Kinetics, Equilibra And Redox Reactions Flashcards
Formula for rate of reaction
Rate of reaction=
Amount of reactant used or product formed/ time
What are particles in liquids and gases always doing?
Moving and colliding with each other
Do they react every time they collide?
No only when conditions are right
What two things must be true according to collision theory for a reaction to occur?
Collide in the right direction they need to be facing each other in the right way
Collide with at least the activation energy required
What’s activation energy?
The minimum amount of kinetic energy that particles need to react
Why is activation energy required to start off a reaction?
Need at least the energy needed to break their bonds and start the reaction
What reactions happen easily?
Ones with low activation energy
What reaction happen don’t happen easily?
Ones with a high activation energy so you need to give particles extra energy by heating them
How much energy do molecules in a gas have?
Some don’t have much kinetic energy and move slowly
Others have loads of kinetic energy and whizz along but molecules are sometimes in between
If you plot a graph of number of molecules in a gas with different kinetic energy what do you get?
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
Area under Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution?
The total number of molecules
Where does the curve of maxwell-Boltzmann begin?
(0,0) no molecules have zero energy
Peak of curve maxwell-Boltzmann?
Represents most likely energy of any single molecule
Mean (average) energy is where?
All the molecules a bit right to a peak
Which molecules react?
Some molecules have more than the activation energy. These are the only ones that can react
Increasing the temperature of a reaction does what? Maxwell-Boltzmann
The particles will on average have more kinetic energy and move faster
What does a higher temperature mean for the proportion?
Greater proportion of molecules will have at least the activation energy and be able to react
Changes shape of maxwell-Boltzmann distribution curve pushing it over to the right
Total number of molecules is the same for?
Each of these reactions meaning the area under the curve must be the same
Why does a slight increase in temperature result in quite a large increase in reaction rate?
Molecules move faster so collide more
More molecules have the activation energy required
Together can lead to large increase in reaction rate
What does increasing pressure do the rate of reaction?
Increase concentration of reactants in a solution the particles will be on average closer together
If closer they will collide more often. If collisions occur more frequently they’ll have jute chance to react meaning increasing concentration increases reaction rate
Pressure does what to the rate of reaction?
If a reaction involved gases, increasing pressure works in just the same way as increasing concentration
Raising pressure pushes all gas Particles together making them more likely to collide so collisions take place more frequently and reaction rate increases
What’s a catalyst?
A substance that increases the rate of reaction providing an alternative reaction pathway with a lower activation energy. The catalyst is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction
Why are catalysts great?
They don’t get used up so you only need a tiny bit of catalyst to catalyse a huge amount of stuff. They do take part in reactions but they’re remade at the end
Why are catalyst fussy about which reactions they catalyse?
They often only work on a single reaction
Why do catalysts save heaps of money in industrial processes?
Allow you to make the same amount of product faster and often at a lower temperature too
Why can a catalyst work?
The catalyst lowers the activation energy meaning there’s more particles with enough energy to react when they collide. It does this by allowing the reaction to go via a different route so certain amount of time more particles react
How is rate of reaction defined?
As the change in concentration (or amount) or reactant or product over time
How can you follow the rate of reaction?
Either by how fast reactants are used up or how fast the products are formed.
Three methods to measure reaction rate?
Timing how long a precipitate takes to form
Measuring a decrease in mass
Measuring volume of gas given off
Timing how long a precipitate takes to form when can you use this method?
When the product is a precipitate which clouds a solution.
Timing how long a precipitate takes to form what do you do?
Watch a mark through the solution and time how long it takes to be obscured.
Timing how long a precipitate takes to form how can you compare it?
If the same observer uses the same mark each time you can compare the rate of reaction because roughly the same precipitate will have formed when the mark becomes obscure
Timing how long a precipitate takes to form what’s wrong with this method?
Method is subjective- different people may not agree on the exact same moment the mark disappears
Measuring a decrease in mass when can this be done?
When or more products is a gas you can measure the rate of formation using a mass balance
Measuring a decrease in mass how does it work?
As gas is given off the mass of the reaction mixture decreases
Measuring a decrease in mass disadvantage?
Method is accurate and easy to do but does release gas into the atmosphere so usually done in a fine cupboard
Measuring volume of gas given off involves?
Using a gas syringe to measure volume of gas being produced
When can you use measuring the volume of gas given off?
Only when one or more of the products is a gas
How accurate is measuring the volume of gas given off?
Gas syringes usually give volumes to the nearest 0.1cm3 so this method is accurate
What are sodium thiosulfate and hydrochloric on their own?
Clear, colourless solutions