Question

Imagine you are in a laboratory. You are exploring
the following reaction: A+B - C
When the product C is created, bubbles form.
When 10mL of A is added to 10mL of B, the
reaction takes twenty seconds. Your teacher gives
you three unknown substances (X, Y, and Z), one
of which is a catalyst for the reaction.
Design an experiment to test substances X, Y, and
Z to determine which one is a catalyst for the
reaction.


please someone explain this to me ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Ok so in this experiment what we want to find is the catalyst for the reaction. Our original reaction is the following. A + B --> C, therefore to find which of the unknown substances (X, Y, and Z) is the catalyst reaction we simply have to do the following:

A + B + X --> C

A + B + Y --> C

A + B + Z --> C

The reaction that produces C much faster than our original reaction A + B --> C will be our catalyst. The reason being that one of the substances will increase the rate of the chemical reaction.

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