Element And Magnetic Force Courtney campbell
Chemistry; Period 6; 24 Nov. 2015
The magnet had a force of 0.01 grams.
We began starting off with Iron Sulfate (Fe). This chemical has 26 electrons and 2 of the electrons interact with the magnetic force. The total force was 0.05 grams.
Fe has a magnetic force of 0.04 grams.
Copper Sulfate (Cu)!
This chemical consists of 29 electrons. It had one electron that could interact with the magnetic force. The total force was 0.02 grams. Therefore, Cu has a force of 0.01 grams.
Here is Magenese Sulfate (Mn)!
This chemical consists of 12 electrons. It has 2 electrons that interact with the magnetic force. The total force was 0.04 grams. Therefore, Mn had a magnetic force of 0.03 grams.
Last but not least, Zinc Sulfate (Zn)!
This chemical consists of 30 electrons. It has 2 electrons that interact with the magnetic force. It had a total force of 0.04 grams. Therefore, Zn has a magnetic force of 0.03 grams.
The top photo demonstrates the actions me and my partner took in order to complete this investigation. It shows the chemical, the number of electrons interacting with the magnetic force, the total force, and finally the force of each chemical.
The bottom left photo demonstrates the set up that we used to gather the measurements we needed to get the force.
And the bottom right photo demonstrates the set up with the magnet on the scale.
The measurments needed are the electrons of the chemical, the force of the magnet, and the total force of the magnet and the chemical.
We would gather half of this information before we start the experiement. The number of electrons and the magnet force was recorded before hand and then, as we did each chemical, we recorded the magnetic force of both the chemical and the magnet.
The constant variables of this experiement was the magnet, the scale and the set up. The manipulated variables was the chemicals, and the magnetic force.
The way we reduced measurment error was by making sure that each chemical was set up the same and had the same amount of time on the scale. We kept track of the data in a graph set up for all the items that needed to be recorded in order to do the experiement.
The claim that we said was that the force will be realitvely the same because the number of electrons interactive with the magnetic force were close to the same. Iron Sulfate, Magenese Sulfate and Zinc Sulfate had 2 electrons that interacted with the magnetic force, therefore, the force would be close to the same. Copper Sulfate had 1 electron that was attracted to the magnetic force and would have a slightly different force attraction.
Looking at the evidence that was gathered, I can say that the chemicals that had a similar range of electrons that were attracted to the magnets force, had a close force (like .01 off from each other.) The evidence gathered matters in different aspects. People would see that it would matter based on how the chemical will react with certain things, or how it will react for the purposes it's used for. Magnetism has a strong force and could be helpful or hurtful depending upon the sitiutation. Everyone needs to be cautious of magentic force in anything, especially elements. With one error, anything as far as death or a minor accident could happen.
The evidence shows that the chemicals that had 2 electrons interact with the magnetic force, was 0.04 grams to 0.05 grams. The chemicals that had 1 electron that interacted with the magnetic force, was 0.02 grams. Each chemicals total magnetic force had 0.01 grams minused from it due to the magnet.
Copper Sulfate had a total force of 0.02 grams, so the chemical itself is about 0.01 grams. Iron Sulfate had a total force of 0.05 grams, so the chemical itself is about 0.04 grams. Magenese Sulfate had a total force of 0.04 grams, so the chemical itself is about 0.03 grams. Zinc Sulfate had a total force of 0.04 grams, so the chemical itself is about 0.03 grams.
As you may have noticed, the evidence shows that the magentic force of each chemical, was not very large. So it may not seem like it's even worth looking for. But if you were to combine more than one of the chemicals, their magentic force will increase, creating a bigger force. Then, you will want to know exactly what you were creating.
Evidence like this is important to know, because when dealing with chemicals and elements, people need to know what they are dealing with. That includes the magnetic attration that the elements may have. Say you have an element that has a high number of attraction to magnetic force, it will need to be known so incase you do an experiment with metal and elements (that way you know a little background information so you can reduce the amount of errors.)
For this experiment the concepts that were needed to know and understand was how the elements' electrons were set up and be able to draw/write them. To identify the elements' electrons that were attracted to magnetic force, was by creating a box and arrow set for each element. In order to complete the box and arrow set, we had to understand the concepts of orbitals and how many electron pairs can be in each orbital (s orbital =2, p orbitl =3, d orbital =5, f orbital =7). We knew that the electrons that were paired up, were done; they canceled out. Therefore, that left the electrons that were not paired up. Those are the ones that interact with the magnetic force.
After we knew how many electrons would interact with the force, we just compared the force that each one got with their number of electrons. Showing us that, the more electrons attracted to the magnetic force, will have a higher force and the less electons attracted to the magnetic force will have a lower force.
Therefore, the overall concepts needed to know for this experiment is electron configuration, how the orbitals are set up, how to get the chemicals' force only, and the use of a scale. All of these concpets/skills are needed to be able to complete this experiment. When you read the claim it stats that, "the force will be realitvely the same because the number of electrons interactive with the magnetic force were close to the same". Therefore this references that you must be able to calculate the difference between the magent and the chemicals, know how many electrons are interactive with the force (electron configuration and orbitals), and in order to find the similarity you must be able to use a scale.
My evidence does support my claim because it demonstrates that the chemicals that had relatively the same number of electrons active to the magnetic force, had a relatively close number of magnetic force.(0.01 grams off.)
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