Thus, in the presence of
, any
produced by reaction(1) will be immediately converted back to
by reaction(2). Not until all of the thiosulfate has been consumed will
become detectable in solution
The addition of starch assists the visual detection of this 'end-point', as the starch-I
complex forms a dark blue solution. Prior to this, the solution is colourless.
This overall process is known as the Iodine Clock Reaction.
Consider only the first reaction. The general rate of reaction(1) can be written as:
where k is the specific rate constant and b, c, and d are the order exponents of the respective reactants. On imposing pseudo first order conditions with respect to
, the rate law can be written as:
If a is the initial concentration of
in the reaction vessel, and x is the amount by which the concentration of
has changed by time t (equal to the concentration of
produced), integration yield:
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A student makes up the following solutions using 0.0500 M
and 0.0200 M
. Each solution has also: 5.00 mL of 1.000 M KI, 10.00mL of 0.750 M
and 1.0 mL of 1% starch. The final volume of each solution is 50.00mL. The student begins timing from the moment he pours the
solution into the acidic
solution and records the time it takes for the solution to turn blue.
Calculate a in Solution # AB 5.
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Calculate x in Solution # AB 5.
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Using the data for all 8 solutions and linear regression analysis (trendline in Excel), calculate the value of k' to three significant figures.
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