Review HW For Kinetics - Revised 2016

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1. What two questions about a chemical reaction does Kinetics answer?
a)
b)

2. What one question about chemical reactions does kinetics NOT answer and what chemical concept does answer this question?


3. What is the name of the theory (and give a one sentence explanation) that all of kinetics are based on? _______________________

4a. For Mr. Mr. McLeod's class, what two words must be in all answers (except reaction mechanism problems) of kinetics?__________________

4b. What are the two factors that determine the answer from Question #4a above?
a)
b)

5a. In the space below, explain how increasing surface area of a solid increases the rate of the reaction.


5b. In the space below, explain how decreasing temperature decreases the rate of the reaction.


6. On the back of this page, draw the potential energy diagram for an exothermic reaction and define each section of the diagram. Show where the heat of reaction deltaHrxn is located on the graph and explain how you calculate it. Then show on the graph and through effective collisions how adding a catalyst increases rate of the reaction.

7.Most overall chemical reactions are multi-step (ie all the reactants do not react all at once). What is the reason why this is so?

8. State the two requirement for a substance to be a catalysis.
a)
b)

9. Define what an intermediate is.

10. One mechanism for the destruction of ozone (O3) in the upper atmosphere is

O3(g) + NO(g) --> NO2(g) + O2(g) Slow
NO2(g) + O(g) --> NO(g) + O2(g) Fast
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O3(g) + O(g) ---> 2 O2(g) Overall Reaction

(It may be easier to answer a & b if you first thing about the definitions)
a. Which species are catalysts.
b. Which species are intermediate.
c. I did some experiments and found that if I increased the concentration of O3, the rate of reaction increased and if I increased the concentration of O(g), the rate of reaction also would increase. Does the above reaction mechansim support this data or not? Explain. 2020-2021 Student do not have to do this part


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