The Effect Of The Concentration On The Rate Of Iodine Clock Reaction

There are three reactions in the iodine clock reaction. The first reaction is
IO3-(aq) + 3 HSO3-3 SO4-(aq) + I-(aq)+ 3 H+(aq), where the iodate ions become iodide ions1. The second reaction is 6 H+(aq) +IO3-(aq) + 5 I-(aq) 3 I2(aq) + 3 H2O(l) where the iodate ions become molecular iodine2. The third reaction involves molecular iodine becoming a dark blue starch;I2(aq) + starch blue-black complex3. These three reactions react in a sequence. In any reaction the concentration is exponentially related to the rate of the reaction. The rate of the reaction is dependent on potassium iodate4. Therefore as the concentration increases, the rate of the reaction also increases. Since the rate of the reaction is inversely proportional to time, as the