CHM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Protein Kinase B, Reaction Rate, Rate Equation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHM 1301
• Professor: Mathew L

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The rate of a given chemical reaction can be expressed as the change of concentration of a reagent/product over time: Rate of chemical reaction = concentration of reagent or product. Both the concentration of starting material and products can affect the reaction rate. Temperature can also affect reaction rate, but will be discussed in the next lecture. The rate of reaction is proportional to the number of collisions. Rate law: an expression relating the rate of a chemical reaction to the concentration of reagents. The rate constant (k) is the proportionality that links the reaction rate to the concentration of reagents. Each concentration has some exponent (y,x), which is called the order of the reaction with respect to species a & b. Order of the reaction: the exponent to which a concentration is raised in the rate law: If y is 1, then the reaction is called first order in a;