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Chemical kinetics

Kinetics: Calculate rate constant

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In this worksheet, students will derive an equation for calculating the reaction order, and then apply this to calculate the order of the reaction from a set of experimental data.

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Learning outcomes

  • Identify which experiment runs would be suitable to use to determine the reaction order with respect to each reactant component.
  • Rearrange and derive rate equation to determine the reaction order.
  • Calculate the overall reaction order and the reaction order with respect to each reactant.
  • Calculate the rate constant of the reaction.
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Skills

Concepts, Principles and Theories

  • How to identify which experiments would be suitable for determining the reaction order with respect to each reactant order

Manipulating and Presenting Data

  • How to derive the reaction order equation from the rate of reaction equation
  • How to calculate the reaction order

Interpreting and Analysing Data

  • How to calculate the rate constant of a reaction

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Chemistry
Biochemistry

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Biological chemistry
Preparative chemistry
Quantitative chemistry

Topic

Chemical kinetics

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