Let’s try to understand the factors affecting the rate of a chemical reaction.
We are going to check three factors: concentration, temperature, and surface area.
We are doing an experiment of Acetic acid available in vinegar with the Sodium bicarbonate of baking soda.
Acidic Acid (Ch3COOH) + Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) -> CO2 (Carbon dioxide) + H2O (Water) + CH3COONa (Sodium Acetate)
What do we need?
- 1-100 ml Bottle as a container to measure
- 3-500 ml/600 ml used bottle
- 7- medium sized balloon
- 125 ml vinegar
- 30 grams baking soda (approx 6 spoons)
- 1 meter long ruler/scale
Procedure:
First Activity:
->Measure 25 ml Vinegar with the help of a 100 ml measuring bottle and pour it into the three 500/600 ml bottles.
->Take 25 ml water with the help of a 100 ml measuring bottle and pour it into the second bottle of vinegar.
->Take 50 ml water with the help of a 100 ml measuring bottle and pour it into the third bottle of vinegar.
->Take one tbsp (tablespoon) baking soda and put it in three balloons.
->Cover the bottle with the balloon in a way that baking soda drops into the solution of the bottles.
->Start the stopwatch and note the time when you see the balloons inflating (in each case).
->Measure the height of the inflated balloon and the time when balloons stop inflating (in each case).
->And write your observations.
Second Activity:
-> Empty the bottles of vinegar.
->Pour 25 ml vinegar in one bottle again.
->This time take two tbsp. baking soda and put it in one balloon.
->Cover the bottle with the balloon in a way that baking soda gets into the bottle.
->Start the stopwatch and note down the time when the balloon starts inflating and stops inflating.
->Measure the height of the inflated balloon.
->And write your observations.
Activity three:
->Heat the 25 ml vinegar for less than a minute and pour in one bottle (it should not melt the bottle).
->Take one tbsp. baking soda in one balloon
->Cover the bottle with the balloon in a way that baking soda drops into the solution of the bottle.
->Start the stopwatch and note down the time when the balloon starts and stops inflating.
->Measure the height of the inflated balloon.
->And write your observations
->How was your precipitate of Sodium acetate?
Choose one of these activities and don’t forget to record the video of your activity.
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