ZIMSEC A-Level Chemistry
6.1.8.1Reaction rates and factors affecting rates of reactions
Reaction rates and factors affecting rates of reactions in ZIMSEC A-Level Chemistry: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 6.1.8.1.1Devise suitable experimental techniques for studying the rate of a reaction from given information.
- 6.1.8.1.2Explain rate of reaction, activation energy and catalysis.
- 6.1.8.1.3Explain, in terms of collisions and the Boltzmann distribution, the effects of concentration and temperature on rate.
- 6.1.8.1.4Explain that a catalyst provides a different mechanism of lower activation energy.
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Reaction rates, collision theory and the Boltzmann distribution
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