CHEMISTRY - SEMESTER 1 – EXPERIMENT 4

(RAWID GOSHAN A/L RAWID CHENDRAN 6BS1)

MATERIALS :
1. KA1 – 0.150 mol dm-3 potassium iodide solution
2. KA2 – 0.5% starch solution
3. KA3 – 0.050 mol dm-3 sodium thiosulphate solution
4. KA4 – 0.100 mol dm-3 hydrogen peroxide solution
5. KA5 – 0.100 mol dm-3 sulphuric acid

PROCEDURE :

25.0 cm3 of KA1(pipette) + 10 cm3 KA2 + 25cm3

distilled water

10.00 cm3 KA 3

25.0 cm3 of KA1(pipette) + 10 cm3 KA2 + 25cm3

distilled water

Record temperature of mixture in conical flask.

50 cm3 KA4 + 20 cm3 KA5

50 cm3 KA4 + 20 cm3 KA5

25.0 cm3 of KA1(pipette) + 10 cm3 KA2 + 25cm3 distilled
water + 10 cm3 KA3

Swirl & record time taken to nearest second to solution change into blue.
 Mixture 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH
Volume of KA1/cm3 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0
Volume of KA2/cm3 10 10 10 10
Volume of distilled water/cm3 25 25 25 25
Volume of KA3/cm3 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
Volume of KA4/cm3 50 50 50 50
Volume of KA5/cm3 20 20 20 20
Temperature, T/⁰C ( ) ( ) - 10 ( ) + 10 ( ) + 20
Time, t/s
1 -1
/s
t

TEMPERATURE:
1. Room Temperature
2. Room Temperature - 10oC
3. Room Temperature + 10oC
4. Room Temperature + 20oC

QUESTIONS :
A) Why does mixture in (a) turn blue?
1
B) Plot a graph of against T
t
C) From the graph, what could be the effect of temperature on the reaction rate?
D) Using graph,
a. Compare the rate of reaction at 30oC and 40oC
b. Give explanation