Alka Seltzer Lab Report

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“Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz! Oh, what a relief it is!” Alka Seltzer, a common reliever of minor heartburn and indigestion pains, comes in the form of a tablet and contains anhydrous citric acid and sodium bicarbonate. When Alka-Seltzer tablets are dissolved in water, bicarbonate forms from the sodium bicarbonate. In turn, this reacts with hydrogen from the citric acid to form water and carbon dioxide gas.
In this experiment, my group determined the most effective and speediest way to dissolve an Alka Seltzer tablet. There were three strategies in which we postulated the tablets would dissolve: the more neutral the base (or solvent), the faster the tablet with dissolve, if the heat and the cold (temperature) can strongly affect the speed of a chemical reaction, heated water would dissolve the tablet in a shorter duration of time, and, finally, the less water to cause the reaction, the faster the tablet will react and dissolve. It was agreed amongst the group to carry out the varied temperature hypothesis. Not only would it make sense to explore this method since molecules have different speeds in different temperatures—thus, the tablet will dissolve fastest when molecules are rapidly moving, or in …show more content…
The preparation of the materials was divided amongst the group into separate tasks to bring together the overall experiment. One member took a glass beaker, filled it with water up to the 50 mL mark, and stored it in a jar of ice to keep it as cold as possible for the time being. Another member poured 50 mL of water into another beaker and placed it on the hot plate, checking on the rising temperature periodically. A third member of the group took the last beaker and filled it with 50 mL of warm tap water, leaving it on the table to sit at room

Alka Seltzer Lab Report

Alka Seltzer is common antacid taken to alleviate an upset stomach. It is a combination of sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, and calcium hydrogen phosphate. These substances produce a medicine that can neutralize stomach acid. Alka Seltzer is known to fizz, a reaction that is produced when carbon dioxide gas is released when the tablet is dissolved. The purpose of this lab was to determine the mass of sodium bicarbonate, Na3HCO3, in a tablet of Alka Seltzer by massing and dissolving fragments of the…

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Alka Seltzer Lab Report

Chemical reactions occur when reactants come in contact with each other. This lab observed the chemical reaction between two Alka-Seltzer tablets and water. Alka-Seltzer tablets are used to treat aches in the body, acid refluxes and stomach ingestions. Alka-Seltzer tablets contain crystals of sodium bicarbonate and citric acid. These crystals do not interact with each other in their dry states, however, when an Alka-Seltzer tablet is dropped in water a…

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Alka Seltzer Dissolve Lab Report

The hypothesis stated above (If the temperature of H2O used to dissolve an Alka-Seltzer tablet increases, then the amount of time it takes for the tablet to completely dissolve will decrease) has proven to be true because of the data collected from the experiment performed. The data collected proved that as the temperature of the water increased, the rate at which the Alka-Seltzer dissolved increased making the time it took for one whole tablet to dissolve to decrease. For example, in the data table…

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Alka Seltzer Concentration Lab Report

The goal of this experiment was to determine how much % of NaHCO3 was in the Alka Seltzer tablets by exploring the relationship between the amount of reactant and product. In order to answer the following question, vinegar, water, and alka seltzer were used as the reactants. After mixing these reactants together, water, carbon dioxide, and sodium acetate were produced. When more vinegar was added, the percent by mass of NaHCO3 kept increasing and then it reached a steady value. When the more volume…

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