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    The document describes an experiment to determine the order of reaction with respect to the concentration of sodium thiosulphate. Various volumes of sodium thiosulphate were reacted with a constant volume of hydrochloric acid, and the time taken for the reaction was recorded. It was found that a plot of log(rate) against log(concentration) gave a straight line with a slope of -1, indicating the reaction is first order with respect to sodium thiosulphate concentration.

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    The document describes an experiment to determine the order of reaction with respect to the concentration of sodium thiosulphate. Various volumes of sodium thiosulphate were reacted with a constant volume of hydrochloric acid, and the time taken for the reaction was recorded. It was found that a plot of log(rate) against log(concentration) gave a straight line with a slope of -1, indicating the reaction is first order with respect to sodium thiosulphate concentration.

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    The document describes an experiment to determine the order of reaction with respect to the concentration of sodium thiosulphate. Various volumes of sodium thiosulphate were reacted with a constant volume of hydrochloric acid, and the time taken for the reaction was recorded. It was found that a plot of log(rate) against log(concentration) gave a straight line with a slope of -1, indicating the reaction is first order with respect to sodium thiosulphate concentration.

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    Noellee Forbes

    Experiment # 7
    Skill: ORR

    Title: Rate of reaction

    Aim: To determine the order of reaction with respect to the concentration of sodium thiosulphate.

    Apparatus/ Materials: 100 ml and 10ml measuring cylinder, beakers, FA 1 (sodium thiosulphate), FA2
    (0.1M HCl), distilled water, stopwatch.

    Method:

    1. 50cm3 of FA1 was measured and transferred to a 250ml beaker.


    2. The beaker was placed on the cross provided
    3. 5cm3 of FA2 was measured and was added all at once to the beaker containing FA1, swirled and
    the stopwatch was started
    4. The stopwatch was stopped when the cross was no longer visible through the bottom of the
    beaker.
    5. The experiments were repeated as outlined in the table below

    Results:

    TABLE OF RESULTS SHOWING THE TIME (s) TAKEN FOR THE CROSS TO NO LONGER
    BE VISIBLE WHEN REACTING VARYING VOLUMES(cm3) OF SODIUM THIOSULPHATE,
    WATER AND HYDROCHLORIC ACID

    Experiment Volume Volume of Volume Time/s 1000/Time Log Log1000/


    of water/cm3 of FA2/ (s-1) volume
    FA1/cm3 cm3 of FA1 Time

    663 1.51 1.70 0.18


    1 50 0 5

    886 1.13 1.60 0.05


    2 40 10 5

    1219 0.82 1.48 -0.09


    3 30 20 5
    1711 0.58 1.30 -0.24
    4 20 30 5

    2617 0.38 1.00 -0.42


    5 10 40 5

    Questions:

    The rate of reaction with respect to the concentration of sodium thiosulphate (Na 2S2O3) is given by the
    equation: rate = K [Na2S2O3] z where K is the rate constant and z is the order of the reaction. The rate
    equation can be converted into a log form. Log rate= log K +z log [Na2S2O3]. The rate of reaction can be
    represented by 1000/time and the concentration of Na2S2O3 can be represented as FA1.

    1. How the depth of the solution is kept constant during the experiment?
    The depth is kept constant by adding water as the volume of FA1 decreases. By doing so the
    depth is kept constant at 50 cm3 . The volume by which FA1 decreases is the same amount by
    which the volume of water increases by.

    2. Explain why the volume of FA1 in each experiment is a measure of the Na2S2O3 concentration.
    The volume is a measure of the concentration due to the fact that as the volume of FA1 or
    Na2S2O3 decreases, it is diluted using water. Combined they have a total volume of 50 cm 3 . As
    FA1 decreases the volume of water increases. This is a measure of concentration as the amount of
    Na2S2O3 decreases whereas the total volume when accounting for FA1 and water is the same.

    3. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction.


    Na2S2O3(aq) + HCl (aq)  2NaCl (aq) + H2O (l) + S(s) +SO2(g)
    4. Use the graph to determine the order of the reaction with respect to sodium thiosulphate

    According to the graph, the order of the reaction with respect to sodium thiosulphate is first order

    Conclusion:

    In conclusion, the order of reaction with respect to the concentration of sodium thiosulphate is
    first order

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