CHM 1311 Study Guide - Nuclear Weapon, Rate Equation, Spectrophotometry
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Every chemical reaction is useful in some way, whether it is a reaction of a large scale nuclear bomb or simply the reaction of a light going off on a child"s sparkler. Yet every reaction varies in so many different ways, in what is used to start the reaction (reactants) what is made in the reaction (products) or simply the time it takes for the reaction to reach completion (rate). And while the rate seems like an unimportant part of the entire process it is crucial in order to meet the demands of today"s needs. After all no man would want to wait to a couple thousand years to create a small diamond in hopes of proposing. Yet by studying the rates of reactions, the conditions needed for it to occur, and the concentration that affects the rate (order of reaction) we have improved leaps and bounds in studying of chemistry.