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Exp. Salty Water

Perform this experiment in pairs.

  1. Set up your station with a evaporating dish over a Bunsen burner.
  2. Collect a 50ml beaker. Use the scales to carefully weigh 3g of NaCl into the beaker. Return to your desk.
  3. Measure 25ml of water with a measuring cylinder. Pour it into your beaker. Use a stirring rod to mix it until dissolved. Return to your desk.
  4. Put on some safety glasses.
  5. Pour your solution into the evaporating dish.
  6. Light the Bunsen on orange flame.
  7. Heat it with the Bunsen using a blue flame. Do not remove the dish from the Bunsen. Return to your desk.