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Experiment 1: Physical properties of water

Venue: Food Analysis Lab 3508

Objectives

  1. To understand factors affecting boiling rate and boiling point of water.
  2. To determine the effect of varying relative humidity on the water activity of foods.
  1. Boiling rate of the various amounts of water

Materials

250mL beaker (x1), magnetic stirring hot plate (x1), glass rod, thermometer (x1), timer/stop watch (x1), safety goggles (x1 for each student).

Procedures

Part A(i)

  1. The heat on the hot plate was turned on at no.8 for 10 minutes. Be careful of the hot surface after turning on the hot plate.
  2. 200mL of water was poured into a 250mL beaker. The beaker of water was put on the hot plate and a thermometer was put inside the beaker.
  3. The temperature of water was recorded every 30seconds until the water boils. Then the temperature was recorded every 1 minute for 6 minutes. Subsequently the temperature was recoded every 2 minutes until there is 150mL of water left in the beaker.
  4. The data was recorded in a template as shown in Table 1.

Part A(ii)

Steps 1-4 in part 1A(i) was repeated with 150mL of water and the heating is continued until there is 100mL of water left in the beaker.

Results

Table 1. Time required to boil 200mL & 150mL of water.


Time (s)

Temperature for 200mL of water (  )

0

26.0

30

28.0

60

30.5

90

33.0

120

35.5

150

38.5

180

41.5

210

43.0

240

48.0

270

51.0

300

54.5

330

58.0

360

61.0

390

64.5

420

68.0

450

71.5

480

74.0

510

77.0

540

80.0

570

83.0

600

86.0

630

88.0

660

91.0

690

93.0

720

96.0

750

98.0

780

100.0

840

101.0

900

101.5

960

101.0

1020

101.0

1080

100.0

1140

101.0

1260

102.0

1380

101.0

1500

101.0

1620

101.0

1740

101.0

1860

101.0

Table and graph for experiment A(i)


[pic 1]

The temperature for 200mL of water is directly proportional to the time.


Table and graph for experiment A(ii)

Time (s)

Temperature for 150 mL of water (  )

0

26.0

30

28.0

60

31.0

90

35.0

120

38.0

150

42.0

180

46.0

210

50.0

240

53.0

270

57.0

300

61.0

330

65.0

360

68.0

390

71.0

420

75.0

450

79.0

480

81.0

510

84.0

540

88.0

570

90.0

600

92.0

630

96.0

660

100.0

720

100.0

780

100.0

840

100.5

900

100.0

960

100.0

1020

100.0

1140

101.0

1260

102.5

1380

100.0

1500

100.5

1620

100.5

1740

100.0


[pic 2]

The temperature for 150mL of water is directly proportional to the time.

Discussion questions

  1. Do the curves in part A(i), (ii) and have a flat section? If so, explain the flat section.

Yes they do, the flat sections show that the temperature could no longer increase beyond 100this is because it already reaches its boiling point. The temperature of a solid, liquid or gas will remain constant during a phase change, assuming its surrounding pressure is constant. Once the temperature of a liquid reaches its boiling point, the temperature will not increase until all the liquid has changed its phase to become a gas. (3)

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