Anna Chiprean

Haberman

AP Chemistry

March 16 2018

Determination of Copper in Brass Lab

Purpose:

The goal of this experiment is to determine the spectroscopically of the amount of

copper in brass shot.

Procedure:

Create .4 M Cu (NO3)2 (stock solution) out of water and copper nitrate. Dissolve the Cu

(NO3)2 in H20 and add it to a volumetric flask. Determine the value of each diluted solution,

making sure that one cuvette is filled with 10 mL of water and one cuvette is filled with 10 mL

stock solution. M1V1=M2V2 is used to find the rest of your diluted solution contents. Use the

spectrometer to measure the absorbance of you solutions. Fill the cuvettes ¾ of the way full and

record absorbance. Graph your results. To dissolve the brass bullet, determine the amount of

nitric acid. Do this step under a fume hood. Determine the amount of copper present in the brass

sample. Use the spectrometer to determine the absorbance.

Data:

Calibration Chart for Cu(NO3)2

1.4
1.2 y = 2.9862x
R² = 0.9969
1
Absorbance

0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45
Concentration (M)

Solution Concentration Absorption Stock/Water

1 0.4 M 1.190 10 mL Stock Solution
2 0.2 M 0.582 5 mL Stock Solution
+ 5 mL H20
3 0.1 M 0.333 2.5 mL Stock
Solution + 7.5 mL
H20
4 0.05 M 0.158 1.25 mL Stock
Solution + 8.75 ml
H20
5 0.025 M 0.113 0.625 mL Stock
Solution + 9.375ml
H20
6 0.00 M 0.000 10 mL H20