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Notes On Chemical Kinetics.

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  1. Il Page Chemistry Notes for class 12 Chapter 4 Chemical Kinetics The branch of chemistry, which deals with the rate of chemical reactions. the factors affecting the rate of reactions and the mechanism of the reaction. is called chemical kinetics. Chemical Reactions on the Basis of Rate of Reaction l. Fast/instantaneous reactions Chemical reaction which completes in less than Ips (10- 12 s) time, IS known as fast reaction. It IS practically impossible to measure the speed of such reactions, e.g., ionic reactions. organic substitution reactions. 2. Slow reactions Chemical re actions which completes in a long time from some minutes to some years are called slow reactions. e.g., rusting of iron. transformation of diamond etc. 3. Moderately slow reactions Chemical reactions which are intermediate between slow and fast reactions are called moderately slow reactions. Rate of Reaction Rate of a chemical reaction IS the change in the concentration of any one of the reactants or products per unit time. It is expressed in mol L - s- or Ms- or atm time- units. Rate of reaction = (decrease/increase in the concentration of reactant/product/time taken) This rate of reaction is known as average rate of reaction can be calculated by dividing the concentration difference by the time interval). For a chemical reaction,
  2. 21 Page For a chemical reaction, 1 A(A) 1 A[BI Average rate of reaction (rev) = — — = — — a At b At c At — d At Rate of disappearance of A = — Rate of disappearance of B = — — At Rate of appearance of C = At Rate of appearance of D Instantaneous Rate of Reaction Rate of a chemical reaction at a particular moment of time, is known as instantaneous rate of reaction. For reaction, For reaction, A[PI or At At d(Rl d[PJ dt dt Methods for measuring reaction rate (i) pH measurement, (ii) change in optical activity, (iii) change in pressure, (iv) change in conductance. Slowest step of a reaction was called rate determining step by van't Hoff. Factors Affecting Rate of Reaction l. Nature and concentration of reactant 2. Temperature
  3. 31 Page 3. Surface area of reactant 4. Radiations and catalyst 5. Pressure of gas Rate Law Expressions According to the law of mass action, For a chemical reaction, aA + bB Products Rate [AP [B]b = [B] b But experimentally, it is observed that the rate of reaction is found to depend upon 'å' concentration terms of A and 'å' concentration terms of B Then, Rate [AP = where, [A] and [B] molar concentrations of A and B respectively and k is the velocity constant or rate constant. The above expression is known as rate law. Rate Constant In the above expression, k is called rate constant or velocity constant. Rate constant may be defined as the specific rate of reaction when the molar concentrations of the reactants is taken to be unity, i.e., Rate = k, if [A] = [B] = 1 Units of rate constant or specific reaction rate for a nth order reaction is given as Characteristics of rate constant l. 2. 3. 4. Greater the value of rate constant, faster is the reaction. Each reaction has a particular value of rate constant at a particular temperature. The value of rate constant for the same reaction changes with temperature. The value of rate constant for a reaction does't depend upon the concentration of the reactants.
  4. 41 Page Order of reaction Molecularity of reaction 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Odet reactW1 is thewsumd the Mol$ularitjofa rutionistt•enurnbetof æwenta60n on whidl recüon actually Or It also as sum exporms be trdar cmcettrations in ttE rate law It can be fractional as wetl as zero. it is ah experimeltally terme Order reactim is efnettaty as cortplex reactbns, tenon a19 203 -.............* 302 Rate = Ordet w.r.t b 02 is —i. of reactions upm (i) Zero readin (l) H2(g) + C12(g) (11) 2NH3 -.-.-...* + 3H2 (ii) First order reætion (Il) Radioactive (Ill) Invetsion of cane sugar. (iii) Secmd order readion (1) 2H1 t-12+ 12 (Il) Alkaline hydrolysis ester (iv) Third order reat&i 2N04 02 2N02 ions or mdeules that cottide with,one form reacdori. tt be zero frætimd. It iS thecreticafty erm. elementary NWecutartV can never rgative. of reætjms d«ding (i) Unlrnolecular N204(g) -...-....+ 2N02(g) (ii) reactims, 2HKg) 12(g) (iii) TerrmåWJlar reactions, 02(g) -............+ 2N0a(g) to
  5. 51 Page Integrated Rate Equation for Zero Order Reactions [where, [Alo is initial concentration final concentration) [Alo t = when (A) = 2 Half-life period, = Units of rate constant, = mol L s-i For zero order gaseous reactions, ko = [po — p) and — units of rate 2k0 Integrated Rate Equation for First Order Reactions 2.303 [Ah log [AJ [Al = [Aloe Half-life period (0/2) : It is concentration independent term. [Alo 2
  6. 61 Page Amount of a substance after n half-lives = 0.693 02 = For such reactions, = 2 x 199.9% = 10 x All radioactive changes follow the first order kinetics Integrated rate equation for first order gaseous reacts, Initial pressure Pressure at t o o PO atm [po p) atm p atm p atm 2.303 log For first order chemical reactions, CH3COOC2H6 +Hzo CH3COOH + C*H50H 2.303 — vo kl = — log (Vo, Vt, and 00 are the volumes of NaOH solution used for the titration of same volume of the reaction mixture after times 0, t and respectively.) Pseudo First Order Reaction Chemical reactions which appear to be of higher order but actually are of the lower order are called pseudo order reactions. In case of pseudo first order reaction, chemical reaction between two sr" stances takes place and one of the reactant is present in execess. e.g., hydrolysis of ester.
  7. 71 Page CH3COOC2H5 +H20 CH3COOH +C2H50H So, in this reaction, Rate k tCH3COOC2H51 For chemical reaction, C12H2201i +H20 COH1206 + C6H1206 fru&se 2.303 ro—r_ log [ro rt, and roo.. are the polarimetric readings at t 0, t and T, respectively.] Methods to Determine Order of Reaction Zero First order Secmd (ii) Initial rate method In this method, the order of a reaction is determined by varying the concentration of one of the reactants while others are kept constant. (iii) Integrated rate law method In this method out different integrated rate equation which gives the most constant value for the rate constant corresponds to a specific order of reaction. (iv) Half-life period (0/2) method In general half-life period (t1/2) of a reaction of nth order is related to initial concentration of the reactant as
  8. 81 Page IA)o Zero order 1 tv 2 [Alo Frst order 1/1Alo Se@nd order This method is employed only when the rate law involved only one concentration term. (v) Ostwald's isolation method This method is employed in determining the order of complicated reactions by isolating one of the reactants so far as its influence on the reaction rate is concerned. Temperature Dependence of Rate of a Reaction For every IOOC rise in temperature, the rate of reaction becomes double, but only 16% collisions increases. It can be explained by Arrhenius equation. Temperature coefficient is the ratio of rate constant of a reaction at two temperature differing by 10. Temperature selected are usually 298 K and 308 K Temperature coefficient = + z 2 to 3 Arrhenius Equation Arrhenius equation is a mathematical expression to give a quantitative relationship between rate constant and temperature, and the expression is E, 2.303R logn k or or Ae- Ink* In A q logro k = log10 A — 2.303RT where, A = frequency or Arrhenius factor. It is also called pre-exponential factor
  9. 91 Page R = gas constant Ea = activation energy Activated complex (or transition state) Activated complex is the highest energy unstable intermediate between the reactants and products and gets decomposed immediately (having very short life), to give the products. In this state, bonds of reactant are not completely broken while the bonds of products are not completely formed. Activated Ep Reaction coordinates Threshold energy (ET) The minimum amount of energy which the reactant must possess in order to convert into products is known as threshold energy. Activation energy (Ea) The additional amount of energy, required by the reactant so that their energy becomes equal to the threshold value is known as activation energy. Ea = ET — ER Lower the activation energy, faster is the reaction. Different reactions have different rates because their activation energies are different. Larger the value of Eo, smaller the value of rate constant and greater is the effect of a given temperature rise on K Important points about Arrhenius equation (i) If and SRI are rate constant at temperature T2 and T r, then ii) Fraction of molecules with energy equal to or greater than the activation energy is called Boltzmann factor and is given by
  10. 10 | Page n log x — 2.303 RT (iii) Ea is constant for a particular reaction. (iv) Ea does't depend on temperature, volume, pressure, etc., but gets affected by catalyst. In the Arrhenius equation, when T oo then = Aeo = A when Ea = O,k = A and the rate of reaction becomes independent temperature. Role of Catalyst in a Chemical Reaction A catalyst is a chemical substance which alters the rate of a reaction Wlthout itself undergoing any permanent chemical change. In the chemical reactions, catalyst provides an alternate pathway or reaction mechanism by reducing the activation energy between reactants and products and hence. lowering the potential energy barrier as shown. Activated wmout catalyst Activated complex wit' catalyst Ea(c) p Reactim coordinates In the presence of catalyst, activation energy decreases and hence. P = JEa-Ep)RT_ AE/RT where, P denotes presence of catalyst and a denotes absence of catalyst. Theory of Reaction Rates Collision Theory
  11. 11 | Page According to this theory, the reactant molecules are assumed to be hard spheres and the reaction is postulated to occur, when molecules collide with each other. The number of collisions between the reacting molecules taking place per second per unit volume is known as collision frequency (ZAB)• But only those collisions in which the colliding species are associated with certain minimum amount of energy and collide in proper orientation result in the product formation, such collisions are called fruitful collisions or effective collision. (dv/dt) = collision frequency x fraction of effective collision Here, rate = = ZAB x f = ZABX e a where, ZAB represents the collision frequency of reactants, A and B e a represents the fraction of molecules with energies equal to or greater than Ea. So, to account for effective collisions, another factor, P called the probability or steric factor is introduced. So, rate = PZABe a The Activated Complex Theory or Transition State Theory Reactants Activated complex —+ Products This theory is based on the fact that bond cleavage and bond formation, involved in a chemical reaction, must occur simultaneously. Hence, the reactants are not converted directly into the products. There is an energy barrier or activated complex [intermediate product with partially formed bond] between the reactants and products. The reactants must cross this energy barrier before converting into products. The height of the barrier determines the threshold energy. Photochemical Reactions Chemical reactions, that occur on exposure to visible radiation are called photochemical reactions. l. The rate of a photochemical reactions is affected by the the intensity of light. 2. Temperature has little effect on photochemical reactions. Quantum yield or quantum efficiency of a photochemical reaction, (P = (number of reactant molecules reacting in a given time / number of photons (quanta) of light absorbed ill the same time)

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