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.

Heating up hydrochloric acid (HCl) increases the kinetic energy of the molecules, which generally leads to more frequent and more energetic collisions between reactant molecules. This results in an increased reaction rate. In chemical reactions, higher temperatures typically lead to faster reaction rates, assuming no other factors are limiting the reaction.