The Effects of Concentration on Reaction Rate with Sodium Thiosulphate

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The Effects of Concentration on Reaction Rate with Sodium Thiosulphate

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Planning

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In this experiment I shall be varying the volume of sodium

thiosulphate, hydrochloric acid and water, and measuring the reaction

rate. When I increase the amount of sodium thiosulphate with less

water, I think the time for the cross to disappear would be faster

than there would be with little sodium thiosulphate and more water –

taking in account the amount of hydrochloric acid is the same.

The reason why I think this is because the particles in the solution

that will collide. There is a theory called the collision theory, and

some of the factors from this, may affect the reaction rate in my

experiment.

The first factor is the concentration. The concentration rate is

decided whether how strong the solution is. For an example, if there

is a lot of hydrochloric acid, and sodium thiosulphate, then there is

a high chance that the reactions will occur. If there is a solution

that is neutral, it would slow down the process of the reaction.

The second factor is the size of the particles. If there is a large

particle with a large surface area, and many small particles, the

smaller particles have a higher chance of colliding with the larger

particles. However, if there are small particles, and small particles

of another compound, then the reaction rate would be slower, because

the particles wouldn’t collide as easily as they would with particles

of a bigger size.

The third factor that affects collisions is the temperature. If there

is a higher temperature, then the particles are able to move freer and

faster, than they would if the temperature was lower. This means that

the reaction rate would be faster, because the collisions of the

particles are more frequent.

The fourth factor is to add a catalyst, but in this experiment we did

not add a catalyst.

Knowing the collision theory, it makes my predictions clearer with

what is going to happen when the experiment will take place.

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