TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND METTALURGICAL ENGINEERING

REPORT GRADING FORM

Name of Student: Solethu Mthembu

Student Number: 223134114

Course Code: BPHE20

Title of Experiment: Kinetics Study on the Reaction between Iodide Ions and Hydrogen
Peroxide

Experiment Number: 1

Term

Second Semester

Subject Max Mark Actual Mark

1. Title Page 1

2. Abstract 5

3. Introduction 5

4. Procedure 2

6. Results 3

7. Discussion of Results 6

Quiz Report 20

8. Conclusion 3

9. Literature Cited (References) 3

11. Organization and Neatness 2

Total 50

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Comments:
 ABSTRACT

A chemical reaction is where chemical substances are transformed into different

substances, so chemical bonds are broken and formed so that changes in atom
arrangement in the molecules occur. So chemical kinetics is a branch in chemistry that
now deals with understanding the rate of the chemical reaction. How fast or slow a
reaction occurs.
The objective of this experiment was to observe the reaction rate of iodide ions with
hydrogen peroxide at different concentrations of iodide ions in an acidic medium.
This experiment was conducted virtually, at different volumes potassium iodide was
mixed with constant volumes and concentrations of sulphuric acid, hydrogen peroxide,
sodium thiosulphate, starch solution and different volumes of distilled water and the
time it took the whole solution to turn a blue complex was observed and measured.
It was observed that the concentration of iodide ions increased, since it is known that
the reaction rate of a chemical reaction is equal to the change in concentration in the
products or reactants, it was concluded that reaction rate of iodide ions with hydrogen
peroxide increases since the concentration of the iodide ions increases.
 1.IN
TRO
DUC
TION

A chemical reaction is where chemical substances are transformed into different

substances, so chemical bonds are broken and formed so that changes in atom
arrangement in the molecules occur. So chemical kinetics is a branch in chemistry that
now deals with understanding the rate of the chemical reaction. The rate or speed of
a chemical reaction is measured by the change in the concentration of one or more
reactants in a given unit of time. It can be expressed as the decrease in concentration
of one or more reactants or the increase in concentration of another. The reaction rate
of a chemical reaction can be influenced by various factors such as the concentration
of the reactants, the temperature, and the physical state of the solvent. (Theodore E.
Brown, 2018). In order to see whether a chemical reaction took, certain physical
changes maybe observed; such as, a change in colour, formation of a precipitate or a
change in temperature may be observed. (Connors, 1990)

Let’s consider the reaction,

R→P

2.OBJECTIVES
AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
The objective of this experiment was to study the reaction rate of the reaction of iodide
ions with hydrogen peroxide at different concentrations of iodide ions.
From this experiment the following was supposed to be learnt and understood:

• What is chemical kinetics and the rate of a reaction.

• How the concentration of the reactant affects the rate of reaction.
• The ability to perform the experiment in a real lab quickly and accurately.

3.METHOD
OLOGY
Below is a description of the experiment about the kinetics study on the reactions
between Iodide ions and hydrogen peroxide.
• Four different volumes of potassium iodide were selected and used (6
mL,10mL,16mL ,20mL)
• 6ml,10ml 16ml and 20ml of 0,1 M potassium iodide was poured into four 250ml
conical flasks respectively.
• 10 ml of 2,5M of H2SO4 was added to each flask.
• To make the volume of each solution 100ml the water was added to the balance
of volume of the solution.
• 5ml of starch was added to each flask.
• 10ml of 0,05 M sodium thiosulphate was added to the solution in each flask.
• 5ml of 3% H2O2 was added to flask A.
• As the stirring of the mixture began, a stopwatch timer was started.
• The timer was stopped once the mixture turned blue.
• And the time was recorded.
• The addition of 5ml of 3% of hydrogen peroxide was done to the other 3 flasks
and they were stirred and timed till they turned blue.
The link below, is the link to the site that was used to simulate this experiment.
http://amrita.olabs.edu.in/?sub=73&brch=8&sim=117&cnt=1

4.RESULTS
AND DISCUSSION
RESULTS

FLASK 0,1 M KI 2,5 M H2O Starch 0,05 M 3% Time

solution H2SO4 (mL) solution Na2S2O3 H2O2
(mL) (mL) (mL) (mL) (mL)
A 6 10 85 5 10 5

B 10 10 80 5 10 5

C 16 10 75 5 10 5

D 20 10 70 5 10 5
Figure 1: Table showing the time it took for the appearance of blue color as volume of
potassium iodide increased.
 PLOT OF TIME (t) FOR APPEARANCE OF BLUE
COLOR VERSUS 1/VOLUME OF KI
250
TIME (t) OFAPPEARANCE OF BLUE

200

150
COLOR (S)

100

50

0
0 5 10 15 20 25
1/VOLUME OF KI(mL)

Figure 2.

DISCUSSION OF RESULTS

• From the experiment it was observed that as the volume of KI was increased
the time it took for the blue colour to appear was shortened.
• The reaction of iodide ions and hydrogen peroxide takes place in an acidic
medium. It is represented as follows:
2I–(aq) + H2O2(l) + 2H+(aq) → I2(g) + 2H2O(l)
In the above reaction, hydrogen peroxide is used to oxidize iodine ions. When
sodium thiosulphate is added to the mixture, it causes the iodine to react with
the resulting thiosulphate ions. This activates the release of iodine, which then
leads to the reduction of the remaining tetrathionate iodine ions.
I2(g) + 2S2O32–(aq) → S4O62–(aq) + 2I–(aq)
After the thiosulphate ions have been consumed, the liberated iodine
concentration rapidly increases. This is what then produced the blue-colored
complex within the solution.
 5.CONCLUSION
It is known that the rate of a chemical reaction is dependent on the change of
concentration in either the reactants or products. As it was observed in this experiment
the increase in concentration of the reactant iodine, shortened the time it took for the
blue-coloured complex to appear, so it can be concluded that the rate of the reaction
increases with an increase in the concentration of iodide ions.