Unit 2.5 Flashcards
reaction rate
change in concentration of a reactant or product per unit time
rate as time goes on
should decrease and be as close to 0 as possible (reaction is “finished”)
instantaneous rate vs. average rate
average rate: just the slope of the change in reactant over time
instantaneous rate: shows rate at a certain point in time
rate law
shows how the rate depends on the concentrations of reactants
why don’t products appear in the rate law?
the concentrations of the products do not appear in the rate law because the reaction rate is being studied under conditions where the reverse reaction does not contribute to the overall rate
integrated rate law
shows how concentration depend on time
how to measure the rate of reaction of a gas
- water displacement measures the volume of H2/ the rate that the volume changes is equal to the rate that the moles change which can give you the concentration/time
- with concentration measuring probes
- can measure the rate that the mass of a solution goes down by a scale
how to measure rate of reaction when solid is the limiting reagent
measures the mass/time which can be moles/ time
how to measure rate of reaction when acid/base
measure pH to translate to concentration of H+. as the concentration of H+ shows how much more acidic/basic a solution is getting
how to measure rate of reaction when coloured compound
measure the rate that the colour disappears/appears (qualitative) or measure using a colorimeter
how to measure rate of reaction when opaque
this is also relative using the disappearing cross experiment
rate of appearance/disappearance
when calculating the rate of change of the reactants disappearing, a negative sign is added to make the rate positive
how does rate of reaction make sense
10 mol/s means 10 moles of reactions occur each second, not that 10 moles of chemical actually react. 6.02 x 10^23 times molecules number of reactions
k
contains al the factors such as temperature, steric factor, reactivity etc. and the units can vary
order
shows how much of an effect changing the concentration of one variable has on the rate
ex. order 2 is doubled
= quadrupled reaction
overall order
sum of the exponents. a higher total order means more dependent/sensitive reaction to concentration
when given the concentration of a reactant and the eqn
don’t multiply the concentration by the coefficient!
initial rate
the initial rate at which the reactants combine
experimentally: measure the instantaneous rate at t=0
nuclear decay
first order reaction
collision theory
molecules must collide to react however majority of collisions do not lead to a reaction
collision theory concentration
rate increases as the concentration of reactants increase
transition state/activated complex
bonds go through a transition state. the species at the transition state is called the activated complex. this is very unstable
activation energy
reactants must collide with enough energy to form the activated complex
temperature
at high temperature means that the molecules have a greater average kinetic energy which means the collision will have more energy to overcome the activation energy