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Experiment 2
Soluble Families: How does the solubility of an element relate to where it is located on the Periodic Table?

Purpose/Hypothesis

Groups are columns running down the periodic table. In this experiment you are determining an element's solubility. Solubility is the ability of a substance to dissolve in a liquid. For example, sugar dissolves in water and is therefore called soluble in water. Chocolate chips mixed with water do not dissolve and are called insoluble in water. Solubility is one of the properties that relates to the location of the element in the periodic table.

In this experiment you will determine what areas of the periodic table have the property of being soluble in water. You will use substances made from elements in the first two families of the periodic table. The first group on the left,...

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1. Introduction
2. Elemental developments
3. Blocks of data
4. Across and down
5. Periodic patterns
6. Experiment 1 - Metals versus Non-metals: Which areas of the periodic table have elements that conduct electricity?
7. Experiment 2 - Soluble Families: How does the solubility of an element relate to where it is located on the Periodic Table?
8. Design Your Own Experiment