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1
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What is required to measure rate of reactions

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  • rare at which one of the reactants is used up

- rate at which one of the products is formed

2
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Rate equation

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Rate = change in property / time taken

3
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Name 5 experimental methods which can be used to follow rate of reaction

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  1. Measuring volume of gases
  2. Measuring mass changes
  3. pH measurement
  4. Colorimetry
  5. Chemical analysis eg. Titration
4
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How would you measure gas volumes

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  1. Gas syringe
  2. Inverted measuring cylinder ( if gas being collected isn’t soluble in water )

Units = volume ( of gas given off ) / time

5
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How would u you measure mass changes

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Measure at regular time intervals using a balance

Units = mass ( lost or gained ) / time

6
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How would you measure pH changes

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  1. pH meter
  2. pH probe

( pH data can be converted into units of concentration using H+ = 10^-pH )

There units = mol dm^-3 / time

7
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What does colorimetry measure

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Colour change

  • colorimeter measures absorbance of solution
  • the more concentrated the colour of solution = higher absorbance
8
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What makes chemical analysis eg. Titration different to other experimental methods of following rate

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Involves taking samples of reaction mixture at regular intervals and stopping the reaction before analysis = quenching ( interfere with reaction )

9
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Definition quenching

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Interfering with reaction ( slowing down or stopping entirely )

10
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How do you workout the rate from a graph

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  • gradient ( Change in y / change in x ) of tangent at any point
11
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When wanting talking about making something a fair test in an experiment what word should you use instead of mass

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No. of moles / amount of…

12
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What are 3 common variable that often have to be controlled within an experiment to make it a fair test

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  1. Volume
  2. Concentration
  3. Temperature
13
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( example 6 marker rate experiment) Describe and experiment involving gas collection that can be used to measure the rate of a reaction between group 2 metals ( Ca & Ba ) and water and explain the expected observations

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  1. Group 2 metal + water = metal hydroxide + hydrogen gas ( give balanced chemical equation for one of the metals )
  2. React water with the same number of moles of metal and measure volume of hydrogen gas given off at regular intervals using a gas syringe
  3. Faster rate of reaction for Ba ( more hydrogen gas produced in shorter time )
  4. Rate of reaction increases as go down group 2 because increase atomic radius = weaker attraction between the nucleus and outer electrons = electrons more easily lost
  5. Ca( OH )2 = cloudier than Ba because group 2 hydroxides increase solubility as you go down the group
14
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Describe 4 main steps of carrying out a colorimetry experiment

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  1. Choose an appropriate filter of a complementary colour
  2. Zero the colorimeter using distilled water
  3. Mix measured volumes of ( 2 solutions using )
  4. Take samples of solution at specific time intervals and measure absorbance

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