Sodium Analysis in Potato Chips ILF Background Information Chemistry 111 March 2011 Gwen, Nathalie and Monica

Sodium in Potato Chips 180 mgFrito-Lay Lay's Potato Chips - Original (for a small bag, 28.3 g) claims to have 180 mg of sodium. 130 mgOld Dutch Potato Chips - Original (for small bag, 28 g) claims to have 130 mg of sodium. 100 mgHumpty Dumpty Potato Chips - Original (for a small bag, 16 g) claims to have 100 mg of sodium. After looking at these sodium counts, we are going to do an analysis to see if these companies are true to their nutrition facts, or if they are a little off...or even way off.

What is the chemical formula, chemical structure, molar mass and the CAS Registry number of the analyte you will be working with? Sodium Chloride 2Na + Cl2 Molar Mass g/molCAS Registry Number The analyte we are working with is Sodium Chloride, its chemical formula being 2Na + Cl2. The structure of this chemical is based as a typical ionic structure, meaning it is a compound, where we cannot state just how many ions there really are. There could be billions of sodium and chloride particles all constantly moving about each other. This chemical also contains ionic bonding, with the sodium having one electron on its outer layer and chlorine needing one more electron for its outer layer. They work together by giving and receiving the electrons needed to fill their ring and forming an ion. The formation of sodium chloride is arranged in such a way that each particle is surrounded by oppositely charged neighbors, such as the picture below. The Molar Mass of the chemical is g/mol and has a CAS Registry Number of

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What are the health benefits of consuming the chemical you are working with? proper blood flow maintain the electrolyte balance good metabolism early signs of health When thinking of Sodium Chloride, most people’s first reaction is that it is bad and unhealthy for you. This is true to the consumption of large quantities; however this chemical also contains many health benefits. Sodium is needed by your body to help with proper blood flow, it helps maintain the electrolyte balance in and out of your cells and is needs to be used to replenish these electrolytes, especially after exercising. Having a good salt to water ratio within your body provides good metabolism, and the chemical can also show early signs of health problems by examining it in the blood flow. Overall, your body needs certain amounts of sodium each day to properly function and carry out your basic needs.

What are the health risks of consuming too much of the chemical you are working with? hypertension elevates the systemic arterial blood pressure strokes, eyesight trouble, heart failure lower life expectancy osteoporosisstomach cancer throw off the equilibrium of fluid It is widely known that the quantity of salt we tend to ingest nowadays is not beneficial to our health at all. The amount the general population does intake on a daily basis has risen so high over the years because of the ever growing processed and "convenient" food industries. Most anything we buy in stores are loaded with salt as preservatives of merely to add flavour. This huge difference has proven to cause many health problems in the human population such as hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, which elevates the systemic arterial blood pressure in particular. Hypertension in itself may lead to strokes, eyesight trouble, heart failure and causes a lower life expectancy. Other health risks of ingesting high amounts of sodium are osteoporosis and stomach cancer. A certain amount of salt and sodium are in fact necessary to our bodies to maintain balance, but in the same way too much can throw off the equilibrium of fluid in our bodies and cause you to retain water. Overall, people in the world are eating much too much salt and it causes many health risks that nobody wants.

What is the normal or acceptable amount of your group's analyte, in the substance you will be analyzing? The RNI (recommended nutrient intake) for sodium is only 1.6 grams per day. The average sodium intake amongst adults in the UK is 3.7 grams per day (equivalent to 9.5 grams or around 2 tsp of salt) and is well above the amount needed to maintain normal functions in a temperate climate. The RNI (recommended nutrient intake) for sodium is only 1.6 grams per day.

Investigate the instrumentation or techniques required to carry out the analysis you will do. The Instruments needed for this analysis of Sodium Chloride are: Sodium Ion Selective Electrode Sodium Ion Selective Electrode fill solution Pipette for fill solution PASCO CI-6738 ISE (Ion Selective Electrode) Amplifier Science Workshop of greater PASCO Science Workshop Computer Interface Semi logarithmic 4-cycle graph paper for preparing calibration curves Magnetic stir plate Lab-ware made of plastic for all low level instruments (do not use glass) Equipment/Instruments need for solutions are: Deionized or distilled water for solution and preparation Ionic Strength Adjuster (ISA) 4 M NH4Cl/4 M NH4 OH Sodium Electrolyte Storage Solution 5 M NaCl

How does the instrumentation or technique work to measure the substance you are looking for? After crushing the potato chips and making a solution with it and the distilled water, you put the ISE (without the cap) into the solution. The instrumentation measures the substance by measuring the conductivity of the water - the solution has a charge because of the ions we are working with. By measuring the conductivity of the solution, we can analyze the concentration of sodium, seeing if the chips contain more than 1.6 g of sodium, the recommended nutrient intake per day. Before using the ISE, you need to make up a fill solution that contains sodium ions. This allows the ISE to recognize what ion we are looking for in the solution, and will then pick out the sodium in the solution of potato chips and distilled water.

What other chemicals are required to do the analysis? distilled water Sodium Electrode Storgage Solution Ammonium SolutionAmmonium Hydroxyde Ionic Strength AdjusterSodium Chloride The chemicals needed are distilled water, Sodium Electrode Storgage Solution, Ammonium Solution, Ammonium Hydroxyde, Ionic Strength Adjuster and Sodium Chloride.

Look up and print out the MSDS for each chemical required to do the analysis. Distilled Water MSDS Sodium Electrode Storage Solution MSDS Ammonium Chloride MSDS Ammonium Hydroxide MSDS Ionic Strength Adjuster MSDS Sodium chloride MSDS

Outline the steps required to carry out the analysis. Electrode Preparation - Remove rubber cap from electrode Hook up the electrode to amplifier and computer Experiment Preparations - 1. Buy different brands of potato chips 2. Take the chips and crush them up as much as possible, to as little as possible a size (use a mortar) 3. Weigh out a measurement of the chips, 10 grams being a good starting point 4. Whatever the weight you chose, add 10 times as much water to the chips to form a solution 5. Place the solution in the Magnetic Stirring Plate overnight so that the sodium will be extracted from the chips 6. After the solution is mixed in the beaker it must be transferred to a larger Volume Flask for more precise measuring 7. Stir the solution again with the Magnetic Stirring Plate to be sure you have a homogenous solution 8. Measure 50 ml of the solution into a beaker and add 1 ml of ISA 9. Place the ISE into the sodium solution so that it can measure the amount of sodium found 10. Be sure to record all data in your Lab Book

Make a list of the skills you will need to have training in, in order to perform the analysis properly. - Before performing this analysis, you should be sure to have the proper WHMIS training as well as basic computer skills. - For the experiment itself, you should know how to use the Magnetic Stirring Plate as well as the ISE (refer to manual for instructions).

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