I need to determine which test tube contains the following solutions: aluminum chloride (AlCl3)sodium carbonate (Na2CO3)sodium acetate (NaCH3COO)hydrochloric acid (HCl) sodium hydroxide (NaOH)ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH)iron (III) nitrate (Fe(NO3)3)silver nitrate (AgNO3)copper (II) sulfate (CuSO4)nickel (II) chloride (NiCl2)lead (II) nitrate (Pb(NO3)2).What should i do ?
You will need a kiln,to fire the clay and make it durable,otherwise you simply have dried clay,which will turn to mud if it gets wet,or dust if it dries out completely,and be of no use.if you look at ancient pipes,such as those used by natives,they formed the pipe's bowl in such a way as to not need any screen.it has to taper down to a very small tube at the bottom,then a sharp angle to allow only the smoke to pass through the opening.A wire can be used to keep the hole open when forming it,and retracted after it's completed.The stem has to be long enough that the heat from the bowl doesn't reach your lips.Look at a peacepipe for a good example,then model your's after that,it doesn't have to be quite that long,you can make it considerably shorter.Clay pipes have been in use for thousands of years,it's not that hard to do.
if this experiment is similar to the one I did, then you will only be given these twelve test tubes each with one of the chemical's above in themSo all you can do is know the reaction that mixing these chemicals with each other giveMake yourself a matrixFor example, I know that NaOh mixed with NH4OH should be smelly and NaOH mixed with HCl will show no visible reactionBut to make an accurate guess you need to probably know more than just two mixturesGood luck ! I hope this helped!
