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Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Physical or Chemical Change - Science

Hypothesis: Chemical Change 


Equipment:

  • Sample of Zn O (Zinc Oxide)
  • Heat Source - Hot plate 
  • Scales
  • Heat proof container - Evaporating dish 
  • Tongs 
  • Heat proof mat 
Method:
  1. Get sample of ZnO in an evaporating dish
  2. Weigh the ZnO and container - record weigh 
  3. Heat container and ZnO on hot plate 
  4. Observe any changes - use phone for before and after photos 
  5. Take off heat and put on heat mat
  6. Let cool - observe - photos
  7. Re weigh
Result:
The only change that happened with the Zinc was that it changed colours. The weigh stayed the same throughout the whole experiment. Nothing else happened. 

Conclusion:
In conclusion, the hypothesis that I had was wrong. As you can see at the top of this blog post, I said that it was going to be Chemical change. After doing the experiment it turns out that it was a Physical change. The only thing that changed was the colour which is a part of the Physical change. 

Here is what it looked like during the experiment:



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