CO4: EFFECT OF CONCENTRATION ON RATE OF REACTION

OBJECTIVES

 To be able to illustrate the effects of the various factors affecting the rate of chemical reactions.
LIST OF CHEMICALS

 0.1M Na2S2O3 solution

 1M HCl solution
 Distilled water
LIST OF APPARATUS

 Erlenmeyer flask
 Graduated cylinder
 Tile with cross mark
 Stop-watch
PROCEDURE
1. Get 5 conical flasks and label them A, B, C, D, and E.
2. Add the corresponding amounts of 0.1M Na 2S2O3 and H2O

Flask 0.1M Na2S2O3, H2O, mL

mL
A 10 40
B 20 30
C 30 20
D 40 10
E 50 0

3. Measure 10mL of 1M HCl. Add half of the HCl to flask A and gently shake the contents. Place
the flask on the white tile with cross mark at the center and start the stopwatch immediately.
Then add the remaining HCl to the flask. Continue observing from top downwards in the flask
and stop the stopwatch when the cross mark just becomes invisible. Record the time.
4. Repeat step 3 to the remaining flasks and record the time taken in each case for the cross mark to
become just invisible.
5. Compute for the concentration of Na 2S2O3 for each of the flasks by using:

(0.1 M )(Volume of Na2 S 2 O3 )

Concentration of Na2 S2 O3=
Volume of Na 2 S 2 O3 +Volume of H 2 O
6. Plot a graph between 1/t and the concentration of Na 2S2O3 by taking the 1/t in the y-axis and
concentration in the x-axis.
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RESULTS:

1. Beaker 0.1M H2O, mL Conc.of Time, seconds 1/time (s-1)

Na2S2O3, mL Na2S2O3, M
A 10 40 40 346 0.002890173
B 20 30 30 182 0.005494505
C 30 20 20 123 0.008130081
D 40 10 10 93 0.010752688
E 50 0 0 75 0.013333333

2. Which of the reactions was the fastest?

If you observe the visibility of the cross marked in the tile to decide the reaction is the
fastest between the five concentrations in the conical flask, in deciding the impact on
concentration in the reaction rate. It is seen that beaker E is the quickest, it only took 75 seconds.

3. What is the effect of concentration to the rate of a chemical reaction?

The rate of reaction between sodium thiosulfate and hydrochloric acid is directly
proportional to the sodium thiosulfate solution concentration, as observed in the experiment.
Since water is one of the variables that can influence the rate of a chemical reaction as it reduces
the concentration, depending on how much water you add, it can cause an unexpected shift. In
this situation, adding more distilled water to a certain flask with less sodium thiosulfate creates a
longer reaction of sodium thiosulfate and hydrochloric acid due to its already affected
concentration. In flask A, which contains 10 ml of sodium thiosulfate and 40 ml of distilled
water, the longest reaction time was found to be 346 seconds when the 10 ml of hydrochloric acid
is applied. But it seemed to react the quickest of all 5 flasks without the distilled water, as
observed in flask E, only consuming 75 seconds because it contained only 50ml of sodium
thiosulfate. Therefore, we can assume that when no distilled water is added to the supposedly 50
ml of sodium thiosulfate, both substances react quicker.