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Rates of Reaction Coursework: Epsom salts Aim: To find to what extent certain factors speed up the rate of the first reaction involved with making 'Epsom Salts. There are four possible factors that could be used to increase the rate of this reaction involving Magnesium and Sulphuric acid to produce Epsom salts. Preliminary Research: Magnisium: Scientific definition and uses: Magnisium is a chemical element, one of the alkaline earth metals of the main group IIa of the periodic table, lightest structural metal. Known originally through compounds such as Epsom salts (sulphate), magnesia (the oxide) and magnesia Alba (the carbonate) the silvery white element itself does not occur in a pure form. It was isolated in 1808 by Sir Humphry Davy, who evaporated mercury from a magnisium amalgam and made by electrolyzing. Magnesium is the eighth most abundant element in the earths crust (2.5%) distributed in minerals; sea water also contains 0.13% magnisium but mostly as...

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