CHEM1412 Objectives for Chapter 13

After having read and studied chapter 13, the student will be able to

1. Relate the different possible ways of defining the rate of reaction, given the balanced equation for a     reaction.

2.  Calculate the average rate of reaction over a given time interval, given the concentration of the reactant at two different times.

3.  Determine the orders with respect to each reactant and    the overall order, given the empirical rate law.

4.  Find the Rate Law for the reaction, given initial          concentration and rate data.

5. Utilize the integrated equation for first and second   order reactions to calculate new concentrations, time,     or k values.

6.  Use a rate constant to solve for the half-life of a   reaction.

7.  Use a mechanism for a reaction to obtain the overall chemical equation.

8.  Determine the molecularity of an elementary reaction.

9.  Write a rate equation for an elementary equation.

10. Determine the rate law given a mechanism with an initial slow step.