Hydrogen Peroxide is a by product of bio chemical metabolism. An accumulation of this can be deadly thus it has to be decomposed. One of the decomposing factors is an enzyme known as Catalase. Catalase will break this down into water and oxygen The chemical formula for this is: H2O2 →2H2O+O2 Although Hydrogen Peroxide can naturally degenerate itself, it decomposes much faster with the help of catalase because catalase lowers its activation energy, the minimum energy barrier that hydrogen peroxide molecules have to decompose.[2] In this experiment we are going to investigate how different concentrations of Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) list the concentrations here!!! will affect the time it takes for catalase to break it down into water and oxygen (H20 and O2). We will do this by submerging a measuring cylinder size into water so it is completely filled with water. We will then pour different concentrations of H2O2 volume? into a test tube with our catalase product how much? (Yeast).With a delivery tube connecting the boiling tube and measuring cylinder size? , we will measure the amount of O2 gas that has been released into the measuring cylinder by reading the graduations on it. …show more content…
As we increase the concentration of the H2O2, the amount of oxygen and water that will be produced will increase too.This is because as the concentration of the H2O2 increases, the rate of enzyme activity increases up to a level where it becomes constant. This is because the more the enzymes are available, the more substrates are broken down into products in less