Kinetics of Single-Reactant Reactions (UMAP)

A unit that involves calculus in the topic of kinetics of single reactant reactions. This module: 1) describes single reactant irreversible reactions, including definitions of rate constant, reaction order, and half-life; 2) finds explicit formulas for a(t) and for the half-life for a reaction of order n; and 3) determines the reaction order and rate constant of a reaction, given data on a(t), provided the reaction is of order 0, 1, or 2.

Table of Contents:

1. SINGLE REACTANT IRREVERSIBLE REACTIONS
1.1 Definition and Some Examples
1.2 Graph of the Results
1.3 Questions
1.4 Chemical Kinetics

2. REACTION ORDER
2.1 Definitions
2.2 Zero-order Reactions
2.3 First-order Reactions
2.4 Second-order Reactions
2.5 Statement of the Problem

3. DETERMINING THE REACTION ORDER
3.1 Solving for a(t)
3.2 The Difficulty
3.3 Solving the Difficulty
3.4 An Example

4. HALF-LIFE
4.1 Definition
4.2 Formulas for Half-Life
4.3 Zero-order Reactions
4.4 First-order Reactions
4.5 Second-order Reactions

5. MODEL EXAM