Rate of Reaction Investigation

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Rate of Reaction Investigation

Plan

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

the time taken for a 1cm strip of magnesium to entirely disappear in a

container of hydrochloric acid. The equation for this reaction is

magnesium + hydrochloric acid or

Mg(s) + 2HCL = MgCl2 (aq) + H2 (g)

For experiment my input variable will be the concentration of

Hydrochloric acid, so I will be using a concentration scale of 1-2 mol

dm-3.

My prediction is that the higher the concentration of hydrochloric

acid the faster the rate of reaction will be.

Below is a graph showing my predicted results:

I am basing my prediction on the premises that when the solution of

water and hydrochloric acid is dilute there are less hydrochloric acid

molecules in the solution. Making it is less likely that they collide

with the magnesium particles decreasing the speed of the reaction;

therefore the more concentrated the solution is the more hydrochloric

acid molecules there are and therefore there will be more reactions as

these molecules or particles collide with the magnesium. Collision

states that for a chemical reaction to occur particles must collide

with sufficient energy. The minimum energy required by particles is

known as the activation energy.

For this experiment I will require the following equipment:

Stop clock, measuring cylinder, syringe, beaker, hydrochloric acid,

sand paper, magnesium, diluted water and goggles.

The experiment will be set up as shown below:

· I will make the solution required using diluted water and

hydrochloric acid

· The concentration of this solution will vary as it is my input

variable

· The solution will be prepared in a beaker.

· I shall then sand down the 1cm magnesium strip so as to remove the

coating as it will affect the experiment and make it unfair.

· When the coating is completely removed I can drop the magnesium into

the solution at the same time as I start the stop clock.

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