Investigating How Concentration of Acid Affects the Reaction Between Calcium Carbonate and Hydrochloric Acid

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Investigating How Concentration of Acid Affects the Reaction Between Calcium Carbonate and Hydrochloric Acid

Introduction

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According to the collision theory temperature, concentration, surface

area and catalysts all affect rates of reaction as shown in the

diagrams below. Increasing any of these should increase the number of

collisions and so increase the reaction rate up to an optimum point.

Increasing the temperature causes the particles to collide with more

energy and more frequently, thereby increasing the reaction rate.

Surface area is like concentration in that the greater numbers of

particles present means that a useful collision is more likely

(collision theory). Catalysts provide a surface area for reactions to

take place on and so also increase the chances of a reaction.

I will be investigating concentration and how it affects the rate of

reaction in the reaction between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric

acid. Concentration will be my variable (different mole) and the only

thing to be changed each time. Temperature can change easily and is

difficult to keep constant and surface area is very difficult to

measure and almost impossible with chips of marble. No catalysts were

available for use so I could not investigate this leaving me with my

choice of concentration as the variable in the reaction below:

CaCO + 2HCL à CaCL + H O + CO

Calcium Carbonate + Hydrochloric acid à Calcium Chloride + Water +

Carbon Dioxide

Temperature Surface Area

Concentration Catalyst

Prediction

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If a solution (HCL) is made more concentrated it means that there are

more particles of reactant colliding between the water molecules,

which makes collisions between the reactants (HCL and Calcium

carbonate) more likely and so increasing the rate of reaction. From

this theory I predict that the higher the concentration, the quicker

the rate of reaction will be, shown by the displacement of water. The

water will be displaced by the carbon dioxide because in a higher

concentration of HCL there will be more HCL acid molecules per set

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