AP Chemistry Unit 5

Kinetics vocab and equations

k in a zero order reaction

M/s

k in a first order reaction

1/s

k in a second order reaction

1/Ms

Manometer

Used to monitor a reaction that involves a gaseous species

Spectrophotometer

Used to monitor a reaction that involves a colored species

If a reaction is zero order, which graph results in a straight line?

concentration vs. time

If a reaction is first order, which graph results in a straight line?

In[concentration] vs. time

If a reaction is second order, which graph results in a straight line?

1/[concentration] vs. time

What is the equation to find the half-life for a reaction

In[(half of M0)]=kt+In[M]0

What is k in the equation of a line

slope