ADVANCE CHEMISTRY

RATE OF
CHEMICAL
REACTIONS: THE
IODINATION OF
ACETONE 3 DECEMBER 2018

-THAYA NGAMPRAVATDEE 5961075

-SUMETA VONGPIPHOPMONGKOL 5961062
-KRITTIN TANSIDA 5961119
 ABSTRACT
This lab conducts the experiment
about iodination of acetone which
will finally can be observed to find
the rate of the reaction when
adding the reactant which is
iodine. However, this reactant,
iodine, has yellow color as their
primary color, but when adding this
reactant to other substances such
as Sulfuric acid, Acetone, and
water, the reactant will change the
reaction from yellow to clear
liquid. After this, we can measure
the time and use the rate law and
reaction rate to calculate the rate
of reaction occur with the
proportion of the concentrations
that are added. However, after
finishing finding the rate of the
reaction, we found that the higher
the rate of Acetone, the higher the
rate of reaction.

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INTRODUCITON
In our daily life, chemical reaction occurs easily all the
time such as the candy that is chewed in our mouth.
However, there is the term “Rate of chemical reactions”
which means the speed at which a chemical reaction
proceeds. It is often expressed in terms of either the
concentration (amount per unit volume) of a product that
is formed in a unit of time or the concentration of a
reactant that is consumed in a unit of time (Encyclopedia
Britannica, 2018) [1]. However, there are of the rate of the
chemical reaction that is changed in concentration over
time which is called the rate law and can be written in the
formula A+B → C

Moreover, there is a rate law which determine the

relationship between the reaction rate and the
reactant concentrations. It can be expressed by the
formula
 To add to this, the proportionality constant, k, is
known as the rate constant which depends on the
specific temperature of the reaction and its units
depend on the sum of the concentration term
exponents in the rate law (Opentextbc.ca, 2018) [2].
[A] and [B] represent the concentration of each
substrate and the exponents (y and z) represent the
reaction order which is the concentration of the
substances that are raised, and it indicates to what
extent the concentration of a substance affects the
rate of a reaction, as well as which species has the
greatest effect (Chemistry LibreTexts, 2018) [3].

Nevertheless, in this experiment

demonstrates the reaction called
Iodination of Acetone which is the
reaction that we will use iodine as the
reactant adding to other compounds
such as Acetone, Sulfuric acid, and
water. However, we will be able to
observe the change of the iodine and
calculate the rate of the reaction by the
measurement the time of the color
change of iodine. Below are the formula
of this reaction.

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OBJECTIVE
To be able to observe the rate law reaction
by using iodine, sulfuric acid, and acetone
in the reaction.

MATERIALS
100 mL Erlenmeyer flask
Pipet
Pipet bulb
10 and 25 mL cylinder
Watch clock
4M of Acetone
1 M of Sulfuric acid (H2SO4)
0.005 M of Iodine solution (I2)
Water (H2O)
METHOD
1. Filled distilled water in 25 mL flask (the
first flask)
2. Draw 5 mL acetone and 5 mL H2SO4
and 10 mL water and pour into second
flask
3. Use dry and clean cylinder to measure 5
mL I2solution. Be careful not to spill the
iodine solution on your hands or clothes.
4. Noting the time on the watch clock,
pour I2 solution into the second flask and
quickly swirl the flask to thoroughly mix
the reagents.
5. Observe the color of the reaction
between the first and the second flask.
Record time when the color is disappear.
6. Repeat the experiment for the second
run (step 2-5).
7. Change the concentration of reactants
as shown in table 1, and repeat the
experiment (step 2-5), record time of each
experiment/mixture (the total volume of
new mixture is 25 mL).
8. Calculate rate of the reaction and rate
constant.
 RESULT
Table 1 Reaction Rate Data

Table 2 Determination of Reaction order

with respect to Actone, H+ and I2

Calculation: Find the orders of the reaction with respect

to acetone, I2 and H+ ion
r2/r1=  -2.2 x 10-5/ -1.3 x 10-5 = 1.69 = [1.6/0.8]m, m = 0.76
r4/r1 = -1.2 x 10-5/ -1.3 x 10-5= 0.92 = [2 x 10-3/1 x 10-3]n, n =
- 0.12
r3/r1= -2.3 x 10-5/ -1.3 x 10-5= 1.77 = [0.4/0.2]p, p = 0.82
Table 3 Determination of the rate constant k

Hence, an average constant from four solutions is

2.5210-5
Therefore, the rate equations of this reaction is

DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
[1] Encyclopedia Britannica. (2018). reaction rate | Facts &
Formula. [online] Available at:
https://www.britannica.com/science/reaction-rate
[Accessed 29 Nov. 2018].

[2] Opentextbc.ca. (2018). Rate Laws – Introductory

Chemistry- 1st Canadian Edition. [online] Available at:
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[3] Chemistry LibreTexts. (2018). Reaction Order. [online]

Available at:
https://chem.libretexts.org/Textbook_Maps/Physical_and
_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_
Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Kinetics/
Rate_Laws/The_Rate_Law/Reaction_Order [Accessed 2
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