2.

Sodium thiosulphate
1. Five 250 ml beakers were
solution and distilled water were added to
obtained and labelled accordingly.
each beaker.

3. On a sheet of white paper, a

small ‘X’ mark should be drawn with a
4. The timer should be stopped
marker. Beaker 1 should then be placed over
when the ‘X’ mark under the beaker is no
the ‘X’ mark. Into the beaker, 5 ml of HCl
longer visible through the solution. The time
solution was added, and the timer started
(in seconds) was recorded. Step 3 and 4
once the acid touches the sodium
should be repeated for beaker numbers 2, 3,
thiosulphate solution. Throughout the
4, and 5.
reaction, the mixture should be stirred at a
constant rate.
20 test tubes were obtained and labelled
with A1 (5 test tubes), A2 (5 test tubes),
B1 (5 test tubes) and B2 (5 test tubes).
The timer should be started as soon as
the reaction initiates and continued until
the solution becomes colorless, with
stirring being maintained throughout.
The time taken for the solution to
become colorless should be recorded.
Steps 3 to 6 should be repeated for all
the test tubes (A1, A2, B1, and B2),
with different temperatures of the water
bath.
The mixture in test tubes B1 and B2
should be stirred with a glass rod.
Once the temperatures have been
equalized, the solution should be
transferred from test tube A1 into test
tube B1.
The test tubes A1 and B1 are heated in
the water bath at temperatures of 30°C,
40°C, 50°C, 60°C, and 70°C.
The temperature inside the test tubes
A1 and B1 is being measured. The
heating should be continued until the
temperature of both solutions matches
exactly the temperature of the water
bath.