| | ee ee ee oe ee eee es 2 FSP Se PP ee ee ee 2 eee Baitore Not compounds containing chee shave includedthe fellowing experiment Chg a vary alle elution of ehrom ur eee ium(VD ond instructed to wash their Hlomfum options an the wenetion micures Muriel E. Finlayson ond Donald G. Lee University of Soskotchawon nh | The! oxidation of alechols by chro- xin (V0 i a reaction of considerable importance and has been widely sthidied (1, 2). The progress of the mae Leg cal bellowed. ‘vsully oF apetrophoto- reatetis Veceose| the cil of the lion changes eee (ECD e) to pen (C2) B). Abn coe Shoonce af this dlamatie calor cbange te has found seatton in the Breathalyzers precenly being wsed Peabo Cava, A measured volume of person's breath is passed into 9 standardized chromiui(VI) Seat nad any ethanol precent. seve according to eqn. (1) ACHSCHON + 4HCHO" + 107 1 BCH,COOH + 4Cr* + 150 GY ‘The decrease in aiforbance.is then a direct measure of the stant of eleool present in bi Ings Com sequently, this ia 4 reaction with whch some freshman students have had experience and in which most are atten more than passively interested. Ibis therefore, fn terms of the durzent vernacular, & reaction with elovonce, Furthermore, we have observed that it con uceessfully be used to tezch some of the basic pria- ciples of kinetics Specifically we asked our stodents to follow the Fatt reaction fitrametneally and to determine-the order of the reaction. with respect to HCO, In a pre- laboratory conferdnce it was pointed out that the com- plete rate hv for fe reaction was of the form ¥ = RECO -(OHCONPIA However, under fonditions where the consentrations of ethanol and agid are large (and therefore approx- rociely constant |dusing the reaction) the rate Tow reduces to T= R{HCiO,-f. ‘The problem is then to determine a value for2 (, 1, or 2) by following the rate of reaction titrametieally Gee experimental sechion for etaile) and by ‘making the appropriate rate plots G9), | | 24 sium{VD are now T bscause we think itis an interesting one and because It utilizes G7), Students shoyld be warned about the hazardous nature of “hands with soap or detergent and water after handling Oxidation of Ethanel by Chromium(V1) 4 Regine, Conodo A kinetics experiment for freshmen sidered hazardous to human health. We We have found that the experiment is one in which Ea students have a good deal of interest and which given E lear ext resulte without the necessity of using equi ment more elaborate than a pair of burets. Resulli fy. ; -B ‘Obtained by an experienced demonstator are plotted in Figure 1; a typical student's results are plotted in} Figure 2” After wsing this experiment with'a Tange ja Tiaber of students we have cbsarced that only 2% Bute ident the reaction a8 being festorder BB)” fy Hb.0,- "tn addition to serviog aran introdetion | + Bt The sibjeet of Kaelin, this experiment proviiag | & & tty students with practige in the uee of a Sarge nt Skills including weighing, titrating, preparation Standard solutions, standardizing solutions, and har twa Geres) Time (ain] ines by on enpetenced wo seconde nos mole for he zo Py ehine ei he Materdse ge