1. Nanochemistry NAN 601 Dr. Marinella Sandros Lecture 5: Kinetics
Instructor:
Dr. Marinella Sandros
Lecture 5: Kinetics

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 = -
[A] t
[A] = change in concentration of A over
time period  t
rate =
[B] t
[B] = change in concentration of B over
time period  t
Because [A] decreases with time, [A] is negative.

3. Chemical Reaction Rates
Why are we interested in reaction rates?
• If we wish to synthesize a new compound, or design a process for the industrial preparation of a valuable chemical substance, we would need to ensure that the reaction/s concerned take place at a reasonable rate.
• Studies of the rates of chemical reactions can tell us an enormous amount about exactly how the reactions take place at the molecular level, i.e., such studies provide information about the reaction mechanism.

4. Factors that Affect Reaction Rate
Temperature
Collision Theory: When two chemicals react, their molecules have to collide with each other with sufficient energy for the reaction to take place.
Kinetic Theory: Increasing temperature means the molecules move faster.
Concentrations of reactants
More reactants mean more collisions if enough energy is present
Catalysts
Speed up reactions by lowering activation energy
Surface area of a solid reactant
Bread and Butter theory: more area for reactants to be in contact
Pressure of gaseous reactants or products
Increased number of collisions

5. Reaction Rates
•The rate of a reaction could be monitored by measuring the increase in the amount of a reaction product with time.
• Suppose that a substance A reacts to form B
• For a reaction A→B

7. Reaction Rates Suppose that
– At t = 0 (time zero) there was 1.00 mol A (100 grey spheres) and no B present.

8. Reaction Rates

9. Reaction Rates

14. Br2 (aq) + HCOOH (aq) 2Br- (aq) + 2H+ (aq) + CO2 (g)
slope of
tangent
slope of
tangent
slope of
tangent
average rate = -
[Br2] t
= -
[Br2]final – [Br2]initial
tfinal - tinitial
instantaneous rate = rate for specific instance in time as opposed over an interval of time

15. rate = k [Br2]
k =
rate
[Br2]
= rate constant
= 3.50 x 10-3 s-1

16. 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

17. Concentration and Rate
Determination of order – Initial rate Method
A reaction is zeroth order in a reactant if the change in concentration of that reactant produces no effect.
• A reaction is first order in a reactant if doubling the concentration of that reactant causes the rate to double.
• A reaction is nth order in a reactant if doubling the concentration of that reactant causes an 2n increase in rate.
• Note that the rate constant does not depend on concentration.

18. 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

19. Run # Initial [A] ([A]0) Initial [B] ([B]0) Initial Rate (v0) 1 1.00 M
1.25 x 10-2 M/s 2
2.00 M
2.5 x 10-2 M/s 3
What is the order with respect to A?
What is the order with respect to B?
What is the overall order of the reaction? 1 1

20. Initial Rate (mol dm-3 s-1)
[NO(g)] (mol dm-3)
[Cl2(g)] (mol dm-3)
Initial Rate (mol dm-3 s-1) 
0.250 
1.43 x 10-6
0.500 
2.86 x 10-6
1.14 x 10-5
What is the order with respect to Cl2?
What is the order with respect to NO?
What is the overall order of the reaction? 1 2 3

21. 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]

24. First-Order Reactions
Rate depends on the concentration of a single reactant raised to the 1st power.
rate = -
[A] t
[A] = [A]0e-kt
rate = k [A]
[A] is the concentration of A at any time t
[A]0 is the concentration of A at time t=0
ln[A] - ln[A]0 = - kt
ln[A] = - k t + ln[A]0
Y = m X + b

25. First-Order Reactions
A graph ln [A] vs T gives a straight
Line with a slope –k and a y-intercept
of ln [A]0

29. Second-Order Reactions
Rate depends on the reactant concentration raise the second power or on the concentrations of two different reactants, each raised to the first power.
rate = -
[A]
 t
[A] is the concentration of A at any time t
rate = k [A]2
[A]0 is the concentration of A at time t=0
Half life for second order 1
[A] -
[A]0
= kt
t½ = t when [A] = [A]0/2
t½ = 1
k[A]0

30. [A] - [A]0 = kt Zero-Order Reactions [A] rate = - rate = k [A]0 = k
[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
Half life for zero order
t½ = t when [A] = [A]0/2
t½ =
[A]0 2k

31. 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
Ln 2 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

32. Quiz # 3
A+B  C
Experiment
Number
[A] (M)
[B] (M)
Initial Rate
(M/s) 1
0.100
4.0 x 10-5 2
0.200 3
16.0 x 10-5
Using these data, determine (a) rate law for the reaction, (b) the magnitude of the rate constant; (c) the rate of the reaction when [A]= M and [B]= M.

33. Answer Rate= k [A]2 [B]0 = k [A]2 K= Rate/ [A]2 = 4.0 x 10 -3 M-1 s-1
Rate= k [A]2 = (4.0 x M-1 s-1)(0.05 M)2=1.0 x 10-5 M/s