The Effect of a Catalyst on the Rate of Reaction

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Experiment No.: 1 Experiment Tittle: Investigating the effects of a catalyst on the rate of a chemical reaction Surname: Pheto First Name: Tshepo Thatayaone ID Number: 201301288 Day: Friday Date of Experiment: 30 January 2015 Group Members: Seanana G.N 201300771 Seetswane E. 201201591 Onosi G. 201300703 Aim of the experiment The aim of this experiment is to determine the effect of a catalyst on the rate of iodide ion with the peroxodisulphate ion. Summary of the procedure With the use of conical flasks and pipettes,in part A, two solutions were prepared; one contained Potassium persulfate and the other one contained a mixture of 10mL of 0.2M Potassium iodide, 10ML of 0.01M Sodium thiosulphate and 5mL of 0.2% starch. Using water baths, the two solutions were mixed at room temperature, 30ºC, 35ºC, 40ºC and 45ºC. The whole process was repeated but with a catalyst added to the solutions this time for part B. Results and Analysis of data Table 1 shows time recorded for the given temperatures and the calculated values of 1/t, 1/T and ln(1/t) for the uncatalysed reaction. Table 1: Time and temperature for the uncatalysed reactions T (ºC) | T(K) | 1/T(Kˉˡ) | t(s) | 1/t(sˉˡ) | ln(1/t) | 24.4 | 297.55 | 0.00336 | 199 | 0.00503 | -5.29 | 30.0 | 303.15 | 0.00329 | 143 | 0.00699 | -4.96 | 35.8 | 308.95 | 0.00323 | 127 | 0.00787 | -4.84 | 40.0 | 313.15 | 0.00318 | 74 | 0.0135 | -4.31 | 45.0 | 318.15 | 0.00314 | 64 | 0.0156 | -4.16 | Table 2 shows time recorded for the given temperatures and the calculated values of 1/t, 1/T and ln(1/t) for the catalysed reaction. Table 2: Time and temperature for the catalysed reactions T (ºC) | T(K) | 1/T(Kˉˡ) | t(s) | 1/t(sˉˡ) | ln(1/t) | 24.9 | 298.05 | 0.00336 | 153 | 0.00654 | -5.03 | 30.0 | 303.15 | 0.00330 | 77 | 0.0130 | -4.34 | 35.1 |

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