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100ml Challenge Lab Write Up

The 100ml Challenge experiment aimed to differentiate between precision and accuracy by measuring 100ml of water using various glassware. Results showed that the volumetric flask was the most accurate, while beakers were the least accurate, with larger beakers performing worse than smaller ones. The experiment highlighted the importance of using appropriate glassware for precise measurements and acknowledged potential errors in the process.

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100ml Challenge Lab Write Up

The 100ml Challenge experiment aimed to differentiate between precision and accuracy by measuring 100ml of water using various glassware. Results showed that the volumetric flask was the most accurate, while beakers were the least accurate, with larger beakers performing worse than smaller ones. The experiment highlighted the importance of using appropriate glassware for precise measurements and acknowledged potential errors in the process.

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100ml Challenge

Chemistry
Aug. 30. 2015
Introduction
​ The objective of this experiment is to learn to differentiate precision and accuracy,
measuring 100ml in different glassware, and in the process of it, to learn the different lab
equipments. The difference between the words precision and accuracy are hard to find. To
explain the difference of these two, we can use the example of aiming a dart at a bullseye. To
have accuracy in throwing the dart, would be throwing it so that it would hit the exact spot in
the middle of the bullseye. But to have precision in throwing the dart, you would have to be
prudent in aiming the dart so that it would hit the spot you want it to. (4)

​ Through this experiment, as we measure amounts of water in different types of


glassware, we could learn that we have to be both accurate and precise in order to make an
experiment work without errors. We measured a 100 ml in 5 different glasswares, then checked
the amounts in a volumetric flask. The different types of glassware we used were beakers (with
different sizes), a volumetric flask (that has a 100 ml mark), and a graduated cylinder.

The volumetric flask would be the best glassware for getting exactly a 100 ml of water,
because it is made for measuring a 100 ml, having the 100 ml mark on its neck. (1) Its thin neck
lets it be more precise in the small difference of measurement, even a difference in a few
millimeters show definitely, below or above the 100 ml mark.

> Figure 1: A 100ml volumetric flask


Materials:
-​ 3 Beakers (100 ml, 600 ml, 1,000 ml)
-​ Volumetric Flask (100 ml)
-​ Graduated Cylinder
-​ Water
-​ Funnel

Procedure:
​ First, measure 100 ml in each glassware. Then check the measurement of each at eye
level. Test the hypothesis by pouring each one into a volumetric flask, and see which one is the
most accurate. Use a funnel to pour amounts in the volumetric flask. Record if they are above or
below the 100 ml mark. (Remember to check at eye level when each one is poured in a
volumetric flask. The bottom of the meniscus must touch the 100 ml mark for it to be exactly
100 ml)

Data
​ After measuring 100 ml in each glassware, we put the water in each one into a
volumetric flask to see the difference in them, and to find out which one is the most accurate,
by seeing if the meniscus of the water is above or below the 100 ml mark. The results are as
below:

Volumetric Flask Bottom of the meniscus of the water touches the 100 ml mark

Graduated Cylinder Water is below the 100 ml mark

1,000 ml Beaker Water is much below the 100 ml mark

600 ml Beaker Water is much above the 100 ml mark

100 ml Beaker Water is above the 100 ml mark


> Figure 2: Input & Output Chart
>FIgure 3: Diagram of when each one was poured in the volumetric flask

Conclusion
​ As shown in the data (Figure 2,3), the volumetric flask is the most accurate glassware for
measuring. In fact, it is both accurate and precise, because it has a 100 ml mark, so that every
time we measure with it, it will always be close to the mark. (2) This could be proven by the
experiment itself, and from other sources, which said that beakers are the least accurate, then
the graduated cylinder, and the volumetric flask is the most accurate. (3)

​ Another thing that I could find, was that bigger beakers were less accurate than the
small one. As in Figure 2 and 3, the 1,000 ml beaker and the 600 ml beaker’s measurements
were either much below or much above the 100 ml mark, while the 100 ml beaker’s
measurement was quite close to the 100 ml. I think this is the same reason as why the
volumetric flask is the most accurate. “The narrow neck of the volumetric flask will have a thin
graduation to show where a specific volume is reached” (5) The 100 ml beaker, which is small
and narrower than the bigger beakers, would have a thinner graduation, so it would be more
accurate in measuring the specific volume.

Error Analysis:
​ The experiment was quite successful, but there were errors, of some that could’ve been
better, and some that can’t be really perfect. One error was that the first time we did the
experiment, the funnel we used to pour the amounts into the volumetric flask to compare each
one was too big, and while pouring in the water in the graduated cylinder, much of it were
spilled. So we had to re-fill the graduated cylinder and measure it again.

​ The error that can’t really be perfect, at most times, was that some drops of the water
may be still in the glassware after pouring them in the volumetric flask, so the measurement
won’t be perfectly accurate. Also, our eyes can’t always measure amounts accurately.
Resources:
(1)"Glassware - Volumetric Flasks." ChemLab. Dartmouth College, n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2015.
<https://www.dartmouth.edu/~chemlab/techniques/vol_flasks.html>.
-​ Why the volumetric flask is used to measure liquids accurately.

(2)"Precision and Accuracy." BrainPOP. BrainPOP, n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2015.


<https://www.brainpop.com/science/scientificinquiry/precisionandaccuracy/>.
-​ Definition of precision and accuracy.

(3)"Common Laboratory Glassware and Apparatus." Chemiasoft. Chemiasoft, n.d. Web. 04 Sept.
2015. <http://www.chemiasoft.com/chemd/node/53>.
-​ Additional information about the different types of glassware and their accuracy.

(4) Class Discussion and Notes

(5)"A Visual Guide to Chemistry Glassware." Compound Interest. Andy Brunning/Compound


Interest, 17 Mar. 2015. Web. 04 Sept. 2015.
<http://www.compoundchem.com/2015/03/17/glassware/>.
-​ “The narrow neck of the volumetric flask will have a thin graduation to show where a
specific volume is reached”

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