If sulfuric acid is not added to dissolve the unreacted mg metal in part e2, and therefore the mg strip remains in the solution, will the reported percent recovery of copper be high or low? explain.
lab report question!

a:

by the combination of an unlimited number of elements

answer : third trial had the contaminated sample and the correct value for dhrxn should be 1000 kj/mol

explanation :

let us write down the given equations

equation 1 :

equation 2 :

equation 3 :

let us use hess's law to find out which 2 equations can be added to get the third equation.

let us reverse equation 2 and multiply it by 2. the new equation that we get is,

equation 4 :

let us add equation 1 & 4

the above equation is similar to equation 3 but has different value for dhrxn.

therefore third trial had the contaminated sample and the correct value for dhrxn should be 1000 kj/mol

50.23 i believe is correct but don't quote me on that.