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Endothermic or Exothermic Lab. Question: What happens when you put an alka seltzer in water? What type of reaction is it? Endothermic or Exothermic? What is the overall enthalpy? Form your hypothesis. Procedure: Put 25 ml of water in your beaker. Record the temperature
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Question: • What happens when you put an alka seltzer in water? • What type of reaction is it? Endothermic or Exothermic? • What is the overall enthalpy? Form your hypothesis.
Procedure: • Put 25 ml of water in your beaker. • Record the temperature • Place an alka seltzer tablet in your beaker. • Record your temperature every 5 seconds
Data • Form a chart showing temperature and time
Results • What happened to the temperature? Based on your chart
Conclusion • What type of reaction is an alka seltzer in water?
Alka Seltzer Equation • C6H8O7 + 3NaHCO3 → 3H2O + 3CO2 + Na3C6H5O7 • Citric acid + baking soda → water + carbon dioxide + sodium citrate & carbon dioxide is released as a gas. • According to Wikipedia: The effervescent action of Alka-Seltzer, is a reaction to the baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and citric acid in the tablet. (The Citric acid is in solid form and once diluted in water reacts with the baking soda). • It is really just for show as it doesn't actually do anything. The medicine is also in there and would work just as well without the little baking soda 'show'.