Dissociation Of Feirroin Lab Report

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Determination of the Rate Law and Activation Energy for the Dissociation of Ferroin
Kim, Taewoo, Trey L Arnold, Kyle A Leland, Aimee M Morey, Department of Chemistry, USAF Academy, CO 80840
ABSTRACT
Blue wavelength was used to measure absorbance; using initial data and Beer’s law, calculated molar extinction coefficient was 10953 L∙mol^(-1)∙cm^(-1). Variations of concentration over time were graphed to figure out dissociation of ferroin being first-order reaction and sulfuric acid being zero-order. Thus, under the rate law, the solution’s rate was found to be k〖[Ferroin]〗^1 〖[Sulfuric acid]〗^0, where rate constant k = 9.12x〖10〗^(-4) s^(-1). Half-life was 759.87 sec and Ea (activation energy) was 56.82 KJ.
INTRODUCTION
Chemical kinetics, also …show more content…

Use blue LED color for maximum absorbance of Ferroin and scroll down the colorimeter screen to view absorbance at your chosen wavelength. Measure the initial absorbance of the mixture with colorimeter, record it and use this information to determine the molar extinction coefficient for Ferroin. Place the cuvette into 40°C water bath and let it heat up. Remove cuvette from water bath to measure the absorbance of mixture with two minutes of interval in between, putting the cuvette immediately back after the measurement. Be sure to dry the cuvette (ex. with paper towel) before putting into colorimeter. Continue until the absorbance drops below 0.2 or when you have the 10th measurement. For second experiment, repeat procedure using 0.20M sulfuric acid by diluting 0.40M sulfuric acid. For the last experiment, use 0.40M sulfuric acid again but put into 45°C water bath instead of …show more content…

ε should be all same for three experiments so error occurred here. Source of this error might be little water or moisture inside colorimeter before starting new experiment. This could affect absorbance of wavelength by colorimeter. Also, I used 45°C graph to determine the order of ferroin because when I plotted all three graphs for 40°C, zero-order graph had higher percentage of R^2, than first-order graph. It must have been human mistake as my lab partner forgot to measure for every 120 seconds but randomly recorded four points instead. (120, 240, 430, 540)
Therefore, rate constant is little higher than it is supposed to be. At 40 °C, k would be -6.47 x〖10〗^(-4) s^(-1) and half-time would be 1071 seconds. It is same for activation energy. I think it is less than it should be because of human mistake while taking the measurement. I am guessing it might be around 100KJ based on references.
REFERENCE
John O. Edwards; Kathleen Edwards; Jorge Palma; The reactions of ferroin complexes. A color-to-colorless freshman kinetic experiment 1975, 52, 408 Simeen Sattar; Unified Kinetics and Equilibrium Experiment: Rate Law, Activation Energy, and Equilibrium Constant for the Dissociation of Ferroin 2011, 88, 457-460 T. S. Lee; I. M. Kolthoff; D. L. Leussing; Reaction of Ferrous and Ferric Iron with 1,10-Phenanthroline. I. Dissociation Constants of Ferrous and Ferric Phenanthroline

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