kinetics ii Flashcards
what is reaction rate ?
.measure of how fast a reaction takes place
.defined as the change in concentration of a reactant or product per unit time
what is collision theory
.for particles to react they must collide with sufficient energy to react and at the correct orrientation
.the minimum energy particles need to react is called the activation energy
describe Maxwell Boltzmann distribution
.particles in substance do not all have the same amount of energy
.energy of particles of gas is shown by a Maxwell Boltzmann distribution
.there are no particles with no energy
.area under curve represents total number of particles
.the peak of the curve gives the the energy that more particles have than any other energy
.number of particles on y axis energy on y axis
what are the factors affecting rate
concentration of a solution, surface area of a solid, pressure of gases ,temperature, catalyst
what affects does concentration have on the rate
.the higher the concentration the faster the reaction (unless that reagent is zero order). because particles are closer together and so there are more frequent and successful collisions
what affects does surface area have on the rate
.the more pieces a solid is broken up to the bigger the surface area the greater the surface area the greater the rate of reaction, because there are more particles exposed at the surface that can be collided with and so there’s more frequent successful collisions
what affect does pressure have on the rate
the higher the pressure the higher the rate, particles have more energy and so greater proportion of the collisions are successful the particles also move faster and so collisions are more frequent therefore there are more frequent successful collisions
what affect does a catalyst have on the rate
a catalyst is a substance that increases the rate of a reaction but is not used up it provides alternative route /mechanism with a lower activation energy and therefore a greater proportion of the collisions are successful
what is order of reaction
power to which the concentration of the reactant is raised in the rate equation.
what is overall order of reaction
sum of the powers of the concentration terms in the rate equation.
The only thing that affects the value of k (the rate constant) is ….
temperature
what are the different ways to measure reaction rate
measuring gas volume
loss of mass
colour change/colorimetry
change in ph
titration
electrical conductivity
how to measure reaction rate by gas volume
collect the gas given off in a gas syringe and record how how much there is at regular time interviews
you can then find out the concentration at each time point by using ideal gas equation
how to measure reaction rate using loss of mass method
if gas is given off then mass is lost you can measure the mass remaining at regular time intervals with a balance
you can use moles equation to work out how much gas you have lost and therefore how many reactants is left
how to measure rate of reaction using colour change method
you can track the colour change using a colorimeter which measure the absorbance, the more concentrated the colour the higher the absorbance
you can measure the change in absorbance by plotting a calibration curve a graph of known concentrations against absorbance
during the experiment take small sample from reaction solution at regular intervals and read the absorbance
use calibration curve to convert the absorbance at each time point into a concentration
how to measure rate of reaction using ph method
if reaction produces or uses up H ions the pH of the solution will change so you could measure the pH at regualr time intervals and calculate the concentration of H
how to measure rate of reaction using titration method
*take small samples of a reaction mixture at regular time intervals
*quench them
*titrate them using standard soloution
*the rate can be found from measuring the change in concentration of the products or reactant over time
how to work out reaction rate from concentration time graph
the rate at any point in the reaction is given by the gradient at that point on the graph
if the graph is a curve you have to draw a tangent to the curve and find the gradient of that
what does the order of reaction tell you
tells you how with respect to a certain reactant how the reactants concentration affects the rate
you can only find the orders of reaction from
experiments
for a concentration time graph what order is a straight line
zero order
for concentration time graph what order is a curve and an even steeper curve
normal curve first order even steeper curve is second order
for rate concentration graph what order is a straight horizontal line
zero order
for rate concentration graph what order is a straight line through origin
first order
for rate concentration graph what order is a curve through origin
second order
what is the half life
half life is the time it takes for half or the reactants to be used up
how do you work out half life from concentration time graph
plot concentration time graph
then draw lines across from the y axis at points where the concentration has halved and read off time taken
what are half lives useful for
identifying first order reactions without having to draw a rate concentration graph because half life is always constant for first order reactions
initial rate method is used to work out?
orders of reactions
initial rate of a reaction is the rate at ?
the start of the reaction
time = 0