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6. Soon after you have set up the apparatus, bubbles of gas will emerge from the ends of the delivery tubes. After a
few minutes, when the bubbles appear regularly, count the number of bubbles produced in three successive oneminute time intervals from both tubes. When you make a count, begin timing as soon as the bubble leaves the
delivery tube.
a) Record your results in the table provided. Calculate the mean bubbling rates for the first sets of readings (to the
nearest whole number).
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b) Remove both tubes from the water bath and put them to one side. Raise the temperature of the water bath by
approximately 10C and maintain it at this temperature. Return the apparatus containing K1 to the water bath. Wait
for two minutes, and then take three successive readings of the bubbling rate at this temperature.
Add your results to the table and calculate the mean bubbling rate at this temperature.
c) Repeat the procedure using K3 at the same temperature as in (b) to obtain three readings with this mixture. You
can use either piece of apparatus that you have used before, but wash it thoroughly.
Add these results and their mean to the table.
K1 (38-42C)
K2 (38-42C)
K1 (plus 10C)
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2
3
mean
K3
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Date : ............................ Class: .................
MARK:
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(ii) Explain the effect of raising the temperature by about 10C on the bubbling rate of K1. [3]
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iii) What prediction about the bubbling rate would you make if you
(i) continued to measure the rate in (b) for the next hour or so,
(ii) raised the temperature in K1 to 80C?
State a reason for your answers. [4]
i.
ii.
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