The Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide

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The Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide

What factors vary the decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide when a fixed

mass of catalyst is added to it?

[IMAGE]Hydrogen Peroxide Water + Oxygen

Manganese Oxide(catalyst)

Equipment

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Ø Burette

Ø Clamp

Ø A bowl of water

Ø Test tube with delivery tube

Plan- method

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Ø Measure the catalyst and the H O .

Ø Then pour the catalyst into a test tube along with the H O and

attach the delivery tube.

Ø Start the stopwatch and record how long it takes the reaction to

take place and for all the water to empty out of the burette,

recording the results every 5 seconds.

Pre-Tests

We used our pre-test results to decide the amount of catalyst to use

in our actual experiment.

In our pre-test, the burette emptied in 14.85 seconds making it

impossible to record the results every 5 seconds because it was too

fast. Judging by our pre-tests, we decided that for our actual

experiment, we would use 0.1g of catalyst and 10cm of 10 vols. H2O .

We would achieve 10 vols. by using 5ml of 20 vols. and 5ml of water.

Prediction

I predict that the higher the concentration of H2O2 , the quicker the

reaction will take place. This is because of the collision theory.

There are more particles, therefore they collide more.

We will obtain a good range of results by doing the experiment twice

with each volume of Hydrogen Peroxide.

Obtain

Here are the results :

Time

(secs)

20 vols

20 vols

16 vols

16 vols

10 vols

10 vols

5 Vols

5 Vols

2

Vols

2

Vols

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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