Rates of Reactions

After completing this chapter, you should be very familiar with the following concepts!
  • Representing and measuring rates of reactions
  • Identifying factors affecting rates of reaction, and providing explanations using collision theory
  • Rate law equation (orders of reaction, deriving rate law equations from empirical data, determining magnitude and unit of k)
  • Reaction mechanisms (concepts of multi-step reactions, rate-determining step, assessing a proposed mechanism)
  • Potential energy diagrams