Chemistry · Reactivity 2: How much, how fast and how far?
R2.2 — How fast? The rate of chemical change
Chemistry · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes
Rate and collision theory
Rate of reaction, and collision theory (energy and orientation).
Factors affecting rate; activation energy and catalysts
The factors that change rate, activation energy, Maxwell–Boltzmann curves, and catalysts.
Reaction mechanisms and rate equations
The rate-determining step, molecularity, and deducing rate equations and order.
The Arrhenius equation
The temperature dependence of the rate constant, and finding Ea from data.