Solid Evidence Lab

The purpose of this lab was to investigate chemical reactions that cause solids to form.

Our wellplate of the reactions 




Net Ionic Equations

What surprised me the most was how quickly the precipitate formed, especially in reaction 6 with NaOH and Cu(NO_3)_2. 

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