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    This document provides instructions for a student laboratory investigation into factors that affect the rate of chemical reactions. Students will design an experiment to test how changing the concentration, surface area, or amount of reactants affects the rate of the reaction between hydrochloric acid and chalk. They will make a hypothesis, carry out the experiment, record their results, analyze whether their prediction was correct, and discuss how the investigation could be improved.

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    This document provides instructions for a student laboratory investigation into factors that affect the rate of chemical reactions. Students will design an experiment to test how changing the concentration, surface area, or amount of reactants affects the rate of the reaction between hydrochloric acid and chalk. They will make a hypothesis, carry out the experiment, record their results, analyze whether their prediction was correct, and discuss how the investigation could be improved.

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    This document provides instructions for a student laboratory investigation into factors that affect the rate of chemical reactions. Students will design an experiment to test how changing the concentration, surface area, or amount of reactants affects the rate of the reaction between hydrochloric acid and chalk. They will make a hypothesis, carry out the experiment, record their results, analyze whether their prediction was correct, and discuss how the investigation could be improved.

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    INVESTIGATION 8.

    9
    Changing the rate of reaction
    STUDENT LABORATORY NOTES
    Introduction
    We have seen that chemical reactions can be fast, like an explosion, or slow, like the weathering of
    rocks. But the speed (or rate) these reactions occur at can sometimes be manipulated or changed, by
    scientists to make a reaction speed up or slow down. There are several ways this can be done, and in
    this investigation, you will have the opportunity to design an experiment to see how changing
    different variables may have an effect on the rate that the reaction occurs. These variables include the
    concentration, or amount of substance that is actively reacting, or how changing the surface area may
    change the rate of reaction.

    Plan your investigation carefully, remembering that only one variable should be tested at a time.

    Aim
    To investigate the factors that affect the rate of chemical reactions

    Hypothesis
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    Preparation for task


    Location to conduct this task
    In the laboratory

    Duration
    40 minutes

    Group size
    2 students (however, 1–4 would be acceptable, depending on class size and resources)

    Methodology
    Materials (per group)
     spatula
     heatproof mat
     0.5 M hydrochloric acid
     test tubes and test-tube rack
     1 M hydrochloric acid
     white chalk

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     measuring cylinder
     mortar and pestle
    Health and safety guidelines
     gloves
     safety glasses
     lab coat
    Method
    Hydrochloric acid reacts with chalk to produce carbon dioxide gas, water and calcium chloride.
    1. Place a small amount of chalk in a test tube and add enough 0.5 M hydrochloric acid to cover it.
    Observe the chemical reaction.
    2. Discuss with your partner how you could use this reaction to demonstrate one of the hypotheses
    below.
     Increasing the concentration or amount of reactants will speed up a chemical reaction.
     Increasing the surface area of reactants will speed up a chemical reaction.
     Decreasing the concentration or amount of reactants will slow a chemical reaction.
    3. Design your experiment and write down the method.
    4. Perform the experiment.

    Results
    1. Predict the results you would expect to obtain that would support the hypothesis you chose.
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    2. Record your results.

    Discussion
    1. Did your prediction prove to be true? Explain.
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    2. How could you improve on the investigation you performed?


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    Conclusion
    Prepare a report of your findings.
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