Unit 7 Catalysts Pre Lab Answers
Lab 7: Catalysts
Introduction
Pre-Lab Questions
1. What is a catalyst? An enzyme is a biological catalyst that speeds up chemical reactions in the body.
2. If you continue to add more catalyst will the speed of a reaction always continue to increase? Explain your answer. It will continue to speed up the reaction until there is more catalyst than the limiting reactant.
3. In this lab you will produce oxygen and water from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Write a balanced reaction equation for this reaction. 2H2O2(l)------>2H2O(l)+O2(g)
4. What causes the bubbles to form in this reaction? The production of oxygen (O2)
5. The exhaust gas from car engines pass through catalytic converters that contain very small amounts of solid platinum, palladium,
Introduction
Pre-Lab Questions
1. What is a catalyst? An enzyme is a biological catalyst that speeds up chemical reactions in the body.
2. If you continue to add more catalyst will the speed of a reaction always continue to increase? Explain your answer. It will continue to speed up the reaction until there is more catalyst than the limiting reactant.
3. In this lab you will produce oxygen and water from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Write a balanced reaction equation for this reaction. 2H2O2(l)------>2H2O(l)+O2(g)
4. What causes the bubbles to form in this reaction? The production of oxygen (O2)
5. The exhaust gas from car engines pass through catalytic converters that contain very small amounts of solid platinum, palladium,