Explain what property or law made the students realize their experiment was incorrect.

A group of students do an activity with baking soda and vinegar. The steps of the activity are listed below:

1. Pour 100 g vinegar into a flask.

2. Measure the temperature of the vinegar.

3. Add 10 g of baking soda to the flask.

4. Observe as the contents of the flask fizz (produce bubbles).

5. Measure the temperature of the contents in the flask and observe any change in temperature.

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Chemistry

Jerry Valentine

14 June, 06:46

Explain what property or law made the students realize their experiment was incorrect.

A group of students do an activity with baking soda and vinegar. The steps of the activity are listed below:

1. Pour 100 g vinegar into a flask.

2. Measure the temperature of the vinegar.

3. Add 10 g of baking soda to the flask.

4. Observe as the contents of the flask fizz (produce bubbles).

5. Measure the temperature of the contents in the flask and observe any change in temperature.

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Dustin Bryant · Answer 1

Step 5 is incorrect because I think it will not give the exact temperature of contents in in the flask because some of the vinegar would be evaporated with time.