"Chemical kinetics, also known as reaction kinetics, is the branch of physical chemistry that is concerned with understanding the rates of chemical reactions."
This topic covers the study of reaction rates, including factors that affect rate, rate laws, and reaction mechanisms.
Reaction Rate: The speed at which a chemical reaction occurs.
Activation Energy: The minimum energy required for a reaction to occur.
Catalysts: Substances that increase reaction rates without being consumed in the reaction.
Enzyme Kinetics: The study of the rates of enzymatic reactions.
Order of Reaction: The power to which the concentration of a reactant is raised in the rate law.
Rate Law: An equation that describes the relationship between the rate of a chemical reaction and the concentration of its reactants.
Reaction Mechanisms: The series of steps that a reaction goes through to form products.
Steady-State Approximation: A method to simplify reaction mechanisms by assuming that the rate of formation and depletion of intermediates are equal.
Transition State Theory: A theory that explains reaction rates in terms of the activation energy required for reactants to reach a transition state.
"It is different from chemical thermodynamics, which deals with the direction in which a reaction occurs but in itself tells nothing about its rate."
"Chemical kinetics includes investigations of how experimental conditions influence the speed of a chemical reaction and yield information about the reaction's mechanism and transition states."
"...yield information about the reaction's mechanism and transition states..."
"...describe the characteristics of a chemical reaction."
"...understanding the rates of chemical reactions."
"Chemical kinetics, also known as reaction kinetics..."
"It is different from chemical thermodynamics..."
"...the branch of physical chemistry..."
"...how experimental conditions influence the speed of a chemical reaction..."
"...information about the reaction's mechanism and transition states..."
"...how experimental conditions influence the speed of a chemical reaction and yield information about the reaction's mechanism and transition states..."
"...describe the characteristics of a chemical reaction."
"It is different from chemical thermodynamics..."
"...describe the characteristics of a chemical reaction."
"Chemical kinetics, also known as reaction kinetics..."
"Chemical kinetics, also known as reaction kinetics..."
"It is different from chemical thermodynamics, which deals with the direction in which a reaction occurs but in itself tells nothing about its rate."
"Chemical kinetics includes investigations of how experimental conditions influence the speed of a chemical reaction..."
"...the reaction's mechanism and transition states..."