Sunday, December 8, 2019

home experiment - Citric acid chelates calcium carbonate more than ethanoic acid, why does this result in a faster rate of reaction?



I performed an experiment using egg shells (calcium carbonate) to represent teeth and reacted the calcium carbonate with acids. When measuring the rate of reaction citric acid had a higher rate of reaction and from my research I saw that citric acid forms a more stable compound with calcium hence it chelates the calcium more than ethanoic acid.


In the mouth this would remove calcium ions from CaX10(POX4)X6(OH)X2(s)+2HX+(aq)3CaX3(POX4)X2(s)+CaX2+(aq)+2HX2O(l)

that equation hence the position of equilibrium shifts to the right so more tooth decay.


But with egg shells: CaCOX3(s)+2HX+(aq)CaX2+(aq)+COX2(g)+HX2O(l)


there is no equilibrium so if more calcium ions are chelated why does this increase the rate of reaction?




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