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Experiment #3
Chemistry 1552/M,T,TH
June 2, 2015
Concept of Experiment:
Students will use a colorimeter to determine different rates of reaction of
Crystal Violet (CV) with NaOH/NaCl solutions at different temperatures. By doing
this, students should see how the rate of reaction varies with different
temperatures. This is because, as a chemists rule of thumb, increasing the
temperature will likely increase the rate of reaction in a solution. By the end of the
experiment, students should have enough data to find the order in respect to OH and CV+. Students will also be able to calculate, through their graphs and data, k obs
and activation energy (Ea).
Results:
The charts were made given our gathered data. Kobs was determined using the
slope of the line (after testing for order wrt CV). Note that all concentrations below
are in M and rate is in MoleL^-1xSec^-1, sec^-1, or L Mole^-1/sec^-1 depending on
zeroth, first, or second order respetively.
100
200
300
400
Time (s)
-1
Absorbane -1.5
-2
-2.5
-3
Time (s)
-1
Absorbance -1.5
-2
-2.5
-3
Time
Absorbane
5
0
Time (s)
50
-1
Absorbance -1.5
-2
-2.5
-3
Time (s)
Absorbance -1.5
-2
-2.5
-3
Time (s)
Absorbance -1.5
-2
-2.5
-3
Time (s)
50
-1
Absorance -1.5
-2
-2.5
-3
Time (s)
50
100
150
-1
Time (s)
K
Concentrat Concentrat Observ Calculated K
ion CV
ion OH
ed
values
0.0000125
0.05 0.0058
0.116
0.0000125
0.05
0.006
0.12
0.0000125
0.05 0.0092
0.184
0.0000125
0.05 0.0073
0.146
0.0000125
0.1 0.0112
0.112
0.0000125
0.1 0.0144
0.144
The graphs above show that wrt CV it is in the first order. Using the slope to
find Kobs, the K values can also be calculated (see table above). The order of
OH can also be calculated using the table above. Through dividing the
concentrations of CV and OH as well as the KObs of the averages in trial 1+2
with the averages in trial 5+6, we find that the rate roughly doubles (2.169)
when OH is doubled. After calculations, the order comes out to 1.12, which
can be seen as first order wrt OH. The temperatures for solving for activation
energy are annexed at the end of this lab report. Finally, using the average
Kobs for trials 1+2 and 3+4, activation energy was calculated using equation
#3 with a product 16.287 KJ/mol /mol.
Equations:
ri
rf
0.0059
0.0128
1.25ECvi
05
1.25ECvf
05
Ohi
0.05
Ohf
0.1
Sample calculation for finding K:
K
Concentrat Concentrat Observ Calculated K
ion CV
ion OH
ed
values
0.0000125
0.05 0.0058
0.116
The temperatures used were from data recorded during lab. Please see annexed
sheet.