How does Concentration affect the rate of reaction between Magnesium and Hydrochloric acid?

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How does Concentration affect the rate of reaction between Magnesium

and Hydrochloric acid?

Secondary resources:

Chemical reactions only occur when reacting particles collide with

each other, with sufficient energy to react, this is called the

collision theory. The minimum amount of energy required to cause this

reaction is called the Activation energy. There are four main factors

which affect the rate of reaction. The first factor is:

Temperature of reactants:

When the temperature increases the particles move around faster

(because they have more energy). Because the particles are moving

faster , they are more likely to collide. When the temperature is low,

the particles are slower and they also collide less. The temperature

drop lowers the rate of reaction.

Another factor is:

Concentration of the reactants:

Concentration effects the rate of reaction because if there is more of

a substance, that means there is more particles. If there is more

particles, there as an increase number of collisions and an increased

rate of reaction. If there is less of a substance, that means there is

less particles, therefore there will be less collisions and an

decrease in the rate of reaction.

Another factor is:

The use of a catalyst:

A catalyst is a substance which increases the rate of a chemical

reaction, without being used up in the progress. Catalysts are

specific, I.e. different reactions need different catalysts. A

catalyst lowers the amount of energy needed for a successful

collision, so more collisions will be successful and the reaction will

be faster . Also it provides a surface for the particles to attach to,

therefore increasing the chances in colliding and also increasing the

rate o...

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... I could have also use distilled water or mineral water

because these types water are more pure than tap water and would have

given a better result. To improve my method I also could have used

berates to measure the acid accurately, which would have given me a

much better result. The factors that effected my results, that I

couldn’t control were temperature of water, room temperature and

because I carried out my investigation on different days so on the

different days the temperature will also be different. I could control

temperature by carrying out the experiment on the same day, so the

temperature will be the same. I think my results are very reliable I

can see a clear pattern that matches my research despite the errors.

Bibliography:

Internet: search engine-www.google.com

Book: What effects the rate of reaction, author-Arthur Kipper

Book: OCR

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