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Chemistry - Form 5
Chemistry - Form 5
Chemistry - Form 5
Form 5 Chemistry
Chapter 1 : Rate of Reaction
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Rate of reaction
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Time
When a reaction occurs, two obvious changes that occur are:
(a) the decrease in the quantity of a reactant with time.
(b) the increase in the quantity of a product with time.
The changes in any of these quantities of reaction must be visible and measurable
so that it can be used to measure the rate of reaction.
For example:
(a) volume of the gas liberated
(b) formation of the precipitate
(c) change in mass during the reaction
(d) colour changes
(e) change in the concentration
Unit for the rate of reaction is varies according to the type of quantity selected
divided by the time given. For example:
Type of quantity
Unit
-1
-1
Change in mass/ time taken
g s or g min
Change in volume of gas liberated/ time taken
cm s-1 or cm min-1
Change in concentration of a reactant/ time taken
mol dm-3 s-1 or mol dm-3 min-1
Change in number of moles of a reactant/ time mol s-1 or mol min-1
taken
Rate of reaction can be measured in two ways:
(a) Average rate of reaction
(b) Rate of reaction at a given time
Average rate of reaction is the average value of the rate of reaction within a
specified period of time.
Rate of reaction at a given time in the actual rate of reaction at that instant.
It is also known as the instantaneous rate of reaction.
Rate of reaction at a given time = gradient of the curve at
that instant