Ethylene Reaction

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In experiment 3, the main purpose was to determine the rate of a reaction between ethylene (dinitrilo) tetraacetate (EDTA) and chromium (III) nitrate. For that to be achieved, we reacted the two solutions and collected data. From the data we were able to get the absorbance from the transmittance using the following equations: %T=Tx100% and A=-logT. From the Absorbance we were able to get the absorbance of the Chromium using
ACr(III)= A∞ -At
In this experiment, volume and temperature are extremely important factors. The volume of each solution must be as similar to one another as they can be to ensure that the same amount of solution is reacting. Also, the temperature had to have remained constant throughout the experiment or else the results of the reaction would have been different and not reliable to compare.
As expected, The Solution of EDTA with the highest pH value (5) had the smallest percentage transmittance and the one with the smallest pH value (4) had the largest percentage transmittance (see data table). This is due to the concentration of hydrogen ion is higher in a low pH solution. With all the data, we were able to graph curves representing our data and from graph we were able to calculate the
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However, if for whatever reason anything remained on the cuvette, the spectrophotometer reading might have been skewed as the light was passing through it. Anything on the cuvette including the label on the cuvette may have been a source of error when reading the percent transmittance of the different solutions. Also, the lid on the spectrophotometer must have been close properly and entirely while the spectrophotometer was taking its reading. If any excess light from the laboratory setting were able to reach into the device, it would have significantly altered the measure of percent