According to the class histogram, the majority of the data was centered around the mass ratio of (Zn Reacted)/(Product Produced) being 0.48. This ratio was not affected by the varying amounts of zinc that each group used, and was constant throughout the class even though each group had a different amount of zinc react with the hydrochloric acid. A possible error that may have occurred during this lab was the used of filter paper to filter out the unreacted zinc from the liquid. Filter paper would absorb some of the liquid, and some of the zinc chloride may have been contained in that absorbed liquid. This would cause the mass of zinc chloride to seem smaller, which would create the illusion that the ratio of the mass of zinc reacted to the mass of product produced is bigger than it is in
According to the class histogram, the majority of the data was centered around the mass ratio of (Zn Reacted)/(Product Produced) being 0.48. This ratio was not affected by the varying amounts of zinc that each group used, and was constant throughout the class even though each group had a different amount of zinc react with the hydrochloric acid. A possible error that may have occurred during this lab was the used of filter paper to filter out the unreacted zinc from the liquid. Filter paper would absorb some of the liquid, and some of the zinc chloride may have been contained in that absorbed liquid. This would cause the mass of zinc chloride to seem smaller, which would create the illusion that the ratio of the mass of zinc reacted to the mass of product produced is bigger than it is in