The Rate of Reaction Between Hydrochloric Acid and Marble Chips

1020 Words3 Pages

The Rate of Reaction Between Hydrochloric Acid and Marble Chips

Plan

In this experiment, I will be investigating the rate of the reaction

between Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) and marble chips. To do this, I will

change the concentration of the HCl and measure how that affects the

amount of CO2 produced during the reaction, and hence, find the rate.

I predict that when I increase the concentration, the rate of the

reaction will increase. I think this because of the particle theory.

When the concentration of the HCl is increased, there will be more HCl

particles with which the marble chips can come into contact. This will

therefore mean that as there are more particles colliding, the

reaction will occur faster and more often, as there are a higher

number of particles touching and reacting at higher concentrations of

HCl than lower ones. I also predict that when the concentration is

doubled, then that rate will double also. I think this, as when there

are twice as many particles coming into contact with each other, there

will be twice as many chances for the reaction to happen per second,

and therefore the rate (amount of CO2 produced from the reaction) will

double.

There will be a limit when this relationship will no longer be true.

It will be when there is too much HCl for the marble chips to dissolve

in. This will be when the surface area of available marble chips is

completely covered by HCl, and then more HCl is added. The rate of the

reaction will not then increase its speed, as there is no more marble

chip for the HCl to actually reach.

To investigate this reaction, I need to make sure that a fair test is

used, or else my results would be inaccurate. The only variable I may

change is the concentration of HCl. I must keep all other variables,

such as the temperature, size and surface area of the marble chips,

volume of HCl, method, and the apparatus used the same.

Preliminary Work

Open Document