Rates Flashcards
Equation for rate
Change in concentration/ time mol do-3 s-1
When is rate fastest
At start
Factors affecting rate
Surface area
Concentration
Catalyst
Pressure
Why don’t some reactions occur
Activation energy too high
Not right orientation
How to monitor rate
Amount of product made of reactant used
Apparatus for rate
Gas syringe
Scales
Calculating rate from mass loss graph
Tangent at 0 calculate gradient
Catalysts
Don’t get used up
May become intermediate
Lowers activation energy
Homogeneous catalyst
Same physical state of reactants
Heterogeneous catalyst
Different physical state
Boltzmann distribution X and Y axis
Y= number of molecules X= energy
Effect of increasing temperature on Boltzmann
Gets wider, more past activation energy
Effect of catalyst on Boltzmann distribution
Push Ea back
What is le Chatlier principle
Systems re adjust to minimise change
What happens to Equilibrium when temp rises in exothermic
Shifts left