Lecture Notes February 3, 1999 Chapter 15: Chemical Kinetics
Rate of a Chemical Reaction
Factors that Affect Reaction Rate
Effect of Concentration -- Rate Law
Determination of the Rate Law
Integrated Rate Laws
Second Order Integrated Rate Laws
Zero-Order Reactions
Graphical Methods for Determining the Rate Law Order and Rate Law Constant
Decomposition of H2O2
Half Life and First Order Reactions
Half Life of a First Order Process
Collision Theory
What Determines Collision Frequency?
Sufficient Energy? Activation Energy
The Boltzman Distribution Determines the Distribution of Molecule Energies
The Arrhenius Equation
Arrhenius Plot
Determination of Ea from the Arrhenius Equation
Catalysts -- They Lower Ea
Elementary Steps, Reaction Mechanisms and the Experimental Rate Law
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