FACTORS AFFECTING THE RATE OF REACTION

[CATALYST]

AIM
To investigate the effect of ___________________ on the rate of reaction

PROBLEM STATEMET
Does the presence of a catalyst increase the rate of reaction?

HYPOTHESIS
The presence of a catalyst ______________________ the rate of reaction

VARIABLES
a) Manipulated variable- ____________________________________________________
b) Responding variable- ____________________________________________________
c) Controlled variable- Temperature, volume and concentration of hydrochloric acid, mass of zinc
granules
APPARATUS

MATERIALS

PROCEDURE
1. 50 cm3 of 0.1 mol dm-3 ______________________ solution is measured and poured into a conical
flask
2. About 5g of ________________________ is weighed using an electronic balance.
3. A ____________ is filled full with water. It is then _______________ into a basin containing water
and clamped vertically using a retort stand
4. The water level in the burette is adjusted to _______________ cm 3 mark
5. The set up of apparatus is shown in figure below:
6. The granulated zinc is added into the
conical flask containing _________________ acid.
7.Next, 5 cm3 of 0.5 mol dm-3
_________________ solution is added to the
conical flask
8.The conical flask is closed immediately with
a stopper which is joined to a ______________
tube. At the same time, the

Tim 0
30
e/s
Burette
reading/c
Time/s
0
m3
Volume of
Burette
hydrogen
reading/c
gas
/cm3
m3
Volume of
hydrogen
gas /cm3

60

90

30

60

12
0
90

15
0
12
0

18
0
15
0

21
0
18
0

24
0
21
0

24
0

27
0
27
0

30
0
30
0

33
0

36
0

33
0

36
0

9.The conical
flask is
______________
steadily
throughout the
whole experiment

10. The volume

of gas collected in the burette by downward ________________________________ is recorded at 30second intervals for a period of 5 minutes
11. The experiment is repeated _____________ adding 5 cm 3 of 0.5 mol dm-3 copper (II) sulphate
solution to the conical flask.
12. The results are recorded in a table

RESULTS
Experiment 1: With cm3 of 0.5 mol dm-3 copper (II) sulphate solution (with catalyst)

Experiment 2: With0ut cm3 of 0.5 mol dm-3 copper (II) sulphate solution (without catalyst)

GRAPH
Draw graph of volume of hydrogen gas against time. Stick your graph here

CALCULATION

Experiment 1

Experiment 2

1. Calculate the
average rate of
reaction at 300
seconds
2. Calculate the
instantaneous rate of
reaction at 90
seconds

OBSERVATION AND INFERENCE

OBSERVATION
1. ______________________ are
produced

INFERENCE
1.__________________________ is
produced

2. Liberation of gas is ______ at the

beginning and it _____________ later

2.The reaction is ___________ at the

beginning and then it
_________________
3.The rate of reaction for the
experiment using a catalyst is _______
than the rate of reaction for the
experiment ____________ a catalyst

3. From the graph plotted, it can be

seen that the gradient of the curve
for the experiment with a catalyst
(copper (II) sulphate solution) is
________ than the gradient of the
curve for the experiment
_______________ a catalyst

CONCLUSION
The presence of catalyst __________________ the rate of reaction. Hypothesis accepted

EXPLANATION:
1. The reaction between hydrochloric acid and zinc produces _______________ gas and
______________________ solution.
_______________+__________________ ________________+ ________________
2. Based on the graph plotted, the curve for experiment ______ is steeper than experiment ______
3. This means the rate of reaction for experiment 1 (with catalyst) is _______________ than the
experiment 2 (without using catalyst
4. The curve become less steep with time due to the decrease in
______________________________________________ and the _____________________________________
5. If both experiments are continued until the reaction is complete, the following graph will be
obtained
6. Both experiment have the same maximum volume of
hydrogen gas. This is because both experiments use the
same:
a)
_________________________________________________________
___
b)_______________________________________________________
______