From the attached lab how did they calculate…

From the attached lab how did they calculate…

From the attached lab how did they calculate Reaction K’ for each of the experiments?

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Abstract:

Background:
The rate law is the change in chemical over a change in time.
The reaction is based off of the time that it takes for the reaction to occur. The different
amounts of chemicals put into each reaction determine how long it will take for the
reaction to take place. When it comes to concentration a higher concentration of reactants
leads to more effective collisions in time. This in turn leads to an increasing reaction rate
with the exception of zero order reactions. A higher concentration of products is more
likely to be associated with a lower reaction rate. The increase in temperature is normally
accompanied by an increased reaction rate. Temperature is a measure of the kinetic
energy of a system therefore, the higher temperature the higher the average kinetic energy
of molecules and more collisions in time. Once the temperature reaches a certain point,
some of the chemical may become changed and the chemical reaction will either slow
down or stop. Catalyst enzymes lower the activation energy of a chemical reaction. They
also increase the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process. They
work by increasing the frequency of collisions between reactants, thus altering the
orientation of reactants so that more collisions are effective. This reduces the
intermolecular bonding within reactant molecules. The activation energy can be
determined through the temperature because the drop in the relative rate versus the time
is significant. The Arrhenius Equation
y=mx+b because temperature is the

lnk=lnA?(Ea/kBT)

relates

to

independent

the

slope

variable

and the rate constant is the dependent variable, thus replacing with the equation above.

The temperature should be plotted on the x- axis and the rate constant shall be plotted on
the y- axis. The line will have appeared constant, then appear to drastically decrease then
rise again. The clock reaction records the amount of time it takes for each solutions
reaction to occur. It helps to create the ratio between the rate of change and the time. The
starch indicator allows the solution to show that a reaction is actually taking place. the
hydrochloric acid is detected by the starch indicator.

Procedure:

Results:
Dependence of Reaction Rate on Concentration

Time t
Reaction

Relative

(sec) for

Rate of

Reactant Concentrations in Reacting
Temp. in ( ? )
C

Mixture

Reaction

Change
1
2
3
4
5

Color to

1000/t

160
76
101
45
193

6.25
13.15
9.90
22.22
5.18

Mixture (M)

.0020
.0040
.0020
.0020
.0016

.008
.004
.016
.008
.004

.02
.02
.02
.04
.03

21.0
21.0
25.0
23.0
25.0

Effect of Temperature of Reaction Rate: The Activation Energy

20

Approximate Temperature in C
?
40

10

0

Time in t in seconds
144

58

299

258

21

33

17

12

6.85
1.92
294
1/294

1.78
.576
306
1/306

14.6
2.68
290
1/290

21.5
3.07
285
1/285

for color to appear
Temperature of the
reaction mixture in C
?
Relative Rate = 1000/t
Ln of relative rate
Temperature T in K
1/T, K

Effect of a Catalyst on Reaction Rate

Reaction 1

Catalyzed Reaction 1

Time for color to
144

7.8

7.8

appear (seconds)
Relative Rate 1= 7.59 = k’ (.002) m (.008) n (.02) p
Relative Rate 2= 16.95 = k’ (.004) m (.008) n (.02) p
Reaction
1Rate 1/ Relative Rate 2 = (.002)m(.008)n(.02)p4
2
3
K’ave
Relative
/(.004)m(.008)n(.02)p
K’
3.125
6.575 = log (.5)/ log (.5)
4.95
11.11
3.66
m
m=1
m= 1
n= 1
p= 2

Discussion:
During the clock reaction the student combined the contents of Reaction Flask I and
Reaction Flask II, which contained the two component solutions for the reaction mixture,
and observed that after a period of elapsed time. The concentration of the various ions in
the solution affected the time in which the color change occurred. When the
concentration of [ I- ] ion increased the time for the detected color change was nearly
halved. The increase in concentration of the BrO3- ion also resulted in a decreased time,
but not to the same degree as the I- ion. Finally, the increase in concentration of the H+
had the most profound decrease in the time required for the color change. These elapsed
times translated into higher relative rates with smaller amounts of time and smaller
relative rates with larger amounts of time demonstrating the inverse proportionality
between reaction time and relative rate. These determined relative rates are crucial to the
determination of the rate laws and there order numbers. The students compared Reaction
1 to the Reaction 2, 3, and 4 to obtain the order numbers because Reaction Mixture 2, 3,

and 4 only differ from Reaction 1 in concentration of one ion. This ratio of difference
was used to find the order numbers to be m=1, n=1, and p=1. With these value known the
students were able to predict the relative rate and time for Reaction 5. The predicted
relative rate was 5.56 and the predicted time was 180 seconds. This was slightly
inaccurate when compared to the observed relative rate of 5.18 and the observed time of
193 seconds. Now in addition to the calculation of the relative rate and order numbers
the students also determined the rate constant for each of the performed reactions. To
determine this order numbers were input into the formula Relative Rate = k’ (I-) m (BrO3-)
n

(H+) p and then solved for k’. The resulting constants were, with the exception of

Reaction 4, within a close range of one another. This was expected because the solutions
were only slightly different from one another. All of this information was used to
determine the activation energy of the reaction. This was achieved when the students
plotted 1/T versus the ln of the relative rate. Using this graph in conjunction with the
Arrhenius equation the activation energy could be calculated by relating the slope and the
rate constant of 8.31. This yielded activation energy of 4,615 joules. When compared to
the actual value of the 41,400 joules the experiment yielded a percent error of 88 percent.
The source of this error came from an erroneous reading and/or preparation of one of 40
degree trial. This caused the slope to be significantly higher than anticipated which
resulted in smaller activation energy. Finally, when a catalyst was added to one of the
solutions and reacted together the rate of reaction increased dramatically. This was due to
the presence of the catalyst which decreased the activation energy required for the
reaction to occur.
Conclusion:

The goal of the project was to find the time it took to for a chemical reaction to take
place. The group was somewhat successful in achieving each goal. The rates of the
chemical reactions are within the same time frame. The more concentrated the solution,
the longer it took for the reaction to take place. The experiment does not need to be
improved however, the whole experiment needs to be repeated twice in order to make
sure all the results are completely accurate.

References

Cengage Learning (2000); Signature Labs’ Chemistry
Handout; Rate of Chemical Reactions; II. A Clock Reaction; p160-165
General Chemistry; Gilbert, Kirss, Foster, Davies

Lab Report 3:
Rate Law Experiment
Jeneé T. Glover
Due: Mar. 21, 2013
CHEM 222L-01

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