Rates and Equations Lab Report
Rates and Equations Lab Report
Rates and Equations Lab Report
2. Table of Contents...........................................................................................................................2
3. Objective........................................................................................................................................3
4. Equipment......................................................................................................................................3
5. Experimental Procedure.................................................................................................................4
6. Data Tables.....................................................................................................................................5
7. Caculations.....................................................................................................................................5
8. Predictions......................................................................................................................................6
9. Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................6
Objective:
The objective of this lab is to determine the rate of the iodination of acetone by differing the
amounts of reactants, finding the rate constant (k) and the order of the reaction in terms of each of the
reactants.
Equipment:
• gloves
• safety glasses
• two testubes
• 100 mL of 4M Acetone
• 100 mL of 1M HCl
• 100mL of 0.005 M I2
• graduated cylinder
• distilled water
Experimental Procedure:
1. Prepare for lab by obtaining all the necessary materials in the equipment list.
3. Add the acetone, 1M HCl and water to a 125 mL Erlenmeyer flask and then quickly add the
4. Swirl the mixture until the color disappears completely and the mixture is clear and comparable
5. Record the time taken for the mixture to get to this state.
7. Repeat steps 2-6 and record data for the second run.
10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 and record data for the second run.
13. Repeat steps 11 and 12 and record data for the second run.
16. Repeat steps 14 and 15 and record data for the second run.
17. Check that you have the times and the temperatures for all the runs.
Data Table:
Mixture Volume of Volume of Volume of Volume of Run time Run time Temperature
Acetone 1M HCl 0.005 M distilled in seconds in seconds in degrees
(mL) (mL) I2 (mL) water Celsius
(mL)
I 10 10 10 20 175 190 20.45
II 20 10 10 10 79 64 21.1
III 10 20 10 10 135 104 19.5
IV 10 10 20 10 335 350 20.5
Calculations:
rate of reaction = k[acetone]m [H+]n [I2 ]p
Average Rate:
obtained by plugging the values into the rate equation.
K I II III IV Average
k 5.09769117x 10-5 0.097696104x 10-5 5.097696103x 10-5 5.09769103x 10-5 5.09769487 x 10-5
Prediction: a trial experiment based on the data gathered and the values determined. The amounts of
reactants are randomly assumed. There is no specific reason for picking the numbers that were picked.
Conclusion:
I believe that this experiment has not met the expectations because the reaction rate that was
obtained through calculations did not correspond to the result provided by the instructor. This may be
for several reasons. For one, the temperatures of the runs varied and this inconsistency in temperature
affects the rate constant, k. also there may have a decent amount of human error involved in, for
misinterpreting the instructions provided. In light of these discrepancies, the obtained results are