Reaction Kinetics
Rates, catalysts and collision theory: what makes reactions fast or slow
In the beginning...
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Lessons
Measuring rate
Practice: Calculate a mean rate
Rate from a graph
Practice: Read the rate graph
Collision theory
Practice: Will they react?
Energy profile diagrams
Practice: Label the energy profile
Practice: Read the energy values
Temperature
The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
Practice: Pick the curve
Concentration and pressure
Surface area
Practice: Why each factor works
Practice: Slowest to fastest
Catalysts
Practice: What does each change do?
Rate equations
Finding the order from data
Practice: Find the orders
Practice: Use the rate equation
Reversible reactions and equilibrium
Practice: Spot equilibrium
Course Complete
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