Rate of Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) using various catalysts | KI, MnO2 and Fe(NO3)3 | Kinematics of Reactions
What is the effect of KI, MnO 2 and Fe(NO 3 ) 3 as a catalyst on the rate of decomposition of Hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) at room temperature? INTRODUCTION Chemical kinetics discusses about the rate of a reaction and how various parameters such as temperature, catalyst, concentration and pressure affect the rate at which the reactant gets converted into a product in a chemical reaction. The decomposition of Hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) is a reaction used as an example to explain the effect of catalyst on the rate of a reaction. In the past H 2 O 2 was used to clean wounds because the enzyme present in the blood, catalase, can decompose H 2 O 2 into water (H 2 O) and oxygen (O 2 ). The nascent oxygen released during the process is highly effective against bacterial growth in the wound [1] . This shows how catalase acted as a catalyst that facilitated the increased rate of decomposition of H 2 O 2 . The decomposition of hydrogen peroxide using catalyst h...
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