Chemistry 1024A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Exponential Decay, Reaction Rate Constant, Reaction Rate

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Reaction rate: is a measure of how fast a reactant is used up or how fast a product is formed in a chemical reaction. We (cid:449)ill ofte(cid:374) use (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:374)tratio(cid:374)s(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:373)ol/l(cid:895) for substances in solution and for gasses. One problem arises, for a ->b (cid:449)e (cid:272)ould also (cid:271)ase the defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) of (cid:862)rate(cid:863) o(cid:374) the (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge of [a]. This would result in a negative rate, whereas the increase of [b] would result in a positive rate. A minus sign added for the reactants. In general form rate is defined as, for the balanced equation is; If a plot of concentration vs. time is available, the rate can be determined from the slope of the plot. Pe(cid:272)ies have to (cid:862)(cid:373)eet(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:272)ollide(cid:895) (cid:271)efore they (cid:272)a(cid:374) rea(cid:272)t with each other. The probability to collide with other molecules is high, if these other species have a high concentration.

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