As the reaction continues, the rate of the reaction decreases too since more of the

reactants become products as time goes on, as shown in many chemical reactions.
Because the rate of reaction may be dependent on the concentration of the reactants and
temperature, a mathematical expression that would help show the relationship of the rate
of a reaction to the concentration of the reactants to some power and to a rate constant
would be the rate law. The obtained rate law is Rate=k[Na2S2O3], where Na2S2O3
is the concentration of the reactant in molars (M) and has an exponent of one, meaning it
is in the first order and k being the proportionality constant or rate constant with a value
of k=0.381Ms1. The rate is dependent on the amount of reactants. Furthermore, in
any chemical reaction, to allow the molecules to properly collide and bond to activate a
reaction, there must be enough energy, the minimum of which is called the Activation
Energy. To obtain this, another mathematical expression may be used that is shown as k =
Ae-Ea/RT. In this case, the reaction rate is dependent on the temperature as k = rate
constant, A the Arrhenius constant, Ea as the Activation Energy, R as 8.314 J/molK and T
as temperature in Kelvin. It can be said then that since k is directly proportional to
temperature, the rate is also directly proportional to the rate of reaction.