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The corrosion of metals Problem statement: What is the effect of pH level on corrosion rate? pH theory: rate of corrosion is the speed at which a metal deteriorates in specific environment. The rate, or speed, is dependent upon environment condition as well as the type, and condition, of the metal.
The corrosion of metals Problem statement: What is the effect of pH level on corrosion rate? pH theory: rate of corrosion is the speed at which a metal deteriorates in specific environment. The rate, or speed, is dependent upon environment condition as well as the type, and condition, of the metal.
The corrosion of metals Problem statement: What is the effect of pH level on corrosion rate? pH theory: rate of corrosion is the speed at which a metal deteriorates in specific environment. The rate, or speed, is dependent upon environment condition as well as the type, and condition, of the metal.
STPM 2016 Members: 1. Po Kian Ee 2. Maximillian Fam 3. Kiu Kwan Tai 4. Thoo Voon Keat
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Theme: Chemistry in daily life
Topic: The corrosion of metals Problem statement: What is the effect of pH level on corrosion rate? Hypothesis: Aim: To investigate the effect of pH level on corrosion rate. Variables: Manipulated variable: The pH of the solution. Responding variable: The corrosion rate for each of the metals. Constant variable: The volume of various type of solution used. Method of analysis: pH Theory: The definition of rate of corrosion is the speed at which a metal deteriorates in specific environment. The rate, or speed, is dependent upon environment condition as well as the type, and condition, of the metal. Time required:60 minutes Cost: RM10-RM20 Materials and Apparatus: Silver, copper, aluminium, zinc, steel strips Sandpaper Scissors Forceps 15 boiling tubes 0.5mol/dm3 hydrochloric acid, HCl Distilled water 0.5mol/dm3 potassium hydroxide solution, KOH Electronic balance Stopwatch Measuring cylinder Procedure: Label the boiling tubes: 5 with label A, 5 with label B, and 5 with label C.
2. Fill 20ml of 0.5M hydrochloric acid, 20ml of 0.5M potassium
hydroxide and 20ml of distilled water respectively and into 5 boiling tubes A, B and C. 3. Cut the silver, copper, aluminium, zinc and steel strips into small pieces with equal length using a pair of scissors and clean the metal strips using sandpaper. 4. Weigh the initial mass of the 5 metals strips using an electronic balance. 5. Put the 5 metal strips separately into 5 boiling tubes A and start the stopwatch. 6. After 30 minutes, take out all the metals from the boiling tubes using a pair of forceps and weigh the final mass of each metal strips using an electronic balance. 7. Repeat step 4 and 5 by putting the 5 metals strips separately into 5 boiling tubes B. 8. Repeat step 6 after 30 minutes. 9. Repeat step 4 and 5 by putting the 5 metals strips separately into 5 boiling tubes C. 10. Repeat step 6 after 30 minutes. 11. Record the initial mass and final mass of each metals in a table for each experiments and calculate the rate of corrosion.