1. Chemical Kinetics Chapter 13
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2. Chemical Kinetics Thermodynamics – does a reaction take place?
Kinetics – how fast does a reaction proceed?
Reaction rate is the change in the concentration of a reactant or a product with time (M/s).
A B
rate = -
D[A] Dt
D[A] = change in concentration of A over
time period Dt
rate =
D[B] Dt
D[B] = change in concentration of B over
time period Dt
Because [A] decreases with time, D[A] is negative.
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3. A B
time
rate = -
D[A] Dt
rate =
D[B] Dt
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4. Br2 (aq) + HCOOH (aq) 2Br- (aq) + 2H+ (aq) + CO2 (g)
time
393 nm
light
Detector
D[Br2] a DAbsorption
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5. Br2 (aq) + HCOOH (aq) 2Br- (aq) + 2H+ (aq) + CO2 (g)
slope of
tangent
slope of
tangent
slope of
tangent
average rate = -
D[Br2] Dt
= -
[Br2]final – [Br2]initial
tfinal - tinitial
instantaneous rate = rate for specific instance in time
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6. rate a [Br2] rate = k [Br2] k = rate [Br2] = rate constant
= 3.50 x 10-3 s-1
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7. 2H2O2 (aq) 2H2O (l) + O2 (g) PV = nRT n P = RT = [O2]RT V 1 [O2] = P
measure DP over time
2H2O2 (aq) H2O (l) + O2 (g)
PV = nRT
P = RT = [O2]RT n V
[O2] = P RT 1
rate =
D[O2] Dt RT 1 DP Dt =
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8. 13.1

9. Reaction Rates and Stoichiometry
2A B
Two moles of A disappear for each mole of B that is formed.
rate = -
D[A] Dt 1 2
rate =
D[B] Dt
aA + bB cC + dD
rate = -
D[A] Dt 1 a
= -
D[B] Dt 1 b =
D[C] Dt 1 c =
D[D] Dt 1 d
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10. Write the rate expression for the following reaction:
CH4 (g) + 2O2 (g) CO2 (g) + 2H2O (g)
rate = -
D[CH4] Dt
= -
D[O2] Dt 1 2 =
D[CO2] Dt =
D[H2O] Dt 1 2
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11. Relating Rates at Which Products Appear and Reactants Disappear
How is the rate at which ozone disappears related to the rate at which oxygen appears in the reaction 2 O3(g) → 3 O2(g)?
If the rate at which O2 appears, Δ[O2]/ Δt, is 6.0 × 10–5 M/s at a particular instant, at what rate is O3 disappearing at this same time, –Δ[O3]/Δ t?
Solve: (a) Using the coefficients in the balanced equation and the relationship given by Equation, we have:
(b) Solving the equation from part (a) for the rate at which O3disappears, –Δ[O3]/ Δt we have:
Check: We can directly apply a stoichiometric factor to convert the O2 formation rate to the rate at
which the O3 disappears:

12. Relating Rates at Which Products Appear and Reactants Disappear
The decomposition of N2O5 proceeds according to the following equation:
2 N2O5(g) → 4 NO2(g) + O2(g)
If the rate of decomposition of N2O5 at a particular instant in a reaction vessel is 4.2 × 10–7 M/s, what is the rate of appearance of (a) NO2, (b) O2?
Answer: (a) 8.4 × 10–7 M/s, (b) 2.1 × 10–7 M/s
Practice Exercise

13. The Rate Law
The rate law expresses the relationship of the rate of a reaction to the rate constant and the concentrations of the reactants raised to some powers.
aA + bB cC + dD
Rate = k [A]x[B]y
reaction is xth order in A
reaction is yth order in B
reaction is (x +y)th order overall
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14. Double [F2] with [ClO2] constant
F2 (g) + 2ClO2 (g) FClO2 (g)
rate = k [F2]x[ClO2]y
Double [F2] with [ClO2] constant
Rate doubles
x = 1
rate = k [F2][ClO2]
Quadruple [ClO2] with [F2] constant
Rate quadruples
y = 1
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15. Rate Laws Rate laws are always determined experimentally.
Reaction order is always defined in terms of reactant (not product) concentrations.
The order of a reactant is not related to the stoichiometric coefficient of the reactant in the balanced chemical equation.
F2 (g) + 2ClO2 (g) FClO2 (g) 1
rate = k [F2][ClO2]
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16. S2O82- (aq) + 3I- (aq) 2SO42- (aq) + I3- (aq)
Determine the rate law and calculate the rate constant for the following reaction from the following data:
S2O82- (aq) + 3I- (aq) SO42- (aq) + I3- (aq)
Experiment
[S2O82-]
[I-]
Initial Rate (M/s) 1
0.08
0.034
2.2 x 10-4 2
0.017
1.1 x 10-4 3
0.16
rate = k [S2O82-]x[I-]y
y = 1
x = 1
rate = k [S2O82-][I-]
Double [I-], rate doubles (experiment 1 & 2)
Double [S2O82-], rate doubles (experiment 2 & 3)
k =
rate
[S2O82-][I-] =
2.2 x 10-4 M/s
(0.08 M)(0.034 M)
= 0.08/M•s
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17. Determining a Rate Law from Initial Rate Data
The initial rate of a reaction A + B → C was measured for several different starting concentrations of A and B, and the results are as follows:
Using these data, determine (a) the rate law for the reaction, (b) the rate constant, (c) the rate of the reaction when [A] = M and [B] = M.
Plan: (a) We assume that the rate law has the following form: Rate = k[A]m[B]n so we must use the given data to deduce the reaction orders m and n. We do so by determining how changes in the concentration change the rate.
(b) Once we know m and n, we can use the rate law and one of the sets of data to determine the rate constant k.
(c) Now that we know both the rate constant and the reaction orders, we can use the rate law with the given concentrations to calculate rate.

18. Sample Exercise 14.6 Determining a Rate Law from Initial Rate Data
As we move from experiment 1 to experiment 2, [A] is held constant and [B] is doubled. Thus, this pair of experiments shows how [B] affects the rate, allowing us to deduce the order of the rate law with respect to B. Because the rate remains the same when [B] is doubled, the concentration of B has no effect on the reaction rate. The rate law is therefore zero order in B (that is, n = 0).
In experiments 1 and 3, [B] is held constant so these data show how [A] affects rate. Holding [B] constant while doubling [A] increases the rate fourfold.

19. Determining a Rate Law from Initial Rate Data
Because 2m = 4, we conclude that
(b) Using the rate law and the data from experiment 1, we have
(c) Using the rate law from part (a) and the rate constant from part (b), we have

20. Determining a Rate Law from Initial Rate Data
The following data were measured for the reaction of nitric oxide with hydrogen:
Determine the rate law for this reaction.
(b) Calculate the rate constant.
(c) Calculate the rate when [NO] = M and [H2] = M
Answers: (a) rate = k[NO]2[H2]; (b) k = 1.2 M–2 s–1; (c) rate = 4.5 × 10–4 M/s
Practice Exercise

21. First-Order Reactions
rate = -
D[A] Dt
A product
rate = k [A]
D[A] Dt
= k [A] -
rate
[A]
M/s M =
k =
= 1/s or s-1
[A] is the concentration of A at any time t
[A]0 is the concentration of A at time t=0
[A] = [A]0exp(-kt)
ln[A] = ln[A]0 - kt
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22. 2N2O NO2 (g) + O2 (g)
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23. The reaction 2A B is first order in A with a rate constant of 2
The reaction 2A B is first order in A with a rate constant of 2.8 x 10-2 s-1 at 800C. How long will it take for A to decrease from 0.88 M to 0.14 M ?
[A]0 = 0.88 M
ln[A] = ln[A]0 - kt
[A] = 0.14 M
kt = ln[A]0 – ln[A] ln
[A]0
[A] k = ln
0.88 M
0.14 M
2.8 x 10-2 s-1 =
ln[A]0 – ln[A] k
t =
= 66 s
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24. First-Order Reactions
The half-life, t½, is the time required for the concentration of a reactant to decrease to half of its initial concentration.
t½ = t when [A] = [A]0/2 ln
[A]0
[A]0/2 k = t½
ln2 k =
0.693 k =
What is the half-life of N2O5 if it decomposes with a rate constant of 5.7 x 10-4 s-1? t½
ln2 k =
0.693
5.7 x 10-4 s-1 =
= 1200 s = 20 minutes
How do you know decomposition is first order?
units of k (s-1)
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25. First-order reaction A product # of half-lives [A] = [A]0/n 1 2 2 4 38 4 16
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26. Second-Order Reactions
rate = -
D[A] Dt
A product
rate = k [A]2
rate
[A]2
M/s M2 =
D[A] Dt
= k [A]2 -
k =
= 1/M•s 1
[A] =
[A]0
+ kt
[A] is the concentration of A at any time t
[A]0 is the concentration of A at time t=0
t½ = t when [A] = [A]0/2
t½ = 1
k[A]0
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27. Zero-Order Reactions rate = - D[A] Dt A product rate = k [A]0 = k rate
= M/s
[A] is the concentration of A at any time t
[A] = [A]0 - kt
[A]0 is the concentration of A at time t=0
t½ = t when [A] = [A]0/2
t½ =
[A]0 2k
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28. Summary of the Kinetics of Zero-Order, First-Order
and Second-Order Reactions
Order
Rate Law
Concentration-Time Equation
Half-Life
t½ =
[A]0 2k
rate = k
[A] = [A]0 - kt t½
ln2 k = 1
rate = k [A]
ln[A] = ln[A]0 - kt 1
[A] =
[A]0
+ kt
t½ = 1
k[A]0 2
rate = k [A]2
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29. A + B AB C + D + Exothermic Reaction Endothermic Reaction
The activation energy (Ea ) is the minimum amount of energy required to initiate a chemical reaction.
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30. Temperature Dependence of the Rate Constant
k = A • exp( -Ea / RT )
(Arrhenius equation)
Ea is the activation energy (J/mol)
R is the gas constant (8.314 J/K•mol)
T is the absolute temperature
A is the frequency factor
lnk = - Ea R 1 T
+ lnA
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31. lnk = - Ea R 1 T
+ lnA
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32. 13.4

33. N2O2 is detected during the reaction!
Reaction Mechanisms
The overall progress of a chemical reaction can be represented at the molecular level by a series of simple elementary steps or elementary reactions.
The sequence of elementary steps that leads to product formation is the reaction mechanism.
2NO (g) + O2 (g) NO2 (g)
N2O2 is detected during the reaction!
Elementary step:
NO + NO N2O2
Overall reaction:
2NO + O NO2 +
Elementary step:
N2O2 + O NO2
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34. 2NO (g) + O2 (g) NO2 (g)
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35. Unimolecular reaction – elementary step with 1 molecule
Intermediates are species that appear in a reaction mechanism but not in the overall balanced equation.
An intermediate is always formed in an early elementary step and consumed in a later elementary step.
Elementary step:
NO + NO N2O2
N2O2 + O NO2
Overall reaction:
2NO + O NO2 +
The molecularity of a reaction is the number of molecules reacting in an elementary step.
Unimolecular reaction – elementary step with 1 molecule
Bimolecular reaction – elementary step with 2 molecules
Termolecular reaction – elementary step with 3 molecules
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36. Rate Laws and Elementary Steps
Unimolecular reaction
A products
rate = k [A]
Bimolecular reaction
A + B products
rate = k [A][B]
Bimolecular reaction
A + A products
rate = k [A]2
Writing plausible reaction mechanisms:
The sum of the elementary steps must give the overall balanced equation for the reaction.
The rate-determining step should predict the same rate law that is determined experimentally.
The rate-determining step is the slowest step in the sequence of steps leading to product formation.
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37. Sequence of Steps in Studying a Reaction Mechanism
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38. What is the equation for the overall reaction?
The experimental rate law for the reaction between NO2 and CO to produce NO and CO2 is rate = k[NO2]2. The reaction is believed to occur via two steps:
Step 1:
NO2 + NO NO + NO3
Step 2:
NO3 + CO NO2 + CO2
What is the equation for the overall reaction?
NO2+ CO NO + CO2
What is the intermediate?
NO3
What can you say about the relative rates of steps 1 and 2?
rate = k[NO2]2 is the rate law for step 1 so
step 1 must be slower than step 2
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39. Chemistry In Action: Femtochemistry• •
CH2
CH2
CH2
CH2
CH2
CH2 2
CH2
CH2
CH2
CH2
CH2 2
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40. A catalyst is a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being consumed.
k = A • exp( -Ea / RT ) Ea k
Uncatalyzed
Catalyzed
ratecatalyzed > rateuncatalyzed
Ea < Ea ‘
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41. Haber synthesis of ammonia
In heterogeneous catalysis, the reactants and the catalysts are in different phases.
Haber synthesis of ammonia
Ostwald process for the production of nitric acid
Catalytic converters
In homogeneous catalysis, the reactants and the catalysts are dispersed in a single phase, usually liquid.
Acid catalysis
Base catalysis
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42. Haber Process
Fe/Al2O3/K2O
catalyst
N2 (g) + 3H2 (g) NH3 (g)
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43. Ostwald Process 4NH3 (g) + 5O2 (g) 4NO (g) + 6H2O (g)
Pt catalyst
4NH3 (g) + 5O2 (g) NO (g) + 6H2O (g)
2NO (g) + O2 (g) NO2 (g)
Hot Pt wire
over NH3 solution
2NO2 (g) + H2O (l) HNO2 (aq) + HNO3 (aq)
Pt-Rh catalysts used
in Ostwald process
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44. Catalytic Converters CO + Unburned Hydrocarbons + O2 CO2 + H2O
2NO + 2NO2
2N2 + 3O2
13.6

45. Enzyme Catalysis
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46. uncatalyzed
enzyme
catalyzed
rate =
D[P] Dt
rate = k [ES]
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