General Chemistry - Kinetics and Rate Laws
What you'll learn
- Understand chemical kinetics, reaction rates, and rate laws.
- Learn how to calculate the instantaneous and average reaction rate.
- Recognize and use the the two types of rate laws in Chemistry.
- How to find the form of the rate law using the method of initial rates.
- Calculate and report the differential rate law, and convert it to the corresponding integrated rate law.
- Determine the 1st order, 2nd order, and Zero-order integrated rate law.
- Examples of how to calculate the half-life of a 1st, 2nd, or Zero order reaction.
- Understanding of reaction mechanisms, reaction intermediates, elementary steps and molecularity.
- Learn the collision model for chemical kinetics. Collision frequency, activation energy, and the Arrhenius Equation.
- Understand pseudo 1st order rate laws.
Requirements
- Basic Mathematics and a Willingness to Learn Chemistry
Description
GENERAL CHEMISTRY - Chemical Kinetics and Rate Laws. This course covers all you need to know about kinetics, reaction rates, and rate laws. We will discuss instantaneous reaction rates, average reaction rates, the differential rate law, the integrated rate law, and the method of initial rates to determine the form of the rate law.
We will also cover the 1st-order, 2nd-order, and zero-order integrated rate laws, and the half-life of reactions. Lastly, we'll discuss reaction mechanisms, the Arrhenius equation, and the collision model for chemical kinetics.
12-1 -- Introduction to Kinetics
12-2 -- Reaction Rates
- Instantaneous Reaction Rates
- Average Reaction Rates
Runtime: 18:29
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12-4 -- Rate Laws
12-5 -- Types of Rate Laws
- The Differential Rate Law
- The Integrated Rate Law
Runtime: 12:49
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12-6 -- Determining the Form of the Rate Law
- The Method of Initial Rates
12-9 -- Determining a Differential Rate Law
Runtime: 13:28
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12-10 -- The Integrated Rate Law
12-10 -- The First-Order Integrated Rate Law
- The Half-Life of a First-Order Reaction
Runtime: 16:16
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12-13 -- The Second-Order Integrated Rate Law
- The Half-Life of a Second-Order Reaction
12-16 -- The Zero-Order Integrated Rate Law
- The Half-Life of a Zero-Order Reaction
Runtime: 13:01
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12-16 -- Reaction Mechanisms
- Mechanisms
- Reaction Intermediates
- Elementary Steps and Molecularity
- Unimolecular Reactions, Bimolecular Reactions, and Termolecular Reactions
- The Rate-Determining Step
Runtime: 11:43
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12-19 -- The Collision Model for Chemical Kinetics
- Collision Frequency
- Activation Energy
- Molecular Orientations of Colliding Reactants
12-21 -- The Arrhenius Equation
Runtime: 16:12
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12-22 -- Catalysis
- Catalyzed Pathways vs. Uncatalyzed Pathways
12-23 -- Integrated Rate Laws for Reactions with More than One Reactant
- Pseudo First-Order Rate Laws
Runtime: 9:24
Who this course is for:
- 1st Year Chemistry Students Taking High School Chemistry
- 1st Year Chemistry Students Taking High School AP Chemistry
- 1st Year Chemistry Students Taking College Chemistry
- 1st Year General Chemistry Students
- 1st Year Inorganic Chemistry Students
Instructor
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My name is Justin Ketcham, and I've been teaching General Chemistry, GOB (General / Organic / Biochemistry), and Organic Chemistry for 20+ years.
I have extensive in-class and online experience teaching chemistry at both the high school and collegiate level.
I'm currently a part-time chemistry professor at several community colleges in the Southern California area.
MS - Organic Chemistry from UC San Diego (1999)
BS - Chemistry / Biochemistry from UC San Diego (1997)