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Kinetics Pre-reading Section 17:  3-4

Complete the required reading and answer the following questions
 

 1. 

What do you call a substance that is created and consumed with in a reaction.  This substance won’t show up in the overall reaction equation.
 

 

 2. 

If you set a match on a flint why doesn’t the match start?
 

 

 3. 

What is the importance of an activated complex
 

 

 4. 

What affect does a catalyst have on a reaction?
 

 

 5. 

In a particlular reaction only a small drop of catalyst was needed to speed up a reation that contains thousands of gallons of reactant.  Why is such a small amount needed?
 

 

 6. 

What is the significance of the slow step of a multi-step reaction.
 

 

Internet search questions
 

 7. 

Do a google search on chemical kinetics.  What is it?
 

 8. 

Do a google search on the factors affecting the rate of a reaction.  What are the they?
 

 9. 

An overall reaction might be made up of several smaller steps.  Do a Google seach and find the name of a generic individual step of a reaction
 



 
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