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Reaction Rates. What is Kinetics?. Kinetics or reaction rate is Change in a visible property Change in time The candle change in mass = m f – m i change in time t f - t i. Finding the Rate of a Reaction. aA + bB cC + dD Rate = -[A] = -[B] = [C] = [D]
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What is Kinetics? • Kinetics or reaction rate is Change in a visible property Change in time The candle change in mass = mf – mi change in time tf - ti
Finding the Rate of a Reaction aA + bB cC + dD Rate = -[A] = -[B] = [C] = [D] a t b t c t d t The squares are meant to be delta, but my old pp program at home doesn’t know the )&(*&)^* symbol. [ ] means concentration Moles/liter –yes, this is molarity (M)
Rate of Decomposition 2N2O5 4NO2 + O2 • Starting with N2O5… N2O5 (g) → 2NO2 (g) + ½O2 (g) 2NO2 ½ O2 N2O5
Let’s Try Another reaction • Cool animation of rate of a reaction
Measurement of rate of reaction by using color change Bleach is added to a solution of blue dye. Over time, the dye fades As it reacts with the Bleach A spectrophotometer could be used to measure The change.
Notice it is all about concentration • The rate is directly related to the concentration of all of the substances involved.
Why does concentration matter? • Reactions happens through collisions of reacting molecules. • Depends on two things: Speed of the molecules Orientations of molecules
Collisions and Rate • Not only do collisions have to occur, they have to be effective. • How did the demonstration show effective collisions?
Note how the concentration of oxygen (increased on the right) changes the rate of the steel wool burning.
Temperature Effects Rate as Well • How can we explain the glow light demonstration?
Since rate is dependent upon concentration, and concentration of reactants decrease as time passes, the rate will change. • We can also graph [N2O5] versus rate
K to the Rescue! • K is the relationship between rate and concentration of reactants rate = k[N2O5] This tells how the rate of the reaction depends on concentration. For the N2O5 example, the rate was directly proportional to the concentration.
Order of Reaction • Some relationships are not directly proportional, it could be exponential or have a zero slope rate = k[N2O5]1 Here a reaction is shown that is first order (directly proportional) • The order can ONLY be determined by experiment
The full rate formula then, involves all reactants and the ORDER rate = k[A]m[B]n[C]p… For Rate = k[A]m If m = 0, this is a zero order reaction If m = 1 a first order reaction If m = 2 a second order reaction
First Order Reaction When the slope of a plot of ln[A] vs time is linear, the reaction is first order.
Second Order Reaction One way to determine reaction order is to search for a linear relationship between some function of concentration and time. Because a plot of 1/[HI] vs t is linear (3rd plot), the reaction is second order.
Zero Order Reaction The rate of a zero order reaction is constant, independent of concentration. These are rare. Most take place on solid surfaces. [A] vs. time will be linear. The rate constant k is numerically equal to the slope but has the opposite sign.
To find the order, we compare two sets of experimental data:
Let’s See Some Examples of Determining Order of a Reaction • Cool animation of an experiment about determining order of an experiment • Another animation of rate order • Half life animation