collision theory main principles: must collide collide in correct orientations collide with enough energy right temperature be able to react real-life examples: a functioning car may turn into a pile of scrap metals and spare parts in a high-speed crash hotter water can dissolve coffee powder more easily-temperature and surface area store food in the refrigerator can slow down decaying-temperature effecting factors of the rate of reaction: frequency of effective collisions: concentration surface area pressure temperature energy with which particles collide: catalysts temperature others chemical nature of the substance amount of substance measure the rate of reaction types: reaction rate at a certain time--tangent average reaction rate over a period of time--total change/total time methods: measure the volume of the gas given off measure the loss of mass in a reaction- only when gas is given off how fast the temperature increases/decreases measure the amount of light going through the graph of the rate of the reaction gradient=the rate of the reaction=y/x
tips:the reaction is the fastest at first as the reactants are the most