Experiment:2
Aim: To prepare:
1. A true solution of common salt/sugar/alum in water.
2. A suspension of soil/chalk powder/ fine sand in water.
3. A colloidal solution of starch in water
distinguish between these on the basis of:
o Transparency
o Filtration criterion
o Stability
Materials Required
1. Beakers (250 mL), an iron stand, a glass rod, bunsen
burner, test tube stand, three funnels, three tripod
stands, filter papers, a small torch and China dish.
Chemicals Required
1. Common salt, sugar crystals, alum powder, chalk
powder, fine sand, raw egg, fine soil from garden and distilled
water. Procedure
1. To prepare a true solution of common salt, sugar in water.
o True solution of common salt:
Take a clean and dry beaker, pour 100 mL of distilled
water in it and add dry common salt in it.
Stir the content with a glass rod. Common salt
dissolves completely to form a true solution.
o True solution of sugar:
Take a clean and dry beaker and add 100 mL of
distilled water in it, pour few sugar crystals in it
arid stir the content with a glass rod. The sugar
dissolves in water to form true solution.
2. To prepare a suspension of soil, chalk powder in water.
o Suspension of chalk powder in water:
Take 100 mL of distilled water in a beaker, add 10 g
of chalk powder in it. Stir well and record your obser
vation
o Suspension of soil in water:
Take 100 mL of distilled water in a beaker and 10 g of
garden soil to it. Stir the mixture with a glass rod.
Allow it to stand for sometime & record your
observation.
(Soil does not dissolve in water but forms a
suspension)
3. To prepare colloidal solutions of starch in water.
o Colloidal solution of starch in water:
Take about 1 g of starch in a china dish, pour 10 mL
of distilled water in the dish and stir the mixture.
Now take 90 mL of hot, boiling water.
(Heat the water in beaker using Bunsen burner)
Stir the contents of the china dish continuously and
pour the contents in the boiling water. Allow the
contents to cool. Record your observation.
(The starch + water solution is colloidal in nature.)
4. To distinguish the above formed solutions on
the basis of transparency, filtration criterion and
stability: Take one true solution —> salt + water
Take one suspension —> chalk + water
Take one colloidal solution —>starch+ water
o Transparency:
Take 3 test tubes with a colloid, suspension and true
solution in each respectively. Paste a white paper
with a tick mark on one side of each test tube. Look
at the tick mark through the contents of the three
test tubes from the other side. Check for the
transparency of the tick mark.
Record your observations.
o Filtration Criterion:
Take 3 tripod stands, place a funnel over each
stand. Fix the filter paper in the funnel and
check for the filtration [Link] your
observations.
o Stability Criterion:
Take 3 test tubes with a colloid, suspension and
true solution in each respectively. Shake all the test
tubes and keep them in the test tube stand, allow
it to stand for 5 minutes.
Record your observations.
Observation Table
Precautions
1. Use test tube holder for heating/boiling of water.
2. Do not waste the chemicals and distilled water. Use it
wisely.
3. Always stir the contents in the test tube nicely and gently.