What is the biological significance of the temperature at which the amylase catalyzed reaction

Chemistry

1 answer:

ipn [44]3 years ago

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Answer:

The biological significance is that it is the normal human body temperature and also the optimum temperature of the enzyme.

Explanation:

Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up the rate of chemical reactions.
Enzymes catalyze specific reactions by working on a specific substrate to convert it into a product.
The rate of enzyme activity depends on several factors which include pH, temperature, substrate concentration, and enzyme concentration among others.
Enzymes work best at a specific pH and temperature known as optimum pH and optimum temperature respectively.
In this case, enzyme amylase works best at a temperature of 37° C which is equivalent to the normal human body temperature.

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Answer:

1. 3.70 g Na₂CO₃·10H₂O

2. 50.0 mL of the first solution

Explanation:

1. Prepare the solution

(a) Calculate the molar mass of Na₂CO₃·10H₂O

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$\text{Moles of Na$_{2}$CO$_{3}\cdot$10H$_{2}$O}\\= \text{0.250 L solution} \times \dfrac{\text{0.0500 mol Na$_{2}$CO$_{3}\cdot$10H$_{2}$O}}{\text{1 L solution}}\\\\= \text{0.0125 mol Na$_{2}$CO$_{3}\cdot$10H$_{2}$O}$

(c) Calculate the mass of Na₂CO₃·10H₂O

$\text{Mass of Na$_{2}$CO$_{3}\cdot$10H$_{2}$O }\\= \text{0.012 50 mol Na$_{2}$CO$_{3}\cdot$10H$_{2}$O } \times \dfrac{\text{296.15 g Na$_{2}$CO$_{3}\cdot$10H$_{2}$O}}{\text{1 mol Na$_{2}$CO$_{3}\cdot$10H$_{2}$O}}\\\\= \text{3.70 g Na$_{2}$CO$_{3}\cdot$10H$_{2}$O}\\\text{You need $\large \boxed{\textbf{3.70 g}}$ of Na$_{2}$CO$_{3}\cdot$10H$_{2}$O}$

2. Dilute the solution

We can use the dilution formula to calculate the volume needed.

V₁c₁ = V₂c₂

Data:

V₁ = ?; c₁ = 0.0500 mol·L⁻¹

V₂ = 100 mL; c₂ = 0.0250 mol·L⁻¹

Calculation:

$\begin{array}{rcl}V_{1}c_{1} & = & V_{2}c_{2}\\V_{1}\times \text{0.0500 mol/L} & = & \text{100 mL} \times\text{0.0250 mol/L}\\0.0500V_{1}& = & \text{2.500 mL}\\V_{1}&=& \dfrac{\text{2.500 mL}}{0.0500}\\\\& = & \text{50.0 mL}\\\end{array}\\\text{You need $\large \boxed{\textbf{50.0 mL}}$ of the concentrated solution.}$