Question

You know that breaking up the tablet increases the surface area of the seltzer. So what could you conclude about the relationship between a reactant's surface area and the reaction rate?

Answer 1

Answer:

Grinding or breaking an Alka-Seltzer tablet increases the number of particles and increases the surface area. Material which was within the tablet is exposed, allowing for more collisions between reactant particles and resulting in an increased rate of reaction.