3. Some of the reagents used in this lab are easily confused: such as persulfate (S208?) and thiosulfate (S20:2). A student inadvertently switched these reagents, adding the

persulfate to beaker A and thiosulfate to beaker B. How would this affect the results?

What would the student observe with respect to the mixture in beaker A?

Different compounds are formed.

Explanation:

Due to this switching of chemicals, the result of both beakers will be different because the chemicals react with the different solution in the beaker. The composition of both chemicals are different from one another which produces different compounds or products when they are mixed with the solution so we can say that this switching of chemicals will definitely affect the results of the experiment. The student will observe the formation of different compounds and different colour of the solution.

the old alchemists made significant contributions to science even though there starting premises were off a bit. their conclusions after failure would steer them into better directions for investigation. science is no more than close observation and the initial mistakes result in rethinking and retrying experiments.