Question

1)Describe in a step by step manner how you determined the identity of the two unknowns. Discuss both what you determined the unknowns to be and the method that you used to find them.
2)Use your knowledge of collision theory to explain the results of your experiments in this laboratory.

Answer 1

1) Based on the data for Potassium chloride and Potassium chlorate, the temperature at which the solutions were saturated can be compared to the solubility curve to tell which compound is the unknown.

2) The Collision Theory states than the frequency of collisions between molecules greatly affect how the molecules behave in a solution or even in reactions.