The Activation Energy of Bromide ion and Bromate ion

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The Activation Energy of Bromide ion and Bromate ion

To Determine the Activation Energy of the Reaction between Bromide

ion and Bromate (V) ion in Acid Solution

Objectives:

By reacting Potassium Bromide and Potassium Bromate in the acid

solution in varies temperature, we can then determine the Activation

Energy of the reaction in different temperature through the equation:[IMAGE].

Questions:

1. Give an equation for the reaction between phenol and bromine.

2. What is the use of methyl orange in this experiment?

The methyl orange is used as an indicator for the reaction. Bromine

will be produces during the reaction and it will react with phenol

rapidly. Once all the phenol is used up, further bromine produced will

bleach the methyl orange immediately. So the rate of the reaction can

be calculated from the time for the indicator to be decolorized.

3. Based on your results, is it advisable to perform the experiment at

high temperatures such as 80℃?

From the above results, the time of the reaction is shorter as the

experiment temperature increase. So it is not advisable to perform the

experiment at high temperatures as the time of reaction is too short,

it is not easy for us to record.

4. Why is it not necessary to know how far the reaction has proceeded

at the point where the methyl red is decolourized?

In the experiment, the number of mole and the molarity of each

chemicals used are the same. And the appearance of the pink colour

only determines that there are some content of the reaction has

processed. As the result, it is only necessary for us to compare the

time required for the reaction mixture to reach the point the

decolourization occurs at different temperature.

5. The Arrhenius equation can be represented as:

(a) Can substitute k in this equation? Why?

Can substitute k in this equation. As in the above experiment,

the initial rate can be represented by due to the constant

concentration of the reactants. Also the rate constant k is

proportional to the rate of the reaction when the temperature changes.

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