Chemical Kinetics
Learning outcomes - after studying this topic, you should be able to:
- determine the rate law from experimental data, including the rate constant and its units
- identify the reaction order from the rate law
- use the integrated rate law and half life for 1st order reactions
- recognize the effect of temperature on reaction rates and be able to use the Arrhenius equation in calculations
- recognize that chemical reactions result from multistep processes called reaction mechanisms
- recognize the role of activation energy and collision frequency in determining rates
- work out a rate law from a simple proposed mechanism
- draw reaction profile diagrams for multi-step reactions with appropriate activation energies and intermediates
- calculate Ea and A from the temperature variation of the rate constant
- know how catalysts effect the rate of reactions without altering equilibrium constants
- explain the Michaelis-Menton mechanism of enzyme catalysis
- use the steady-state approximation to derive the rate law for a multi-step reaction involving a reactive intermediate
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