TimedIodineReactionwithHydrogenPeroxide,Starch,andAscorbicAcid

Simpson,JoshuaMitchell,KelsieRuppel,Matt.
HighTechHighNorthCounty,SanMarcos,CA

Introduction
Reactionsstartwiththecollisiontheory,sayingthatchemicalscollideintoeachotherand
haveachancetoreactiftheyareattherightpositioning.Chemicalshavetobeorientedcorrectly
forathechancetohappen.Theconcentrationhasahugeimpactonhowfastareactionhappens.
Thisisbecausethereismoreforthingstoreact.Theamountofenergycanalsodeterminehow
fastareactiongoes.Inagraph,thereistheamountofreactantsandproducts.Thereactantsis
whatisstartedwithinareactionand,theproductsiswhatisendedupwith.Thegraphwillshow
thereactantsatahighspotuntiltheactivationenergyisgiven,enoughtostartareactionand
bringthereactantsdown.Whilethisisgoingon,theproductssimultaneouslyisgoingup.Inside
ofthesystemwastalkedaboutthereisHydrogenperoxideandIodineandHydrogen.Thismakes
adoublebondedIodine,whichthenmixedwithVitaminC.Thebondmakesareactionthat
separatestheIodinesagain.However,theIodinesometimesmixeswiththestarchandturns
yellowtopurple.Thedelayhappensbecausethefirsttworeactionshappen.Forthisexperiment
itwasconcludedthatIodinewouldchangehowdarkthecontainergot.MoreIodineandthe
reactionshouldhappenfaster.Thiswouldmakesensebecause,thereismorechemicalstocollide
with,accordingtothecollisiontheory.

Experimental:
Materials:
BeakerA(150mL)
BeakerB(150mL)
BeakerC(50mL)
HydrogenPeroxide
VitaminC
Starch
Iodine

Inthisexperiment,3beakersweregathered,thenthebeakerswerelabeledAandBand
C.InbeakerA,10dropsofVitaminCwasadded,25dropsofIodinewasadded,alongwith5
mLofwater.InbeakerB,60dropsofhydroperoxidewasadded,10dropsofstarchwasadded,
alongwith5mL.BothbeakersarepreparedtobeputintobeakerC,andwhenmixed,thetimer
started.Whenthereactionseemstostop(whenthecolorwasadarkred),thetimerwasstopped.
Whiletheexperimenthappened,theonlychemicalthatwaschangedwasIodine.Thiswasdone

toreducetheamountofvariableschanged.Ifanotherwaschangedalongwithitwewontknow
whatitdoesbyitself.

ResultsandDiscussion:
Thefirsttestwasthecontrolthestandardmixtureusedtocompareotherresults.Inthe
control,theamountofiodinewaschangedinthesolution,byaconsiderableamount.The
reactionendedwiththeproductsveryfasttotheprevioussolution,howeverdidnotstartany
quicker.ThethirdtesthadlessIodineinit,anddidnotstartatall.Thiscouldbefromnotenough
tostartthereactionorithappenedanditcouldnotbeenseen.Thefourthtesthadstartedlate,this
canbeduethevitaminCthatwasbeingusedbecamelesspotent.Thereactionlastedshorterthan
thecontrolhowever,waslongerthanthetestwithlotsofIodine.ThetestthathadlotsofIodine
alsohadturnedalotdarker.

Chemical

Control

Experiment1

Experiment2

Experiment3

AscorbicAcid

10mL

10mL

10mL

10mL

Iodine

25mL

75mL

10mL

40mL

Hydrogen
Peroxide

60mL

60mL

60mL

60mL

Starch

10mL

10mL

10mL

10mL

Water

10mL

10mL

10mL

10mL

Time

00:0302:08

00:0201:10

N/AN/A

00:1501:30

Below:ThegraphofIodinevs.Time(sec)

Conclusions:
ThedataseemstopointthattheamountofIodinecancontrolhowlongittakesfora
reactiontofinish.FrommostIodineusedtoleastthetimeswentlike:1:10,1:30,2:08,4:33.The
timeswerescalingup,concludingthatmoreIodinecanspeedupthereaction.Thegraphalso
showsadownwardstrend.Thiscanbebecause,thereismoreIodineanditisthereismoreofa
chancetoreact.Tofurtherthedatamoreshouldbetakenwithmorepotentanduptotake

ascorbicacid.Canthisexperimentbedonewithotherchemicalstomakeitslowerorfaster?If
anotherchemicalisadded,doesthatincreasethechanceofareaction?

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