Chapter 16 Flashcards
What is the equation of the rate of reaction?
Change in concentration of prodcut / time
What is the reaction rate?
The change in the amount of reactants or products per unit time
How can you measure reaction rate using gas volume?
If a gas is given off, you can collect it in a gas syringe and record how much you have at regular time interva;s
When reacting an acid with a carbonate, which method can you use to measure the reaction rate and why?
You can measure the amount of volume of a gas given off as carbon dioxide is given off
If a gas is given off, what will happen to the mass of a system?
It will decrease
How can you measure reaction rate using mass?
If a gas is given off, you can measure how the mass changes in a given time period
What does a calorimeter do?
It measures absorbance
What is absorbance a measure off?
The amount of light given off by a system
How can you measure reaction rate using colour change?
You can track colour change using a calorimeter. You can plot a graph of concentration of e.g.iodine against absorbance value.
How can you measure reaction rate using a change in pH?
If H+ ions are given off, you can measure the pH of the solution at regular intervals
How can you measure reaction rate using a titration?
You can take small samples of a reaction at regular time intervals and titrate them using a standard solution. The rate can be found from measuring the change in concentration over time.
How can you measure reaction rate using electrical conductivity?
If the number of ions changes, so will the electrical conductivity
How can you work out the reaction rate from any point on a concentration-time graph?
Draw a tangent at time t and calculate the gradient
What do orders tell you?
How a reactants concentration affects the rate
What does the order of reaction with respect to a particular reactant tell you?
How the reactants concentration affects the rate
Where X is the concentration of a particular reactant, if X doubles and the rate stays the same, what will happen to the rate if X triples?
The rate will stay the same
If the rate is proportional to the (X), what is the order of reaction with respect to X?
First order
If the rate is proportional to (X squared), what is the order of reaction with respect to X?
Second order
What is the overall order of reaction?
The sum of the orders of all the reactants
What is the half-life?
The time it takes for half of the reactant to be used up
If the half-life is constant in a concentration-time graph, what order of reaction is the reaction?
The reaction is first order
What is the initial rate of reaction?
The rate of reaction at the start of the reaction
Describe how you can determine the order of reaction using the initial-rates method:
1-Carrying out seperate equations using different inital concentrations of one reactant, and seeing how the initial concentration affects the rate
2-You can figure out which order it is from this
What do you do in a clock reaction?
You measure how the time taken for a set amount of product to form changes as you vary the concentration of one of the reactants
In a clock reaction, as a limiting reactant is used up, what will there be a sudden increase in?
The concentration of a certain product
In a clock reaction, how do you usually know when the desired amount of a product is formed?
There is usually and observable end point
What is the relationship between how quick a clock reaction occurs and the rate of reaction?
The quicker the clock reaction finishes, the faster the rate of reaction
What three assumptions do you have to make when performing a clock reaction?
- Temp stays constant
- Conc of each reactant doesn’t change significantly
- When the end point is seen, the reaction has not proceeded too far