the rate and extent of chemical change Flashcards
Define rate of reaction
- How fast the reactants are changed into products
Name the equation used to calculate/measure the rate of reaction
- Rate of reaction = amount of reactant used / Time
- Rate of reaction = amount of product formed / Time
What can the quantity of reactant or product be measured by?
- Mass in grams or volume in cm3
What are the units of rate of reaction?
- g/s or cm3/s
What are the units for rate of reaction in terms of moles?
- You can also use quantity of reactants in terms of moles (instead of mass or volume) and therefore, units for rate of reaction in mol/s
How do you find the rate of reaction graphically?
- To measure the rate of reaction: draw tangents to curves and use the slope of the tangent
- Calculate the gradient of a tangent to the curve on these graphs as a measure of rate of reaction at a specific time
Describe the relationship between the gradient of the line and the rate of reaction
- The steeper the line on the graph, the faster the rate of reaction
- Over time the line becomes less steep as the reactants are used up
Name the factors which affect the rates of chemical reactions
- Concentration
- Pressure
- Surface area
- Temperature
- Catalysts
What does the rate of a chemical reaction depend on?
- Collision frequency of reacting particles
- Energy transferred during a collision
Define collision theory
- Chemical reactions can occur only when reacting particles collide with each other and with sufficient energy
Define activation energy
- The minimum amount of energy that particles must have to react
What happens when you increase the concentration of reactants in solution?
- If a solution is more concentrated, it means there are more particles in the same volume of water
- This means that the same number of particles occupy a smaller space
- Increases the frequency of collisions and so increases the rate of reaction.
What happens when you increase the pressure of reacting gases?
- If pressure increases, it means there are more particles in the same volume of gas
- This means that the same number of particles occupy a smaller space
- Increases the frequency of collisions and so increases the rate of reaction
What happens when you increase the surface area of solid reactants?
- When you break up a solid into smaller pieces it will increase its SA:V ratio
- This means for the same volume of solid, the particles have more area to work on
- Increases the frequency of collisions and so increases the rate of reaction.
What happens when you increase the temperature of the reactants?
- When the temp increases, the particles move faster (gain kinetic energy)
- Increases the frequency of collisions and makes the
collisions more energetic, and so increases the rate of reaction.
Define a catalyst
- Catalysts are substances that speed up chemical reactions without being changed or used up during the reaction
Define an enzyme
- Enzymes act as catalysts in biological systems