Student Practical Order Form
Requested by: Antonio Perone_____Date : 25/05/2025
Phone #: +39 3664886865______________ email: antonio_perone@[Link] ___________
Teacher’s name: Doctor Krainova_________________
Class : IB1/5 Research Question: how does the concentration of KI
determines its order of reaction?
Diagram
Extended
Essay
X
Individual
Investigation
Glassware (please include the size and quantity where appropriate).
50 mL measuring cylinder x1
x5
100 mL beakers
Glass stirring rod x1
Volumetric pipette x1
Conical flask x5
Gas syringe x1
Water bath 20°C x1
Marker
Stopwatch
Rubber bung to which I can attach the gas syringe x5
Chemicals (including amount required)
1.0 M KI 300 mL
Distilled water 600 mL
Hydrogen peroxide 400 mL
Note: Requests for equipment must be made at least 5 days in advance.
Keep a copy of this sheet. Once completed it must be returned to your teacher for
validation.
Day Date Period Lab
26/05/2025
Checked by Teacher: Date: Signature: Antonio Perone
PTO to complete the risk assessment.
Risk Assessment
Course/Grade: Chemistry HL
Experiment: ……………………………………………………………………………………. YES NO
1) Is this activity educationally necessary? Reason: IBDP internal assesment ✘ YES NO
2) Does the age and experience of the students enable them to carry out this ✘ YES NO
work?
3) Is this best done as a teacher demonstration or a class practical? ✘ Prac Demo
4) Is the scale of the work suitable? Reason: Suitable amount of each piece of ✘ YES NO
equipment
5) Is there an alternative, less hazardous, substance or procedure? YES ✘ NO
Consult the General Risk Assessments in Hazcards, the Laboratory Handbook,
Topics in Safety, Appendix 5, Microbiology: an HMI Guide (for microbiological
work) and/or other texts (see section 4(a)(iii}} and indicate:
(i) The hazard(s} of the procedure adopted: a lot of glass equipment used,
potassium iodide can cause skin irritation and hydrogen peroxide can cause eye
irritation
(ii) The safety procedure(s} to be used to minimise the risk: (including personal
protection or control measures; eye protection. gloves, fume cupboards, safety
screens etc: saftey goggles and gloves used, place glass apparatus in the middle
of the table
6) How will the students be warned about the hazards and safety procedures? Verbal ✘ Written
7) Are there any risks in preparation and/or disposing of the residues? Give details YES ✘ NO
of how the residues be disposed of at the end, without risk.
The solution with decomposed H2O2 and KI will be given to the school
laboratory which will place it in a safe residue container
8) Will hazard warnings be posted with these materials? ✘ YES NO
Details:
Hazard section written on the lab report
9) Post-Practical Evaluation/Observations
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Name, Signature and Date:
Antonio Perone, 26/05/2025
To help you to complete this you may use the CLEAPSS website:
[Link]
Method:
1. Label 5 beakers with these respective concentrations 0.1 M, 0.2 M, 0.3 M, 0.4 M, 0.5 M
2. Measure 5 mL of KI for the 0.1 M with a measuring cylinder and transfer it in a beaker
3. Add distilled water to the beaker to make the total volume equal to 50.0 mL
4. Stir the solution gently
5. Repeat step 2-4 for the other concentrations (10 mL for 0.2 M, 15 mL for 0.3 M, 20 mL for 0.4M,
25 mL for 0.5 M)
6. Transfer the solutions to a conical flask and label each one of the 5 flasks respectively to their
concentrations
7. Attach the gas syringe to the rubber bang
8. Quickly place 25 mL of H2O2 inside the conical flask and close the flask with the rubber bang
9. Immediately start a stopwatch for 60 seconds
10. Each 10 seconds record on a table the amount of gas (oxygen produced) by looking at the value on
the gas syringe
11. Repeat step 8-10 for the other KI concentrations
12. Plot a graph log(rate) vs log(KI) and by looking at the shape of the curve and the gradient of the
line, calculate the order of reaction