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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can Someone Help Me On A Lap Report For Properties Of Water??

thomaster (thomaster):

Someone probably can. It would be usefull if you can tell where you need help with.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I don't know what to do am a very slow learner lol it says I need a title of what am studying , the problem /question , conclusion , hypothesis and the deatils ?

thomaster (thomaster):

Do you need to do experiments? The title would problably the kind of properties you're going to research. The problems are the properties you are going to investigate or experiment on. In the hypothesis you describe what you expect In the conclusion you tell if your expectations were right and you answer your problem question. I'll write an example... Title: Surface tension of water Problem: Can a paperclip float on water? Hypothesis: The paperclip will sink The experiment showed that the paperclip did float on lets say a petridish filled with water. This is caused by the surface tension of the water Now your conclusion is that your hypothesis was wrong and that a paperclip can float on water.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can i do salt water ?

thomaster (thomaster):

Now you could do a follow-up experiment. Title: Surface tension of water Problem: will adding soap to the water in the petri dish make the paperclip sink? Hypothesis: the paperclip will sink The experiment showed that after you added a drop of liquid soap to the petri dish the paperclip sank. (now you need do find out why) Conclusion: Hypothesis was right because soap changes something in the surface tension. Adding soap makes the paperclip sink

thomaster (thomaster):

Well salt water is more dense than fresh water so you could do something like take 2 large cups and fill them both with water. in 1 cup you add about 5 tablespoons of NaCl (table salt) and place an egg in both cups. The egg will most likely sink in the cup with fresh water and float in the cup with salt water. This is because the salt water has a higher density than fresh water.

thomaster (thomaster):

You could also do something with conduction. The water you use in a lab (demineralized water) won't conduct electricity. The reason salt water conducts electricity is because the NaCl (sodium chloride, aka table salt) breaks apart into a positively charged Na+ and a negatively charged Chlorine Cl-. When voltage is applied (battery or something), the charged ions feel the force of the electric field created and they move. Instead of electrons then, the current is the moving ions. The more salt you put into the water, the better it conducts electricity. So you could make a few salt solutions of a different concentration and see which one conducts electricity the best. You can measure this with a volt meter.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can i do your example?

thomaster (thomaster):

You can but you need to investigate the problems a little more then. I just made up some plain examples. I didn't fully explain the real theories behind it and that's what you need to do in order to complete your lab report.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ehh.. i guess well thank you <3

thomaster (thomaster):

you're welcome :D

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