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PT#3-DECOMPOSITION RXN: Electrolysis: Splitting Water (INDIVIDUAL)

Materials:
9-volt battery
two alligator clip leads or insulated wire
medium size glass
piece of thin cardboard or card stock
two #2 pencils (Monggol)
table salt
Procedure:
1. Fill the beaker or glass with warm water.
2. Carefully remove the erasers and metal sleeves so you can sharpen both ends
of each pencil. These pencils are your electrodes. The graphite in them will
conduct electricity, but won’t dissolve into the water.
3. Cut a piece of cardboard to fit over the beaker, then punch two holes in the
center of the cardboard about an inch apart. Push the pencils through the holes
and set them in the glass. They should extend into the water, but not touch the
bottom of the glass. The cardboard will hold them in place.
4. Connect each pencil to the battery with an alligator clip lead attached to the
exposed graphite (pencil lead). If you don’t have alligator clip leads, use two
lengths of wire and strip an inch of insulation off each end. Wrap the wire around
the graphite of each pencil and connect the wires to the battery. You may need to
use tape to hold the wires in place. Record your observation on this.
5. Try adding an electrolyte to the water in the beaker. Water doesn’t conduct
electricity that well by itself, but any electrolysis of the water experiment could be
accelerated by adding a tablespoon of table salt to the water. When this is done,
you should see a change in how quickly the bubbles form. Record your
observation.
6. It takes approximately option (A) 3.2 hours for the water to be electrolyzed
6. Write an explanation about this experiment.
7. Take pictures of the set-up and the results.
8. Date of Performing the Experiment: May 6, 2024(under the new building)
8. Submission of the write-up: May 7, 2024.

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