The purpose of this experiment was to produce the compound Sodium carbonate through a double replacement reaction of Sodium hydroxide and Calcium carbonate. These two compounds mixed together and formed an aqueous cloudy solution, which is how I know a reaction occurred. The cloudy mixture verifies that sodium carbonate was formed through two aqueous solutions thus proving that one of the products was insoluble. Without one of the products
being insoluble, or not aqueous, the reaction would not of worked and a cloudy solution would not of been produced. Even though this experiment was successful in producing Sodium carbonate, there are always sources of error that could have
occurred. One of the errors could have been not allowing the Sodium hydroxide to dissolve all the way before adding in the Calcium carbonate. Another error could have been not having a filter to not allow the sodium hydroxide to escape
when adding in the Calcium Carbonate. Of course other human errors could have occurred when measuring, but overall the experiment of producing Sodium carbonate was successful. Sodium carbonate was produced through a double replacement of Sodium hydroxide and Calcium carbonate.
being insoluble, or not aqueous, the reaction would not of worked and a cloudy solution would not of been produced. Even though this experiment was successful in producing Sodium carbonate, there are always sources of error that could have
occurred. One of the errors could have been not allowing the Sodium hydroxide to dissolve all the way before adding in the Calcium carbonate. Another error could have been not having a filter to not allow the sodium hydroxide to escape
when adding in the Calcium Carbonate. Of course other human errors could have occurred when measuring, but overall the experiment of producing Sodium carbonate was successful. Sodium carbonate was produced through a double replacement of Sodium hydroxide and Calcium carbonate.