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Rates of reaction, Hydrochloric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate.
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Chemistry coursework Rates of reaction, Hydrochloric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate I have decided to investigate how the temperature of hydrochloric acid affects its rate of reaction with sodium hydrogen carbonate. This is the reaction that will be used: Hydrochloric acid + Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate = Sodium Chloride + Water + Carbon dioxide HCl + NaHCO3 = NaCl + H2O + CO2 Prediction I predict that the rate of reaction will become quicker as we increase the temperature of the acid. This is because as the acid heats up the HCl particles gain energy, which causes them to move faster and therefore collide with the sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO3) particles more often and with more energy. However the collision theory says that a very small percentage of collisions results in a reaction. This is because there is a minimum activation energy needed for effective reactions to take place. In a solid, liquid or gas particles...
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