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Chemical Kinetics — Revision Notes
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Introduction and Basic Concepts
- Chemical kinetics deals with the speed or rate of chemical reactions
- It explains the mechanism of reactions (pathway from reactants to products)
- Unlike thermodynamics, it tells us HOW FAST a reaction occurs, not just whether it will occur
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Order and Molecularity of Reactions
- Order of reaction = Sum of powers of concentration terms in rate law
- Molecularity = Number of molecules participating in an elementary reaction
- Order is determined experimentally; molecularity is theoretical
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Zero Order Reactions
- Rate is independent of reactant concentration: Rate = k
- Concentration decreases linearly with time
- Half-life is directly proportional to initial concentration
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First Order Reactions
- Rate is directly proportional to concentration: Rate = k[A]
- Half-life is independent of initial concentration
- Concentration decreases exponentially with time
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Key Concepts
Rate of reaction is defined asRate law expresses the relationship betweenThese equations relate concentration to timeMolecularity is the number of moleculesCollision theory states that reactions occur
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