3. Chemical kinetics - speed or rate at which a
reaction occurs
How are rates of reactions affected by
◦ Reactant concentration?
◦ Temperature?
◦ Reactant states?
◦ Catalysts?
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Chemical Equilibrium = how far
Chemical kinetics = how fast
4. The domain of chemistry in which we study
the speed with which the reaction proceeds
and the factors affecting the speed or rate.
Hence,
1. Rate of Reactions
2. Factors Affecting The Reaction rate
3. Pathway of a reaction from reactants to
products
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5. The rate of a chemical reaction is defined as
the change of concentration of reactants or
product divided by the time taken for the
change.
Rate of Reaction= Change in concentration
Time taken for change
The rate of Reaction never remains uniform
during the course of reaction. It decreases
continuously till the reaction stops
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6. Rate of a Reaction=moles dm -3
Seconds
= moles dm -3 Sec- 1
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7. The rate at any one instant is called
Instantaneous rate
Consider the following reaction
A + B C
Define the instantaneous rate of consumption
of reactant A, A
dt
Ad
A
8. The reaction rate during two specific intervals
is called Average rate of a reaction
Average rate=dx/dt
During the start of reaction Instantaneous
rate is higher than average rate.. Near the end
the reverse happens
As the time interval becomes smaller
Instantaneous rate becomes closer to average
rate
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9. If a reaction proceeds in more than one steps
the slowest step shall be counted as the rate
determining step
A+B--------- D
A+B--------- C --------(i) fast
C+B--------- D--------(ii) slow
Ii will rate determing step