Key Area 1: Rates of Reaction Flashcards
What type of reactions are explosions?
Fast
What type of reactions is rusting?
Slow
What are four factors that affect rate?
Increased Concentration (solution)
Increased Temperature
Decreased Particle size (solid)
Catalysts
What is a solute?
The solid being dissolved
What is a solvent?
The liquid that dissolves
What is a solution?
When a solute dissolves in a solvent
More particles in the same place means?
More collisions
More collisions means?
More effective collisions
Rate of reactions definition
The rate of a chemical reaction is a measure of how fast the reactants are being used up and how fast products are being made (speed at which CR takes place)
Average rate?
Change in quantity of reactant over time. Slows as reactant is used up.
Graphs, gradient?
Gradient at the start shows the rate
Graphs, end point?
Flat line at the end is the total volume of gas
How do you calculate the average rate?
Change in volume
over
Change in time
How do you write the units for average rate?
Cm cubed/ s
or
Cm cubed -1S
What is a catalyst?
A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction