A Safe and Simple Demonstration of the Effect of Temperature on Reaction Rate In herinnine chemistrv courses students are taught that rates af chemical reactions are affected bv temperature. The
seem to work best.) The tablet in the warm water dissolves more readily and produces bubbles more rapidly than the tablet in the cold water. Prom these results students usually draw a correct conclusion, that is, an increase in temperature increases the rate of a chemical reaction. Wayne C. Boring Ernest T. McMillan Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX 75962
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