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Effect of temperature on the rate of reaction between magnesium and hydrochloric acid

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Effect of temperature on the rate of reaction between magnesium and hydrochloric acid

Apparatus:

Magnesium strips (5cm)
Hydrochloric acid
Water bath
Clamp x 3
Clamp stand x3
Ruler
Measuring cylinder (100ml)
Measuring beaker (50ml) x2
Rubber tube
Rubber bung
Gas syringe
Wire wool
Stop clock

Aim: My aim is to find out if heating the hydrochloric acid affects the rate of magnesium and hydrochloric acid.

Prediction: I predict that the heating the hydrochloric acid will effect it as heating is one type of changing the rate of reaction.

Method:

Get three clamps and clamp stands from the cupboard, and set them up and get a water bath and set it up to the right temperature (20-80) and then let it get to the right temp get a gas syringe form …show more content…

Start timing as soon as it starts to react with the hydrochloric acid. When it has finished reacting, measure how much gas was produced and clear the syringe and then clear the stop watch and repeat this twice with every different temperature. Scientific theory:

In a chemical reaction no mass is lost, when the reactants turn in to the product of the reaction, chemical reactions involve a permanent change not just a temporary one.

For this to happen their hast to be a change in energy as reactions always give out or take in energy most of the time this is heat energy this means the temperature in a reaction will go up or down.

Visible changes can occur in the reaction mixture. These show that a reaction has taken place, for example a gad is given off or a solid is made or the colour changes.

Oxidation this happens with most substances usually forming an oxide
e.g. magnesium if not kept in a solution then it will react with oxygen forming magnesium oxide.

Exothermic (give out heat) the reaction supplies the energy as heat.
The heat energy is given to the surroundings; the temperature might go up making it feel hot.

Temperature by changing the temperature in a experiment you are effecting the rate of reaction by heating it you are making the experiment go faster because you are making the particles react faster giving a higher chance of a collision happing and if you drop you are causing the

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