When working with hazardous substances in the laboratory your partner splashes a small amount of Sodium Hydroxide onto their clothing, you immediately help them to the safety shower to rinse off for 15 minutes

a.) After you help your partner into the safety shower, what should be your next step?

b.) What should you have with you when reporting the incident to emergency responders?

a) After helping our partner, we should immediately report the incident to the lab manager or any person in charge of the emergencies occurring in the lab.

b) We should have a copy of the Material Safety Data Sheet to give to the responders. This is because the responder can identify what materials were being used by the person ans what other security measures need to be taken.

1. for the first question, we must find the mass of the anhydrous salt, mgso₄. the molar mass for mgso₄·7h₂o is 246.47 g/mol, while that of mgso₄ is 120.37 g/mol.7.834 g mgso₄·7h₂o * 1 mol mgso₄·7h₂o/246.47 g * 1 mol mgso₄/1 mol mgso₄·7h₂o * 20.37 g mgso₄/mol = 0.647 g mgso₄

2. mass of water = mass of sample - mass of anhydrous salemass of water = 7.834 - 0.647 = 7.19 gpercent water in hydrate = 7.19/7.834 * 100 = 91.74%