Date of Award

7-1949

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Chemistry

First Advisor

Scott L. Kittsley

Second Advisor

Virgil Roach

Abstract

Reactions are constantly taking place all around us. They are the basis of chemistry. Without reactions, there could be no change, and, therefore, no chemistry. Most reactions can be easily visualized; as, for instance, when two liquids are mixed together, or two gases, or a gas and a liquid. When reactions between these substances take place, we take it as a matter of course. There is another type of reaction, however, which does take place, but which is not easily visualized. This is the reaction between two solid substances. Due in part to the nature of solids, their crystalline form, and their stability, it is not easy to see how one solid can react with another solid to form a new solid. This paper will not attempt to go into the theory of this type of reaction, but it will proceed from the work of Huttig, Hedvall and others who theorized and proved the mechanics of these reactions. This paper will proceed from there, and will take one solid reaction and seek to determine various aspects of this reaction. The chemical kinetics of this react ion will be studied and the order of reaction and velocity constants will be determined.

Comments

A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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