So today we did the Formula of a Chloride Lab. The prelab was a breeze and thankfully my lab partner got the answer too so we could do the lab. All in all, I thought this lab was fun! However when we were heating the liquid away (hydrochloric acid), it gave me a nasty headache. Not to mention 98% of the class was also doing the lab so the aroma of the acid was VERY strong! When we finished the lab and went to the bathroom to wash our hands, I felt such a relief to have clean air. I really didn't want to go back to the classroom. I wasn't even putting my nose over the compound to smell it, for it was just sitting in the air. I learned a lot in that lab and got some personal experience on how Zinc and hydrochloric acid react with each other. It was kinda funny to see the Zinc dancing around on the bottom of the beaker because of how hot it was.
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Your blog has been very educational to read and I had that same problem with the head aches. I totally agree with you that that lab caused me some serious headaches! It was something about the smell or air that really got in my head!
ReplyDeleteUgh! I hated the smell of the classroom when we were doing the lab! Me and my partner had to keep moving around, so we wouldn't be breathing in stagnant chemicals. On another note, I really enjoyed this lab too! I found that it requested the perfect amount of effort without being strenuous, so that made my head ache a tiny bit better!
ReplyDeleteI agree that the class smelled like butt; I tried to stand as far away from my lab area as possible, but as I got farther from my own lab station, I would only get closer to another lab station! Overall it was a fun lab though, and it helped me practice empirical formulas for the test.
ReplyDeleteI agree about the smell and I wasn't even participating in the lab! Thanks for explaining the lab and posting all these pictures of the lab, it helped me understand what you guys were actually doing back there.
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