Soon, you will be performing experiment 13 – the iodine clock reaction. This experiment involves using the initial rates method to determine the rate constant and reaction orders of a chemical reaction. We didn’t discuss the initial rates method in lecture this semester, so here are a few pages of notes on the method that you might find useful. Please read them before you perform experiment 13, so you will understand the initial rates method and how it works.
You are not required to print these notes out, but you are welcome to print them and bring them with you to lab if you think they’ll be helpful.