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Topic 13 Learning Objectives Be able to: Define, compare and contrast, classify, differentiate, put in order, predict using, identify correct and incorrect examples of, identify correct and incorrect interpretations of, identify correct and incorrect applications of…the following terms: chemical
kinetics Analyze and apply the factors that affect reaction rate Relate the rate of disappearance of a reactant and the rate of appearance of a product from the balanced equation Determine the average reaction rate from concentration measurements at specific times Give the reaction order with respect to each reactant and give the overall reaction order for a reaction when given its rate law Determine the rate law from initial concentrations and initial rates Work rate problems using concentration-time laws for both first order and second order reactions Calculate half-lives for both first order and second order reactions Use graphing to determine the order of a reaction Use collision theory and energy considerations to explain reactions and reaction rates Explain reactions and reaction rates using potential energy profiles, including activation energy and the activated complex Use collision theory and energy considerations to explain the effect of temperature, surface area, concentration, and the presence or absence of a catalyst on reaction rates Use the Arrhenius equation to describe the relationship among activation energy, temperature, frequency of collisions, and the rate law constant and to calculate these values Describe reaction mechanisms in terms of elementary steps, reaction intermediates, and molecularity Write the overall balanced equation from the mechanism Write rate laws for elementary steps Write rate laws from mechanisms Determine the rate-determining step from the rate law Describe the nature of a catalyst and
catalysis, including enzyme catalysis
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