Rate Of Reaction Between Magnesium And Hydrochloric Acid

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Investigating the Effects of Temperature on the Rate of Reaction between Magnesium and Hydrochloric Acid
Introduction
Chemical kinetics is the study and examination of chemical reactions regarding re-arrangement of atoms, reaction rates, effect of various variables, and more. Chemical reaction rates, are the rates of change in amounts or concentrations of either products or reactants. Concentration of solutions, surface area, catalysts, temperature and the nature of reactants are all factors that can influence a rate of reaction. Increasing the concentration of a solution allows the rate of reaction to increase because highly concentrated solutions have more molecules and as a result the molecules collide faster. Surface area also affects a
This form of chemical reaction is known as a single displacement reaction and is exothermic. The reaction is irreversible and is written as:
Mg(s) + 2HCl(aq) → MgCl2(aq) + H2(g)
Study Variables
Dependent variables: The extent of the reaction (the time taken for magnesium to completely dissolve in HCL). The volume of hydrogen gas produced.
Independent variables: The temperature of hcl gas will be decreased and increased throughout the experiment.
Controlled variables: Using the same quantity of magnesium and the same concentration of hydrochloric
Looking at the table of results above and the graph, it is shown that the higher the temperature got, the shorter the reaction time. The obtained results have been plotted on a line graph of the temperature of hydrochloric acid (y-axis) against reaction time (x-axis). This line graph in fig.2 also clearly shows that as the temperature increases, so does the speed of the reaction, shown by a reduction in the time taken. This corroborates the collision theory, where as the temperature of particles increase, the particles gain more kinetic energy and react with each other upon collision. This is shown as to happen in the hydrochloric acid, where the hydrochloric acid particles collide more with the particles of the magnesium ribbon as the temperature was increased. The above graph shows a gradual sloping curve, which gets steeper at higher temperatures. This shows that the reaction will reach a peak rate of activity as the gaps between the temperature and reaction times continue to decrease. The experiment fulfills the aim and clearly shows that as the temperature of a reaction is increased so does it’s rate of reaction, proving the hypothesis to be correct.

Calculating the percentage yield
3 cm of magnesium ribbon generally has a mass of 0.04 g and yields 40 cm3 of hydrogen when reacted with excess acid. 50 cm3 of 1M hydrochloric in this experiment is in excess.

Mg(s) + 2HCl(aq) → MgCl2(aq) +

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