"Chemical kinetics, also known as reaction kinetics, is the branch of physical chemistry that is concerned with understanding the rates of chemical reactions."
The study of the rates of chemical reactions and the factors that affect them. Topics include reaction mechanisms, chemical equilibrium, and the kinetics of gas-phase and surface reactions.
Reaction rates: The study of how fast or slow a particular reaction occurs over time.
Kinetic energy and collisions: An understanding of how the energy in particles affects the likelihood of collisions and therefore, reaction rates.
Reaction mechanisms: Understanding the steps that happen during a reaction.
Temperature-dependence of reactions: How the rate of a reaction changes when the temperature is increased or decreased.
Activation energy: The minimum amount of energy required for a reaction to proceed.
Rate equations: A mathematical equation that links the rate of reaction to the concentrations of the reactants.
Catalysts: Compounds that alter the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the reaction.
Thermodynamics and chemical kinetics: The relationship between the energy and entropy of a system and how it can affect the rate of a reaction.
Pressure-dependence of reactions: How the rate of a reaction changes when the pressure is increased or decreased.
Quantum mechanics and chemical kinetics: How quantum mechanics can help us understand reaction mechanisms and atomic structure.
"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..."