Mixture vol KI /cm3 vol H2O /cm3 vol Na2S2O3 /cm3 vol starch /cm3 vol K2S2O8 /cm3

arch /cm3 vol K2S2O8 /cm3 tot vol /cm3 tot vol /dm3 [stock I_] / mol dm-3 mol I- in mixture / mol [I_] in mixture / mol dm-3 stock [K2S2O8] / moldm-3 t1 / s t2/ s t3 / s Av time /s
1 5.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 10.0 0.010 1.00 0.0050 0.50 0.04 46.7 48.4 47.6
2 4.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 10.0 0.010 1.00 0.0040 0.40 0.04 62.5 61.9 62.2
3 3.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 10.0 0.010 1.00 0.0030 0.30 0.04 93.6 89.4 91.5
4 2.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 10.0 0.010 1.00 0.0020 0.20 0.04 154.3 142.9 148.6
5 1.0 4.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 10.0 0.010 1.00 0.0010 0.10 0.04 278.2 275.1 276.7
0.00
[I-] x vol I- mol I- / total vol

Effect of [I-] on the rate of the iodine clock

reaction
0.000025

0.000020
f(x) = 3.98766661428633E-05 x
Rate / moldm-3s-1

R² = 0.995481948442077
0.000015

0.000010

0.000005

0.000000
0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60
[I-] / moldm-3
mol K2S2O8 in mixture / mol [K2S2O8] in mixture / moldm-3 Total mol I2 / mol stock [Na2S2O3] / mol dm-3 mol Na2S2O3 in mixture / mol mol I2 used up by thio / mol % reaction studied D [I2] / mol dm-3 Rate / mol dm-3s-1 Temp / ºC
0.000080 0.0080 0.000080 0.010 0.000020 0.000010 12.5 0.0010 0.00002103 18
0.000080 0.0080 0.000080 0.010 0.000020 0.000010 12.5 0.0010 0.00001608 18
0.000080 0.0080 0.000080 0.010 0.000020 0.000010 12.5 0.0010 0.00001093 18
0.000080 0.0080 0.000080 0.010 0.000020 0.000010 12.5 0.0010 0.00000673 18
0.000080 0.0080 0.000080 0.010 0.000020 0.000010 12.5 0.0010 0.00000361 18
0.00000000
[K2S2O8] x vol mol K2S2O8 / total vol mol K2S2O8 [Na2S2O3] x vol 0.5 x mol Na2S2O3 / mol mol I2 used up / total mol I2 mol I2 used by thio / total vol (D [I2] / Av time)

Rate = k[I-][S2O82-]

k = Rate / [I-][S2O82-]

k = slope / [S2O82-]

Rate constant k = 0.00524 mol-1dm3s-1