Name

11 • Reaction Energy Period Date

REACTION RATES
Defining “Rate”
distance
Rate of Motion = time
A car travels steadily at 15 m/s. A car, initially at rest, increases its speed 1.5 m/s every
second.
Time Total distance Distance Total
Time
traveled distance
0s 0m ∆y 0s 0m 0m
slope = ∆x
1s 15 m 1s 1.5 m 1.5 m
d2 – d1 ∆d
2s 30 m = t – t = ∆t
2 1 2s 3.0 m 4.5 m
3s 45 m 3s 4.5 m 9.0 m
(45 – 30)m 15m
4s 60 m (3 – 2)s = 1 s 4s 6.0 m 15.0 m
5s 75 m 5s 7.5 m 22.5 m
rate = 15 m/s
6s 90 m 6s 9.0 m 31.5 m
7s 105 m 7s 10.5 m 42.0 m
8s 120 m 8s 12.0 m 54.0 m
140
60

120
50
100
40
distance (m)

distance (m)

80
30

20
m= instantaneous
10 speed

8
8
time (s)
time (s)

Rate of change of X =
Reaction Rates
2N2O5 → 4NO2 + O2
0.2000

[NO2]
0.1800

0.1600

0.1400

0.1200
[A] (M)

0.1000

0.0800

0.0600

[O2]
0.0400

0.0200

[N2O5]
0.0000
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
time (sec)

time (s) [N2O5] [NO2] [O2] rate (M/s)

0 0.1000 0.0000 0.0000 6.93 × 10–4
25 0.0841 0.0318 0.0080 5.83 × 10–4
50 0.0707 0.0586 0.0146 4.90 × 10–4 For a generic reaction
75 0.0595 0.0811 0.0203 4.12 × 10–4
aA+bBcC+dD
100 0.0500 0.1000 0.0250 3.47 × 10–4
125 0.0421 0.1159 0.0290 2.91 × 10–4
150 0.0354 0.1293 0.0323 2.45 × 10–4 Rate of reaction =
175 0.0297 0.1405 0.0351 2.06 × 10–4 1 ∆[A] 1 ∆[B]
‒ =‒ =
200 0.0250 0.1500 0.0375 1.73 × 10–4 a ∆t b ∆t
225 0.0210 0.1579 0.0395 1.46 × 10–4 1 ∆[C] 1 ∆[D]
250 0.0177 0.1646 0.0412 1.23 × 10–4 + c ∆t = + d ∆t
275 0.0149 0.1703 0.0426 1.03 × 10–4
300 0.0125 0.1750 0.0437 8.67 × 10–5
325 0.0105 0.1790 0.0447 7.29 × 10–5
350 0.0088 0.1823 0.0456 6.13 × 10–5
375 0.0074 0.1851 0.0463 5.15 × 10–5
400 0.0063 0.1875 0.0469 4.33 × 10–5
Example 1: For the reaction N2 + 3 H2  2 NH3, if the rate of disappearance of H2 is 1.6 × 10‒3 mol/L·s, find:

• Rate of disappearance of N2
1
• Rate of appearance of NH3

• Rate of reaction