Answer to Question #284085 in General Chemistry for Lovely

Question

Determine the size of this effect and, along with your percent error from above, estimate your overall uncertainty. If your values for lead and/or aluminum are not within your uncertainty of the accepted value, offer plausible explanations for what might account for the difference?

Answer 1

Experimental error is defined as the difference between an experimental value and the actual value of a quantity. This difference indicates the accuracy of the measurement. The accuracy is a measure of the degree of closeness of a measured or calculated value to its actual value.