Chemical Reactions Lab Report
Name/Title: 5 Points
John Smith
Partner: Jane Jones
Advanced Physical Science: Period B
Mr. Alvarez
11 February 2013
Introduction: 20 Points (1.5 -2 pages)
Chemical Reactions
Background o What is a Chemical Reaction?
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What are Reactants?
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What are Products?
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How can it be determined that a chemical reaction took place?
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How is a chemical change different from a physical change? o Describe the 5 different types of reactions we talked about in class and give an example of each that occur in everyday life
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Synthesis, Decomposition, Single-Replacement, Double-Replacement and
Combustion
Purpose o Why are we doing this lab? o What should you learn about in this lab?
Hypothesis o The Hypothesis for this lab is….
Procedure: 20 Points
For this procedure, you must first make a chart that has the Solution number, the solution name, the chemical formula and a brief description of what the solution looks like before it was mixed with any other solution
Solution
Number
Solution Name Chemical
Formula
Description
1
2
3
After this chart, you must write the procedure that you did IN PARAGRAPH FORM. o ONCE AGAIN, DO NOT USE PRONOUNS.
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Ex. Four drops of (solution one) were added the first well of the Chemplate.

Results: 20 Points
For the results section you must have a table with 28 rows. One row for each reaction listed on the second page of your lab packet
Solution number Solution mixed with Results
1 2
1 3
Unknown 1
Unknown 2
Figure 1. Chart detailing the results…..
Since you are doing a lot of work for the Quantitative Results, I will give you a break with the
Qualitative Results. For the Qualitative Results, you must write one paragraph about the
Unknown. You must describe what the unknown looked like BEFORE being mixed with any of the other solutions and you must describe what it looked like AFTER being mixed with EACH of the other solutions. **DO NOT TELL ME WHICH SOLUTION THE UNKNOWN IS, THIS
PIECE OF INFORMATION BELONGS IN THE DISCUSSION SECTION**
Discussion: 20 Points
Which chemical must the Unknown be for this laboratory experiment?
o How was it determined which chemical the Unknown was?
Are these results reliable?
o Give reasons why these results can be trusted o Give reasons, other than experimental error that these results should be further questioned
What possible sources of error could have existed within this lab?
When we talked about the Scientific Method, we said that Science is never complete. What further experimentations could we do stemming from what we have done in lab today?
Accept/Reject Hypothesis
Conclusion
Reference: 5 Points
Include a References page that is SEPARATE from the rest of the lab
Include IN-TEXT Citations
DO NOT PLAGIARIZE (It will result in an automatic zero and an honor code violation)
Neatness/Grammar/Formatting: 10 Points
Use proper grammar
Double-Spaced, 12-point Times New Roman Font
Use proper lab report format
COME INTO LAB WITH THE TYPED LAB REPORT STAPLED, In addition to turnitin.com