Collecting and testing Gases HYDROGEN

How can you collect the gases given off in experiments and what are the tests you can do to show what gases are produced?

Apparatus
Eye protection Boiling tube Test tube Large beaker or plastic container for water Bung and delivery tube Test tube rack Piece of magnesium !cm long" #easuring cylinder $ilute %ydroc%loric acid Bunsen burner &plints Test tube %older

Wear eye protection.

Year 7 2013-2014 Key Stage 3 Science Unit: Reactions

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! Fill the test tube and the bea er !ith !ater" #ut your thu$b o%er the end o& the test tube' and (ut it into the bea er u(side do!n"

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#ut the end o& the deli%ery tube into the u(side do!n test tube' !ithout letting any o& the !ater out"

)easure 10 c$3 o& hydrochloric acid and (ut it into a boiling tube" Stand the boiling tube in the test tube rac "

Year 7 2013-2014 Key Stage 3 Science Unit: Reactions

*ro( the (iece o& $agnesiu$ into the acid' and (ut the bung into the to( o& the tube"

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+atch !hat ha((ens to the $agnesiu$ and the acid" +hen the reaction has &inished' light your ,unsen burner" -are&ully test the gas in the u(side do!n tube using a lighted s(lint"

-onsidering your results.conclusions

! ' ( ) * +hat are the na$es o& the t!o reactants in this e.(eri$ent/ +hat did you see ha((ening !hen you (ut the $agnesiu$ into the acid/ 0o! could you tell that one o& the (roducts o& this reaction is a gas/ +hat ha((ened !hen you tested the gas in the boiling tube/ +hat does this tell you about the gas/

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