Hydrochloric Acid's Effect on The Rate Of Reaction Between Hydrochloric Acid And Magnesium

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Hydrochloric Acid's Effect on The Rate Of Reaction Between Hydrochloric Acid And Magnesium

The variables that could be used are:

1. Concentration

2. Particle size/surface area

3. Pressure (for reactions involving gas)

4. Temperature

5. Light

6. Presence of a catalyst.

I decided to use the concentration of acid as my variable. I used 5

different strengths of hydrochloric acid. These strengths would

determine the rates of reactions. I decided to measure the acid in

millilitres.

When the magnesium ribbon reacts with the hydrochloric acid, magnesium

chloride is formed. I wrote down the equation to show this:

Magnesium + Hydrochloric acid = Magnesium Chloride + Hydrogen

Mg + 2HCl = MgCl + H

I think that the higher the concentration of the acid, the faster the

reaction between magnesium ribbon and the hydrochloric acid. This

would be because there were more acid molecules to react with the

magnesium ribbon. I decided that I would do 5 experiments and the

different concentrations of hydrochloric acids were:

50ml of pure acid

40ml of acid - 10ml of water

30ml of acid - 20ml of water

20ml of acid - 30ml of water

10ml of acid - 40ml of water

To measure the rate of reaction I will see how long it takes for the

magnesium and hydrochloric acid to produce one test tube full of

hydrogen as shown in the diagram.

To make the experiment a fair test I used the same amount of the

solution for all experiments, only changing the concentrations. I used

the same size of magnesium ribbon, I also started the stop clock when

the magnesium touched the acid and stopped it when the test tube was

full of hydrogen for each experiment. I always washed out the test

tubes when an experiment had finished so the different concentration

wouldn't get mixed together causing strange results.

I decided I would do 5 experiments, three times each.

To ensure a safe experiment and working environment I need to wear

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