It is a trial aimed to reduce bias during an experiment. An example would be a sugar pill, something that has no real effect so that the results of the true trial can accurately be compared. Its like a control group.
Put the <em>wood and excess oxygen in a closed contai</em>ner that contains some device that can create a spark (to start the reaction).
Determine the <em>mass of container + contents</em>.
<em>Start the reaction</em> and, after everything has cooled down, again determine the <em>mass of container + contents</em>.
If the two masses are the same, you have demonstrated that the reaction obeys the Law of Conservation of Mass.
According to the second order formula:
1/[At] = K t + 1/[Ao]
and when we have the K constant =0.0265 & we have t = 180 min & we have the initial concentration of A = 4.25 so by substitution:
1/[At] = 0.0265 X 180min + 1/4.25
1/[At] = 5
∴[At] = 1/5 = 0.2 m
A. the density stays the same unless given an external catalyst
