The Effect of Temperature of Hydrochloric Acid on the Rate of Reaction Between Hydrochloric Acid and Magnesium

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The Effect of Temperature of Hydrochloric Acid on the Rate of Reaction Between Hydrochloric Acid and Magnesium

Aim To investigate if the temperature of hydrochloric acid will affect

the rate of reaction between hydrochloric acid and magnesium.

Magnesium Ribbon + Hydrochloric Acid → Magnesium Chloride + Hydrogen

Mg + 2HCl → MgCl² + H²

Hypothesis I think that as the temperature of the hydrochloric acid

increases so will the rates of reaction. I think this because of the

Collision theory. These theory states that particles, when heated have

more energy, and with this higher amount of energy the particles will

be moving at a higher rate with more force, when these particles

collide a reaction occurs, therefore increasing the heat increases the

rate of reaction.

Apparatus Pyrex Beaker Gauze Tripod Bunsen Burner Stopwatch

Thermometer Measuring Cylinder Experimented Materials i.e. HCl and Mg

Method The equipment was examined to ensure that it was sterile and in

working order. Then 50ml of hydrochloric acid was measured out in a

measuring cylinder. This was then poured into a clean Pyrex glass

beaker. A Pyrex glass beaker was used because of its strength at high

temperatures which were involved in this experiment. This beaker was

then placed on a tripod and gauze above a Bunsen burner and heated to

the experimenting temperature. When the desired heat was achieved a

1cm strip of magnesium ribbon was dropped into the beaker containing

the heated hydrochloric acid. The reaction from the magnesium ribbon

and heated hydrochloric acid produced a large amount of hydrogen

bubbles. The time taken for the magnesium to totally dissolve in the

hydrochloric acid was recorded by a stopwatch started as the magnesium

ribbon was dropped into the hydrochloric acid inside the beaker. A

thermometer, cleaned with distilled water and then dried before the

experiment, was used to stir the reacting materials and to ensure the

temperature of the hydrochloric acid remained constant. As the

thermometer was cleaned before the experiment it did not influence or

interfere with the results of the experiment.

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