapidly changing
appearance of a certain matter.

INTRODUCTION
Matter is physical substance that occupies space, has mass, is composed of atomsor, in the
case of subatomic particles, is part of an atomand is convertible to energy. On Earth, matter appears in
three clearly defined formssolid, liquid, and gaswhose varying structural characteristics are a function
of the speeds at which its molecules move in relation to one another. A single substance may exist in any
of the three phases: liquid water, for instance, can be heated to become steam, a vapor; or, when
sufficient heat is removed from it, it becomes ice, a solid. These are merely physical changes, which do
not affect the basic composition of the substance itself: it is still water. Matter, however, can and does
undergo chemical changes, which (as with the various states or phases of matter) are an outcome of
activity at the atomic and molecular level. In discussing matteras, for instance, in the context of matter
transforming into energyone may speak in physical or chemical terms, or both. Generally speaking,
physicists study physical properties and changes, while chemists are concerned with chemical processes
and changes.
A physicist views matter in terms of its mass, temperature, mechanical properties (for example, elasticity);
electrical conductivity; and other structural characteristics. The chemical makeup of matter, on the other
hand, is of little concern to a physicist. For instance, in analyzing a fire or an explosion, the physicist is not
concerned with the interactions of combustible or explosive materials and oxygen. The physicists
interest, rather, is in questions such as the amount of heat in the fire, the properties of the sound waves
emitted in the explosion of the dynamite, and so on.
The changes between different states or phases of matter are physical changes. If water boils and
vaporizes as steam, it is still water; likewise if it freezes to become solid ice, nothing has changed with
regard to the basic chemical structure of the H 2O molecules that make up water. But if water reacts with
another substance to form a new compound, it has undergone chemical change. Likewise, if water
molecules experience electrolysis, a process in which electric current is used to decompose H2O into
molecules of H2 and O2, this is also a chemical change.

MATERIALS AND METHODS


The materials used for the experiment were; 250mL beaker, medicine dropper, watch glass,
crucible tong, Bunsen burner and a 10mL graduated cylinder. The reagents are Ethanol, Magnesium
ribbon, Mossy Zinc, Naphthalene, ice, 0.1M HCl and filter paper. First thing done is placing a piece of ice
on a 250mL beaker and left it for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes of observation, the ice melted and turned
into liquid. Second procedure is putting a few drops of Ethanol Alcohol on a watch glass and left it for 5
minutes. After 5 minutes, the Ethanol Alcohol evaporated and turned into gas. Third, using a Bunsen
burner, a magnesium ribbon was burnt using a pair of tongs. The magnesium ribbon has turned into
ashes and changed its appearance. Another one is putting a pinch of mossy zinc in a test tube and added
5mL of HCl. Once the HCl was added, the mossy zinc reacted and produced bubbles. It changed its
appearance and its temperature became warm. Next is the burning of filter paper using a Bunsen burner.
Like the magnesium ribbon, the filter paper also turned into ashes. Lastly, a pinch of Naphthalene is
placed on a 250mL beaker and was heated. While it has been heated, a steam was producing inside the
beaker and afterwards, the Naphthalene generated crystal-like substances.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS


Having performed and completed the experiment, Table 1 shows the data and results that we
have recorded during and after the experiment. It shows the processes of the experiments, the
observations that were recorded before after performing a specific experiment and the property and
transformation of matter, either physical or chemical.
Table 1
Data and Results
Observations
Process
Before

After

Property

Transformation

Physical/C
hemical

Physical/
Chemical

Evaporation of
Alcohol

Droplets of
Alcohol in a
watch glass.

The alcohol
evaporated and
dried after 5
minutes.

Physical

Physical

Melting of Ice

A piece of ice
placed in a
250mL
beaker.

The piece of ice


melted and
turned into liquid
(H20)(L).

Physical

Physical

A Magnesium
Ribbon
Ignited with
fire using a
Bunsen
Burner.

The Magnesium
Ribbon sparked
and later on
turned into
ashes.

Chemical

Chemical

A pinch of
Naphthalene

The
Naphthalene

Physical

Physical

Ignition of
Magnesium
Ribbon

Sublimination
of Napthalene

Burning of
Paper

Reaction of
Zinc Metal with
HCl

was placed in
a 250mL
Beaker and
topped with a
watch glass
and heated
using a
Bunsen
burner

evaporated and
crystal like
structure was
formed at the
base of the
watch glass.

A piece of
filter paper
was ignited
with fire using
a Bunsen
Burner

The filter paper


eventually turned
into ashes

A dry Zinc
metal was
placed inside
a test tube
with diluted
HCl3

The HCl3
gradually turned
into opaque
white and the
metal combined
with HCl3
produced
bubbles.

Chemical

Chemical

Physical

Physical

The transformations that occur during the experiment varied depending on the physical or
chemical property of the reagents used. Reagents having physical properties of matter usually undergo
physical changes while reagents having chemical properties of matter generally undergo chemical
changes. Distinguishing the reagents physical and chemical properties is a must to hypothesize whether
it will undergo physical or chemical changes.

REFERENCES
a. Website:
http://www.answers.com/topic/properties-of-matter

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