Essay On The Reaction Between Sodium Thiosulphate And Hydrochloric Acid

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The Reaction Between Sodium Thiosulphate and Hydrochloric Acid The Effect on the concentration on the reaction between Sodium Thiosulphate and Hydrochloric acid Our aim in this investigation is to find out how the concentration of Sodium Thiosulphate affects the rate at which it reacts with Hydrochloric acid. The equation for this reaction is Na2S2O3(aq) + 2HCl(aq) = 2NaCl(aq) + H2O(l) + SO2(g) + S(s) Ionic equation: 2H+(aq) + S2O3²- (aq) = H2O(l) + SO2(g) + S(s) The rate of a reaction is the rate of loss of a reactant or rate of formation or a product during a chemical reaction. There are five factors that may affect the rate of reaction, according to the collision theory of reacting particles. These are temperature, …show more content…

The collision theory states that chemical reactions only occur when reacting particles collide with each with sufficient energy to react. The minimum amount of energy required is called the activation energy. These reactions can occur at different speeds. In our experiment, we are going to alter the concentration of Sodium thiosulphate and see what affect this has on the rate of reaction. My hypothesis is that the higher the concentration the faster the reaction will take place. This is because if we have a high concentration there will be more particles in the solution than in a weaker. If there are more particles there will be more collisions. This is important as as the collision theory states, the more collisions that occur the faster the reaction will take place. Page 1

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