Experiment to Investigate the Effect of Temperature on Rate of Reaction between Magnesium Ribbon and Hydrochloric Acid Introduction Magnesium (Mg) is a reactive metal, and therefore the solid is hold together by a metallic bond. A metallic bond is between metals only and they are all held together by a "sea of electron" which the electrons come from the metal atom. It has a mass number of 24 and a proton number of 12. Hydrochloric acid (HCl) …showed first 75 words of 998 total…

…showed last 75 words of 998 total…nearest 0.1¢XC. I will heat up the acid in a test tube surrounded by water in a beaker to make it safer and more accurate because if you heat up the acid directly you'll have acidic fumes all over the room which is bad for health. And I will be weighting the Mg ribbons so I will have the same amount of magnesium over the same surface area therefore its more of a fair test.