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Characteristics of Ionic
Compounds
Jonny Johnson, Suzy Q, and …
• Purpose
• To perform various tests on ionic compounds in
order to discover their characteristics.
• Materials
• CuSO4, NaCl, CaCl2, Fe(NO3)2
• testing equipment
• Do not worry about hypothesis or variables.
• Procedure (15 pts.)
• solubility
• in water
• conductivity when dissolved in water
• in ethanol
• physical characteristics
• flame test
• melting
• Data Collection/Organization (15 pts.)
• Conclusion (10 pts.)
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be thorough
state trends or differences
use supporting data (quantitative if possible)
compare to literature (Google and site source)
• Evaluation (5 pts.)
• discuss weaknesses in your experiment and
give specific improvements