Given an average

human mass of
65kg, how many
humans would need
to be harvested to
collect a gram of
gold? (Currently a
$38.66 value)
Try to do this using
one line of
dimensional
analysis.

Unit 10: Kinetics

Clicker Quiz 4
Use experimental data to:
Determine order of reaction
Determine rate constant
Relate reaction order to rate
laws:
Perform rate calculation with respect
to reactant concentration and time
Quantify concentrations using

rate = k[X]
For the reaction whose rate law is given above, a
plot of which of the following is a straight line?

(A)[X] versus time

(B)ln [X] versus time
(C)1/[X] versus time
(D) [X] versus 1/time
(E) ln [X] versus 1/time

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rate = k[X]
For the reaction whose rate law is given above, a
plot of which of the following is a straight line?

(A)[X] versus time

(B)ln [X] versus time
(C)1/[X] versus time
(D) [X] versus 1/time
(E) ln [X] versus 1/time

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Reaction Mechanisms
REACTION MECHANISMS AND RATE EXPRESSIONS
are determined by experiment and MUST agree with the
experimentally determined rate law
the slowest step is the rate determining step
the rate of the overall reaction is limited by, and is exactly
equal to, the combined rates of all elementary steps up to
and including the slowest step in the mechanism
reaction intermediate produced in one step but
consumed in another
Catalyst goes in as a reactant, comes out as an
unharmed product and DOES NOT show up in the final
overall rxn.

Draw a potential energy diagram if the

overall reaction is exothermic and the slow
reaction is endothermic.

2 NO(g) + O2(g) 2 NO2(g)

A possible mechanism for the overall reaction represented
above is the following:
(1) NO(g) + NO(g) N2O2(g)
(2) N2O2(g) + O2(g) 2 NO2(g)

slow
fast

Which of the following rate expressions agrees best with

this possible mechanism?
(A) Rate = k[NO]2

(D) Rate = k[NO]2[O2]

(B) Rate = k[NO]

[O2]

(E) Rate = k[N2O2][O2]

(C) Rate = k[NO]2

Half-Life

The isomerization of cyclopropane to

propylene is a first-order process with a
half-life of 19 minutes at 500 C. The time
it takes for the partial pressure of
cyclopropane to decrease from 1.0
atmosphere to 0.125 atmospheres at 500
C is closest to
(A)38 minutes
(B)57 minutes
(C)76 minutes
(D)152 minutes
(E)190 minutes