Chemical Kinetics

CE1103 & CH1103

(Physical Chemistry)
Dr. P. D. Topham

Room MB128A
p.d.topham@aston.ac.uk

Structure of this Course

14 lectures
Laboratory sessions (plus reports)
Written Exam
Laboratory work

67 %
33 %

For each lecture

you must arrive with the notes from
Blackboard printed out, ready to fill in the
blanks
and there will be questions at the end

Recommended Textbooks
Physical Chemistry

P W Atkins

Reaction Kinetics

M J Pilling
P W Seakins

Fundamentals of chemical kinetics

S R Logan

Course Outline

Introduction to Chemical Kinetics

Determining rates of reactions
Orders of reactions
Rate laws
The integration method/ plots
Half-life and time constant
Initial Rate & Isolation methods
Collision Theory vs Transition State Theory
Temperature effect on rates; Arrhenius
Beer-Lambert Law

What is Chemical Kinetics?

Kinetics is the ___________________
________ occurring in a _____________

How ______ does this happen????

Rate
Definition
___________________________________
_________________________________

How does this relate to chemistry?

____________________
Rate of a chemical reaction is associated
with the change in ______________ of a
chemical with respect to _________

Rate
Therefore, rate can be defined as
Rate of ___________________
(change in _______________)
OR

Rate of ___________________
(change in _______________)
[P] = ________________
[R] = ________________

Concepts
How to measure the rate
Need to measure the ___________________

What is the meaning of _____________?

How to _______________________________

Importance of concentration
Distinction between ______, _______ and
_____________
____ and ______ are ________
properties
They depend on the amount of material
_____________ is an ________ property
independent of the amount of material

Definition of concentration
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
A chemist measures the amount of
substance in _________ of the material
(not _______)
Concentration = ___________________________

Representation of concentration
In solutions
Concentration =

Gases
Concentration is _________________
Concentration is ___________________

What is pressure?
Pressure is the __________________
Pressure =

( )

mol.dm3

What is the pressure of gas?

It is still _________________!!!!
But the ____________________???

Measured as the __________________

__________________________________

What about individual pressures?

Imagine a container with ____________
Now add
_____________

This has a total pressure of __

This now has a total pressure of

_________

This is known as ____________

Daltons law of partial pressures

______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________

p = ___________ = ___________________

Representation of concentration
In solutions
Concentration =

__________________
__________________

as above

Gases
Concentration

The ideal gas law

pV = nRT

This works for ________________ and _________________

Questions

1. What is chemical kinetics?

1. What is measured when investigating rates of

reactions in solution?

3. What is measured when investigating rates of gaseous

reactions? Why?
4. What is the concentration of 4.32 g NaCl dissolved in
20 ml H2O?
5. 1.31 g Cl2 gas is contained in a 10.0 cm3 container at
room temperature. What is the pressure of the gas?

For next week

Remember to print out your
slides and be prepared to draw
a simple graph