The amount of time required for a chemical reaction to come to completion can vary tremendously depending on the reaction (Addison-Wesley, 2002). The speed at which any reaction proceeds can be defined as a reaction rate (J. Laidler, 2015). The rate of reaction can only be obtained experimentally, in order to yield a rate law.
By conducting this experiment, it has the potential to harvest useful information regarding the understanding of rates of reaction. Understanding the rate of reactions is key in not just in the external industries but internally inside the cells of the human body. Keeping long-term activity, physical movement, and cellular growth are three bodily examples of reactions simultaneously taking place (P.Minter, 2012). Additionally …show more content…
The collision theory states that, for a reaction to occur, particles must collide with the correct orientation with sufficient orientation for a reaction to occur (Compound Chem, 2016).
This minimum energy with which molecules must be moving in order for a collision to result in a chemical reaction is known as the activation energy (Boundless Chemistry, 2015). This activation energy barrier must be crossed before reactants are converted to products. The activation complex is a temporary structure of particles, with the ability to become reactants or products (F. Senese, 2010).
The collision theory helps explain why some chemical reactions proceed slowly, whilst others fast. Concentration, temperature, pressure, and catalysts are factors which modify the rate of a reaction (CDLI, 2007). These external stresses ultimately increase the number of collisions within the system, therefore increasing the reaction rate. However a catalyst provides an alternative route for the reaction, with lower activation energy. This means that particle collisions need less kinetic energy in order for a reaction to occur, in turn increasing the rate of the reaction (Boundless Chemistry,
By conducting this experiment, it has the potential to harvest useful information regarding the understanding of rates of reaction. Understanding the rate of reactions is key in not just in the external industries but internally inside the cells of the human body. Keeping long-term activity, physical movement, and cellular growth are three bodily examples of reactions simultaneously taking place (P.Minter, 2012). Additionally …show more content…
The collision theory states that, for a reaction to occur, particles must collide with the correct orientation with sufficient orientation for a reaction to occur (Compound Chem, 2016).
This minimum energy with which molecules must be moving in order for a collision to result in a chemical reaction is known as the activation energy (Boundless Chemistry, 2015). This activation energy barrier must be crossed before reactants are converted to products. The activation complex is a temporary structure of particles, with the ability to become reactants or products (F. Senese, 2010).
The collision theory helps explain why some chemical reactions proceed slowly, whilst others fast. Concentration, temperature, pressure, and catalysts are factors which modify the rate of a reaction (CDLI, 2007). These external stresses ultimately increase the number of collisions within the system, therefore increasing the reaction rate. However a catalyst provides an alternative route for the reaction, with lower activation energy. This means that particle collisions need less kinetic energy in order for a reaction to occur, in turn increasing the rate of the reaction (Boundless Chemistry,