Imagine you are in a laboratory. You are exploring the following reaction: A + B → C

When the product C is created, bubbles form. When 10mL of A is added to 10mL of B, the reaction takes twenty seconds. Your teacher gives you three unknown substances (X, Y, and Z), one of which is a catalyst for the reaction.

Design an experiment to test substances X, Y, and Z to determine which one is a catalyst for the reaction.

Question

Imagine you are in a laboratory. You are exploring the following reaction: A + B → C

When the product C is created, bubbles form. When 10mL of A is added to 10mL of B, the reaction takes twenty seconds. Your teacher gives you three unknown substances (X, Y, and Z), one of which is a catalyst for the reaction.

Design an experiment to test substances X, Y, and Z to determine which one is a catalyst for the reaction.

Mercury · Answer

I will not do the whole thing for you, but I will provide the necessary guidance to get started

a catalyst increases the rate of reaction (so in other words, the reaction proceeds faster)

so ideally, you would create three separate reactions (+ a 4th control group) with the same conditions for A and B, with the only exception that you add a different catalyst each time. then time the reaction.