While considering chemical reactions, we always have an anxiety to

know the feasibility of reaction, the extent of reaction and the velocity of
reaction. Here, we will discuss about chemical kinetics which deals with
the study of rates of reactions and the factors affecting it.
Average rate of reaction is defined as the change in concentration
of reactant or product in specific time interval. The rate of a reaction at a
specific instant is called as instantaneous rate.
The rate of a chemical reaction at a given temperature depends on
the concentration of reactants. The rate is found to be proportional to the
molar concentration of the reactants raised to a simple power. By
knowing the rate law, concentration o reactants and products at any
instant after the start of reaction and mechanism of reaction can be
predicted. The order of reaction with respect to each reactant is the
power to which the concentration term of that reactant the rate law is
raised.
The elementary reaction is the reaction that occurs in a single step
and cannot be broken down further into simpler chemical reactions.
Molecularity concept is applicable only to the elementary reaction. It is
the number of reactant molecules taking part in the reaction. The
elementary reactions can be classified as unimolecular, bimolecular etc.
In case of pseudo first order reaction, two or more than two
molecules of reactants participate in reaction, but rate of reaction
depends on concentration of only one reactant and order is first.
In the first order reaction, the rate of reaction is directly
proportional to the first power of concentration of the reactant. For
reaction A → products, if ‘a’ is the initial concentration of A at t = o and x
is decrease in its concentration after time t, then rate constant is given by
2.303 a
K log 10
t a x
The time needed for half of the initial concentration of the reactants to
react is half life of a chemical reaction. For first order reaction, half life is
0.693
t 1/2 
k