Chemical Reaction Engineering Flashcards
PreLims
Study of chemical kinetics and the reactors in which they occur
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Study of the factors that influence the rate of reaction and the explanations for the rate of reaction
Chemical Kinetics
any chemical compound or element with a given identity
Chemical Species
the identity of a chemical species is determined by what?
kind, number, and configuration of that species atoms
T/F: A sequence of different configurations, the two species display the same chemical and physical properties.
F
T/F: Even though two chemical compounds have exactly the same number of atoms of each element, they could still be species because of different configurations
T
has taken place when a detectable number of molecules of one or more species have lost their identity and assumed a new form by a change in the kind or number of atoms in the component or by change in structure or configurations
Chemical Reaction
It is assumed that the total mass is neither created nor destroyed, when chemical reactions occur
Law of Mass Conservation
The total collective mass of all different species in the system
Mass
When considering the individual species involved in a particular reaction, we do speak of the ________ of mass of a particular species.
rate of disappearance
Number of molecules that lose their identity per unit time, per unit volume
Rate of disappearance
T/F: In order for a particular species to appear in the system, some prescribed fraction of another species must lose its chemical identity
T
3 ways of losing chemical identity
Decomposition, Combination, Isomerization
change in configuration, same number of atoms
Isomerization
involves 1 phase
Homogenous Reaction
