Experiment 12 Kinetics of a Reaction

Your Pre-lab write-up should include the: Title; Date; Purpose (just for parts 2 and 4);
Methodology(just for parts 2 and 4); and Prelab questions 1 and 2 (not number 3)
This experiment involves the study of the rate properties, or chemical kinetics, of
the following aqueous reaction between iodide ions and bromate ions under acidic
conditions.
6I- + BrO3- + H+ 3I2 + Br- + 3H2O
This reaction proceeds reasonably slow at room temperature, its rate depending on
the concentrations of the three ions according to the rate law as discussed in class. For
this reaction, the rate law takes on the form
rate = k [I-]m[BrO3]n[H+]p
One of the main purposes of the experiment will be to evaluate the reaction orders
and subsequently the rate constant, k. We will repeat the reaction multiple times -- each
time adjusting the concentration of only one ion. Note that the concentration of the
thiosulfate ions and the starch solution is fixed These chemicals are simply present to
change the color of the reaction to blue when the reaction is completethey are not
reactants in the reaction were are concerned with. The water is simply added to keep
the total volume of the reactants constant for each trial so that certain concentrations
will be constant. We will measure the time for the reaction to run and then make use of
the inverse nature of time and rate to calculate a relative rate for each reaction. Once
the orders are determined the rate constant can be defined for each trial and an average
obtained.
In the last part of the experiment, we will investigate how the rate of this reaction
will change when a catalyst is added to the reaction.
Procedures: Measure out 100 mL of each of the five reactants into clean and labeled
beakers. Label a 10 mL pipet that will be paired with each reactant. Use those pipets to
transfer the amounts of each reactant as prescribed in the table below for each reaction
mixture. When ready, the timing should begin as you pour the contents of beaker 1 and
beaker 2 back and forth a couple of times. Stop timing as soon as the reaction mixture
begins to turn blue. Record all times in seconds and please remember that a time of 1
minute and 25 seconds is 85 seconds, not 125 seconds. (Do I really need to remind you
of this???) Rinse the beakers with distilled water between runs and dry with a paper
towel. Continue in this manner recording the times of all the mixtures in the table.
For trial 6, use the mixture combination from trial 1, but add 5 mL of .1 M Cu(NO3)2 and
only 5 mL of H2O.
REACTION MIXTURES (All VOLUMES IN mL)
Beaker 1
Beaker 2
Reaction 0.010 M
0.0010
Distilled
0.040 M
0.10M
Mixture
KI
M
H2O
KBrO3
HCl
Na2S2O3
1
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
2
20.0
10.0
0
10.0
10.0
3
10.0
10.0
0
20.0
10.0
4
10.0
10.0
0
10.0
20.0
5
8.00
10.0
12.0
5.0
15.0
For all mixtures, add 5 drops starch
indicator to beaker 2!

Data Tables: You should prepare a data table like #2 in the manual, but you only need
to record the time for one trial for the five combinations in the box above. Get times for

trials two and three from other groups. You do not need to record the temperature. For
data table four you can use data table two experiment 1s average for you uncatalyzed
time, and then you only need to record a time for the catalyzed version. You do not need
data table one or three as we did not do procedures for those parts.
Postlab Calculations and Analysis: Show all of your work.
1. Use M1V1 = M2V2 to calculate the initial concentrations of each of our three
important reactants after being mixed but before starting to react and record in a table
like the one below. (Note that V2 is always 50.0 mL)
2. Calculate a relative rate by dividing a constant by each of the average times you got
in data table two and record both the time and the rate in a table like the one below.
Table 1:
Reaction Time (t) to Relative
Mixture
Color
Rate
of [I-]
Change (s) Reaction
(s-1)
1
2
3
4
5

[BrO3-]

[H+]

3. Determine the rate orders of each reactant. First state which trials you will use and
why. Explain why you can then ignore which reactants, then write an expression to solve
for the rate order. APPROXIMATE the nearest integer powers for each reactant. Do not
use logarithm to solve for exponentsOur data is probably not accurate enough.
[I-]
[BrO3-]
[H+]
Rate Law
4. Determine the rate constant, k for Reaction Mixtures 1-4 and record it and the
statistics in Table 2 with units. Table 2
Experiment
Rate
number
constant
1
2
3
4
Find the average rate Constant.

5. Use this average k value to calculate what the relative rate and the time ought to
have been for Experiment 5 to turn blue.
Relative Ratecalc.

Timecalc.

Timemeasured.

Postlab Questions: Only do numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, & 6