On television, there are commercials on Alka-Seltzer tablets. If you haven’t seen any well Alka-Seltzer tablets are tablets that give you fast relief remedy. Well, when you drop one of these tablets into water it starts to make bubbles. You could sort of compare this to a soda when the bubbles start to fizz up. The bubbles the tablets start to create are carbon dioxide gas. But the carbon dioxide are created by a chemical reaction that happens when the tablet starts to dissolve in water. You’re probably wondering what makes up these tablets? Well, it is mainly citric acid, aspirin and sodium bicarbonate. The sodium bicarbonate dissolves into the water and when it does dissolve it splits apart into sodium and bicarbonate ions. The bicarbonate …show more content…
Reaction rate increases with concentration as it is described by the rate law and explained by collision theory. The collision theory explains how chemical reactions occur and why reaction rates differ for different reactions, this theory was thought/proposed by Max Trautz. Factors that relate to the collision theory are temperature, concentration, and pressure. Temperature is defined as the degree heat in an environment or body. Temperature ties into the collision theory because when you raise the amount of heat in a system then the molecules start to move and bounce around more as the temperature starts to increase. When the temperature increases the molecules gain more energy, they also are likely to collide. Meanwhile if the temperature is low the molecules have less energy and aren’t as likely to collide with each other. When the temperature is lower it drops the rate of reaction. Concentration ties into the collision theory because if there is a lot of a substance in the system then the molecules are likely to collide and speed up the rate of reaction. Pressure ties into the collision theory because when you start to increase pressure then the molecules have less space to
Hypothesis: The Alka Seltzer will dissolve fastest in hot water and slowest in cold water.
Alka-Seltzer is a medical drug that serves as a pain reliever and for heartburn. (Rowland) It may also be used for indigestion, body aches, and different types of pain. (Rowland)You should completely dissolve the tablet in a glass of water before taking them. (Rowland)Next it will go through a chemical reaction that produces lots of carbon dioxide. (Rowland) For this reaction to occur the tablet must come in contact with hydrogen.
As temperature increases, rate of respiration increases, because particles move faster and with more energy, which in turn means more particles collide with enough energy to react. However, as temperature increases, enzyme stability decreases, so at temperatures above the optimum temperature, the rate will decrease, until all the enzymes have been fully denatured and all the active sites have been lost. Enzymes speed up reactions in organisms. Each enzyme works on a specific substance, called its substrate. The diagram below shows an “E” (an enzyme) catalysing the breakdown of “S” (the substrate) into two different products (“P”).
anyway) Note these factors affect the rate of the reaction, but not the final. amount of carbon dioxide produced). Why these factors affect it: higher temperature makes atoms move more. so they are more likely to bump into each other and react.
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Alka-Seltzer is made up of baking soda, aspirin, and citric acid which gives the tablet the fizz when dropped in any temperature water. “Alka-Seltzer is a medication that works as a pain reliever and an antacid. (Antacids help neutralize stomach acidity, which can cause heartburn.)” (Science Buddies, Carbonation Countdown: The Effect of Temperature on Reaction Time). To take the Alka-Seltzer tablet you have to dissolve it in water causing a chemical reaction to form and the whole solution begins to fizz. The fizz occurs since when you drop the tablet in the water the baking soda and the citric acid react causing the water to fizz also “sodium bicarbonate splits apart to form sodium and bicarbonate ions” (Science Buddies, Carbonation Countdown: The Effect of Temperature on Reaction Time). When the Alka-Seltzer is dropped in the water then a chemical reaction forms allowing the Alka-Seltzer to dissolve. Temperature is related to this experiment because the temperature affects how fast the hydrogen ions react with the bicarbonate ions and as the temperature increases the movement of the molecules increases in speed and vice versa (Science Buddies, Carbonation Countdown: The Effect of Temperature on Reaction Time).
* It was almost impossible to tell when the Alka-Seltzer tablet had dissolved, each time the experiment was done. This was a huge problem for the experiment as this could have totally caused problems to the experiment. A special type of detector apparatus, which bleeped when the correct amount of Alka-Seltzer tablet dissolved, could improve this, each time the experiment was done.
A chemical reaction is a process in which one or more substances are converted into other substances (Brown et al. 2015). The speed of a chemical reaction is called the reaction rate (Brown et al. 2015). The reaction rate is the change in the concentration of reactants or products per unit of time (Brown et al. 2015). Sometimes it is possible to measure the rate of reaction by timing a change in appearance (Van Norman 1963). Activation energy is the least amount of energy needed to break the chemical bonds of reactant molecules so that they can form new products (LAB). Molecules collide continuously, but only those that meet or exceed the activation energy and collide in the proper orientation will form new products (LAB). Temperature, concentration, surface area, and the presence of catalysts affect the rate of chemical reactions (LAB). Temperature is the measurement of the average
• An increase in the temperature of the system will increase the rate of reaction. Again, using the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution diagram, we can see how the temperature affects the reaction rate by seeing that an increase in temperature increases the average amount of energy of the reacting particles, thus giving more particles sufficient energy to react.
Chemical kinetics is the study and examination of chemical reactions regarding re-arrangement of atoms, reaction rates, effect of various variables, and more. Chemical reaction rates, are the rates of change in amounts or concentrations of either products or reactants. Concentration of solutions, surface area, catalysts, temperature and the nature of reactants are all factors that can influence a rate of reaction. Increasing the concentration of a solution allows the rate of reaction to increase because highly concentrated solutions have more molecules and as a result the molecules collide faster. Surface area also affects a
One vital process in the human body observed in chemistry is the idea of chemical kinetics. Chemical kinetics is the study of the rate of reactions, or how fast reactions occur.1 Three factors that affect chemical kinetics are concentration, temperature, and catalysis. As the concentration of a substance increases, the rate of the reaction also increases.1 This relationship is valid because when more of a substance is added in a reaction, it increases the likelihood that the
There are five factors which affect the rate of a reaction, according to the collision theory of reacting particles: temperature, concentration (of solution), pressure (in gases), surface area (of solid reactants), and catalysts. I have chosen to investigate the effect of concentration on the rate of reaction. This is because it is the most practical way to investigate. Dealing with temperatures is a difficult task, especially when we have to keep constant high temperatures. Secondly, the rate equation and the constant k changes when the temperature of the reaction changes.
The rate of reaction is how quickly or slowly reactants in chemical reactants turn into products. A low reaction rate is when the reaction takes a long time to take place; hence, a reaction that occurs quickly has a high reaction rate. A rate refers to how slow or quick the product is produced. It is possible to control the rate of chemical reactions and speed up or slow down the rate of chemical reactions by altering three main factors which are temperature, concentration and the surface area. When the temperature of the reactants increases, the molecules vibrate at a more intense speed therefore colliding with each other more frequently and with increased energy resulting in a greater rate of reaction. Accordingly, as the temperature decreases the molecules will move slower, colliding less frequently and with decreased energy resulting in the rate of reaction decreasing. Concentration is how much solute is dissolved into a solution and is also a factor that affects the rate of reaction. When the concentration is greater this means there is an increased amount of reactant atoms and molecules resulting in a higher chance that collisions between molecules will occur. A higher collision rate means a higher reaction rate. Consequently at lower concentrations there are reduced chances of the molecules colliding resulting in a lower reaction rate. The measurement of how much an area of a solid is exposed is called the surface area. The quicker a reaction will occur the more finely divided the solid is. For example, a powdered solid will usually have a greater rate of reaction in comparison to a solid lump that contains the same mass for it has a lower surface area than the powdered solid.