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    This document describes two activities involving solubility. In the first activity, students observe that food coloring dissolves in water to create a homogeneous solution since food coloring is polar and water is polar. Oil does not dissolve in water since oil is non-polar. In the second activity, students observe that polar substances like sugar and salt dissolve in water but not kerosene, and non-polar oil dissolves in kerosene but not water. The activities demonstrate that polar substances dissolve in polar solvents, and non-polar substances dissolve in non-polar solvents.

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    This document describes two activities involving solubility. In the first activity, students observe that food coloring dissolves in water to create a homogeneous solution since food coloring is polar and water is polar. Oil does not dissolve in water since oil is non-polar. In the second activity, students observe that polar substances like sugar and salt dissolve in water but not kerosene, and non-polar oil dissolves in kerosene but not water. The activities demonstrate that polar substances dissolve in polar solvents, and non-polar substances dissolve in non-polar solvents.

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    This document describes two activities involving solubility. In the first activity, students observe that food coloring dissolves in water to create a homogeneous solution since food coloring is polar and water is polar. Oil does not dissolve in water since oil is non-polar. In the second activity, students observe that polar substances like sugar and salt dissolve in water but not kerosene, and non-polar oil dissolves in kerosene but not water. The activities demonstrate that polar substances dissolve in polar solvents, and non-polar substances dissolve in non-polar solvents.

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    This document describes two activities involving solubility. In the first activity, students observe that food coloring dissolves in water to create a homogeneous solution since food coloring is polar and water is polar. Oil does not dissolve in water since oil is non-polar. In the second activity, students observe that polar substances like sugar and salt dissolve in water but not kerosene, and non-polar oil dissolves in kerosene but not water. The activities demonstrate that polar substances dissolve in polar solvents, and non-polar substances dissolve in non-polar solvents.

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    Chemistry II

    GENERAL INSTRUCTION: Do the following procedure carefully, record your observations, and
    give your generalization.
    Activity 1: Lava Lamp (Home Laboratory Activity)
    Objective: To explain why a substance is soluble or insoluble.
    Materials Needed: water, food coloring (any color), unused cooking oil, and 1.5 - liter PET bottle
    Procedure:
    1. Pour water into the bottle until it is almost full.
    2. Add a few drops of food coloring into the water, then stir to diffuse the food color.
    3. Fill the bottle with the cooking oil. Cap the bottle and shake. Turn the bottle upside down.
    4. Describe your observation and give possible explanations.

    Possible Generalization:
    From this activity, it was shown that food coloring is soluble in water, while oil is insoluble in water. This
    was mostly affected by the nature of the solutes and solvents. With the help of stirring, food coloring diffused
    more quickly in water, which is known to be a polar substance. The bond of food coloring molecules broke and
    formed new bonds with the water molecules. The two came together and became a solution, heterogeneous and
    undistinguishable between one other. Since it was said that polar substances can only be dissolved in or be
    dissolved by polar substances, it can be concluded that food coloring is also polar. On the other hand, oil did not
    mix with water. It was still distinct from the water even though the bottle is turned upside down and shaken along
    the process. This reflects that oil is non-polar. Its molecules are not attracted to water molecules so oil just floats
    above water due to lower density.

    Activity 2: Solute – Solvent Interactions (Home Laboratory Activity)


    Materials Needed: table salt, oil, 70% alcohol, kerosene, water, and sugar
    Procedure: Observed
    1. Mix the following solute and solvent given in the chart Solute Solvent
    Solubility
    and put a  in the column “observed solubility” if the table sugar water 
    solute dissolves in the given solvent and put an  if it table sugar kerosene 
    is not. table salt water 
    2. Then, generalize the results that you obtained. table salt kerosene 
    Note: Be careful in handling kerosene. It will be better oil water 
    to conduct the activity in an open space. oil kerosene 
    table salt alcohol 
    alcohol water 
    Possible Generalization:
    In the first activity, it was proven that polar substances can only be dissolved in and be dissolved by polar
    substances. In this activity, table sugar, table salt, and water are polar. The bond of table sugar molecules and
    table salt ions break to form new bonds with water molecules. That is why both solutes are soluble in water. After
    mixing, the experimenter was eventually not able to differentiate the solutes from their solvent, water. It was the
    same for alcohol, especially since they were similarly clear-colored. In this case, alcohol is just partially polar so
    it is still miscible in water, but it is not polar enough to break down the ionic forces of table salt and dissolve it.
    Hence, table salt is insoluble in alcohol.
    Since oil is non-polar, like in the first activity, it is immiscible in water. Though thin, there are still
    distinguishable layers of liquids in the cup due to difference in density. Another non-polar substance is kerosene.
    That is why, it was not able to dissolve table sugar and table salt. No matter how many times one mixes it, grains
    of solutes are still evident and insoluble. Until kerosene vaporized, the solutes remained. Kerosene, however, was
    able to dissolve oil. It was possible to mix them together without other distinguishable layers of liquid. Because
    oil is miscible in kerosene, it can be concluded that non-polar substances can also be only dissolved in and
    dissolved by non-polar substances. All in all, it was proven that like substances dissolve and form solutions.

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