What would happen with the lab IF we warmed up our hydrochloric acid (HCl) before doing the experiment?

Question

A) The rate of the reaction would speed up.
B) The rate of the reaction would slow down.

Answer 1

A) The rate of the reaction would speed up.

Warming up hydrochloric acid (HCl) before conducting an experiment would generally increase the rate of the reaction. Higher temperatures usually provide reactant molecules with more kinetic energy, which leads to more frequent and more energetic collisions between the reactants. This can increase the rate at which a chemical reaction occurs.