Factors Affecting

Rate of Reaction
By-Aangi Jain
IGCSE-IA
 How to read a graph
Reaction is Reaction has
slowing down finished
Amount of product

Reaction is the
fastest
Factors Affecting Rate of Reaction

01 02
temperature
the concentration

03 04
surface catalysts
area
 The concentration
 Increasing the level of concentration i.e
increasing the number of red balls

 The probability of effective collisions between

red and blue balls increases
 Increase in the concentration of a
solution, the rate of reaction will
increase
Graph for increase in concentration
Red line is steeper than blue line
which indicates that the reaction
is faster
The time taken to complete the
reaction is DIFFERENT
BUT
The total volume of hydrogen
collected is the SAME
 The temperature
Increase in the temperature, the rate
of reaction will increase activation energy is the
minimum amount of energy that
must be available to reactants
This is because the particles will for a chemical reaction to
occur.
have more kinetic energy than the
required activation
Energy

therefore there will be more

frequent and successful collisions
per second,
increasing the rate of reaction
 Experiment
Formation of a
When the temperature is 25°C it takes precipitate is used
130s for the cross to disappear to measure the rate
Whereas,
of reaction
When the temperature is 60°C it takes
20s for the cross to disappear
 Surface Area

 Increase in the surface area of the

solid, the rate of reaction will increase

 This is because more surface area

particles will be exposed to the other
reactant so there will be more frequent
and successful collisions per second,
increasing the rate of reaction
 Catalyst
A catalyst is a substance that increases the rate of reaction but itself
remains chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction

It increases the rate of reaction by

reducing the activation energy