Lemonade Anyone? Blog #11

Introduction
For this lab report we had to figure out the amount of the lemonade powder we used in order to make lemonade in bottles. We also had to find out what would happen if we were to add the lemonade powder before the water and vice-versa. Our hypothesis was, "I think that the lighter the color, the fewer grams of mix."

Materials:

• lemonade powder
• cup
• scale
• weighing paper
• measuring cup (500mL)
• 6 H2O bottles
• spoon

Procedure
At first, we had to measure the weighing paper's weight using the scale which in result was 0.7 grams. Then we took one tablespoon of lemonade powder and poured it on the scale and recorded the weight. For this step we had to subtract the weight of the lemonade powder by the weight of the weighing paper since we only needed to know how many grams the lemonade powder weighted in order to create our lemonade. After, we poured the lemonade in the measuring cup before we poured 400mL of water. The reason why we poured the lemonade powder before the 400mL of water was because if we poured the water before the lemonade powder, the volume of the lemonade would rise. Fourthly, we stirred the water and the lemonade power in order for it to mix. Once we stirred and made sure the lemonade powder and water were mixed, we poured the now lemonade back into the water bottle.

Later on, once all of our classmates had completed the lab individually, we were told to record the taste and color shades of each lemonade that was made by each of our classmates. We rated each lemonade's taste and color from 1-6, 1 being the weakest and 6 being the strongest. Then we all recorded our information and found out the grams of sucrose and citric acid contained in each bottle. Finally, the next day we all recorded all of our data on one chart that was written on the board and concluded the amount of moles of mix and the molarity of mix for each water bottle of lemonade that we created.

Observation/Data
When doing this lab, I noticed certain small but important details. Two of those small but important details were using the scale correctly and adding the lemonade powder before pouring the water. Using the scale correctly was important because if you didn't line up the two lines in the scale, the weight of all your materials would be incorrect therefore your final weights and your data would be incorrect. Pouring the lemonade powder before pouring the water was strictly important because if this wasn't done correctly then it would mean that the volume of the solution would rise above 400mL.

Conclusion
I believe that this lab helped me understand the concepts of dilution. This helped me because in this lab we went through the procedure step by step therefore I understand how to complete dilution problems using this step by step procedure. Overall, this was a helpful and fun lab.