Fred Frantic, a busy student, needed to get back to his job, and was in a hurry. Tell what effect each of the following procedural errors would have on both the percent copper and the percent chlorine that he would determine. In other words, would the percent of each element increase or decrease? Consider and briefly explain each error individually.
b. Fred removed the aluminum wire from the solution while it was still blue. He went ahead and de canted the solution, and isolated the solid remaining.