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Unit 3
Learning Objectives:
*1. Identify what conditions need to be met…
Unit 3
Learning Objectives:
*1. Identify what conditions need to be met for a successful reaction to take place
- Calculating empirical equations for rates of reaction of reactants that rely on temperature and concentration*
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Measuring Reaction Rates
NOTE : It is not possible to mathematically calculate the rate of reaction. Simply because molecular collisions can not be counted. Reaction rates must be measured by change in concentrations of reactants and products over time
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It is important to understand that the reaction rate is not constant and will slowly decrease as time goes on. For multiple reasons
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Important Concepts
Catalyst: Aids the reaction and gives it a new energy path. With a catalyst the new activation energy is lower and therefore more collisions result in products.
- Catalysts participate in the reaction but do not change at all.
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Enthalpy of Reaction: Reaction do not usually maintain energy because in reality processes are never perfect and if something can go wrong it will. Reactions will often release or consume energy
- (change in)Hrxn = Hproducts - Hreactants
Activation Complex: This is the transition structure that can either return to the reactants or complete the reaction to become the products.
Exothermic: exothermic reactions release energy (exo --> exit), usually in the form of heat, therefore the energy products possess is less than the reactants.
- Usually a lower activation energy
Activation Energy: The amount of energy needed to undergo a reaction. NOTE the number of molecules with sufficient energy to react is relatively small
Activation Energy is directly related to chemical energy. The amount of energy a molecule possesses comes from how fast it is moving. Ek = Ea
Endothermic: endothermic reactions consume energy and therefore have a greater amount in the products. This causes a positive change.
- Usually a higher activation energy
When chemical bonds are broken energy is released, when chemical bonds are formed, energy is consumed. The net change is the enthalpy of the reaction, or the overall change in energy of the system.
- Net gained: positive, endothermic
- Net lost: negative, exothermic