Kinetics Flashcards
Colllsion theory
Particles must collide with the minimum amount of energy to form a reaction
Activation energy
Minimum amount of energy needed for a reaction to account
Maxwell boltzmann distribution graph
Spread of energies that molecules have at a particular temp
Area under curve
Total number molecules
Peak
Most likely energy of molecule
0,0
No energy
Mean energy
Average energy molecules have, right to peak
Increasing pressures and conc
More particles per unit volume, more collisions more successful collisions and more prattles reacting within the minimum energy
Temp increases
Particles have more kinetic energy, move faster, more particle have activation energy,
More collisions also increases rate
Catalyst
Substances that increase rate of reaction by lowering the activation energy by providing an alternative reaction pathway without being used up.