MODULE 4:

FACTORS AFFECTING THE RATE OF

CHEMICAL REACTIONS

JOESEL D. DARIAGAN LPT, MS

T-III
Learning Objectives
1. Identify and enumerate 2. Describe chemical reactions
the different factors affect involved in plant growth, food
digestion, food spoilage and other
the rates of chemical
that affect the process in life and the
reactions; environment;

3. Explain how factors affecting rates of 4. Recognize the importance of

chemical reactions are applied in food
preservation, and material production, controlling rates of chemical
controlling of fire, corrosion and reactions in technology.
pollution; and
Virtual Game
• Food Preservation
• Controlling fire
• Pollution
• Corrosion
 CHEMICAL CHANGE

CHEMICAL REACTIONS
Definition: Description:
Chemical change
or reaction

Examples (at least 3): Non-examples (at least 3)

1. Why do we need to paint the roof and the wall of a building?

2. In baking, why do you think yeast must be added?

3. How to avoid spoilage of food?

4. Why do we need to apply fertilizer in plants?

5. What is the importance of food preservation?

6. What is the effect on health if you are not practicing proper

waste segregation?
 Every March of the
year, we observed fire
prevention month. We
practice and simulate in
school how to prevent
a fire and what to do
during a fire.
Using the infographics above, explain how to control
fire and give some tips on what to do during a fire.
The rate of chemical reaction is affected by the following factors: temperature, surface area of reactants, presence of
catalyst, and concentration of reactants. Every factor that affects reaction rate can be understood relative to Collision
theory.

The factors affecting reaction rate can be explained using the following way:

a) Particle size or Surface Area Smaller particles size has bigger surface area. Bigger surface area means bigger exposed
portions of a solid which are available points of contact between reactants. (Breaking a large piece of a substance into
smaller parts increases the surface area. All the inner materials have no surface when it is inside the large piece. Each
time a large piece is broken however, more surface is exposed. The amount of the material does not change but
breaking it into smaller parts increases its surface area.)

b) Temperature- The higher the temperature, the higher the rate of reaction. At higher temperature, atoms have
higher kinetic energy, making the particles move faster and therefore increase the chance for the particles to come in
contact with each other.

c) Catalyst -The presence of catalyst speeds up the rate of reaction. A catalyst provides an energy pathway needed to
start a reaction, therefore increasing the reaction rate.

d) Concentration- The higher the concentration, the faster the rate of reaction. Concentration is a measure of the
number of particles in a given volume. A higher concentration means greater number of possible effective collisions
among molecules resulting to faster rate of reaction.
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How chemical reactions associated with the pictures above?

what can you do to stop air and water pollution?
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