Chapt 12 Q# Review 1, Review 9, 21, 22, 26

Friday, November 20, 2009

2:22 PM

Review 1.
Reaction rate is the change in concentration of a reactant or product per unit time.
Initial rate is the rate when time is zero whereas the instantaneous rate is at a particular point on
the graph at any time (including zero) measured by using the slope of a tangent line to the graph.
The average rate is different because it is measured over a period of time instead of at one
particular time.
The initial rate is most often used because no products have been formed at that time and so the
reverse reaction may be disregarded and the rate of the reaction will only depend on the reactants.

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Review 9.
The collision model states that all molecules must collide to react, but that not all reactant
molecules upon collision will react.
The larger the activation energy, the slower the rate.
The higher the temperature, the more molecular collisions and the greater chance for molecules to
react, the faster the rate.
The greater the frequency of collisions, the greater the chance for molecules to react, the faster the
rate.
In order for a reaction to occur, the molecules must be oriented in a way so that the reactive parts
of each molecule are able to be involved in a collision. Only some of all collisions have the proper
orientation to cause a reaction.

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