Chemistry 2

Chemical Kinetics (or Reaction Rates)

  1. Handout: Chemical Kinetics Note Packet
  2. Collision Theory of Reactions
    1. Lab: Iodine Clock Reaction
    2. Computer Lab: Sections 1,2, and 3 of the Chemical Reactions Activity
    3. Handout: Questions for above computer labs on reaction rate
    4. Reaction Rates
    5. Demo: Lycopodium power and Iron filings
    6. Homework: Using descriptions of what must be happening on a molecular level, explain why concentrated acids are much more dangerous than ones that have been diluted by water.
  3. Chemical Potential Energy
    1. Strong and Weak Bond Overview
    2. Types of Potential Energy
      1. Demo: Chemical potential energy in chemical reactions models
      2. Computer Lab: Section 4 of the Chemical Reactions Activity
      3. Computer Lab: Forming a Single Bond
      4. Computer Lab: Breaking a Single Bond
    3. Chemical Reactions and Potential Energy
      1. Homework: Chemical Potential Energy in Chemical Reactions
    4. Activation Energy
      1. Demo: Making HCl, H2O, and NI3
      2. Film: Activation Energy and Bonding
      3. Computer Lab: Section 5 of the Chemical Reactions Activity
      4. Computer Lab: Activation energy and Chemical Energy
      5. Homework: Draw potential energy curves for the following situations:
        1. an exothermic reaction that is likely to be completely spontaneous
        2. a reaction which would require a constant input of energy to complete
        3. an exothermic reaction with a high activation energy
        4. an endothermic reaction with a low activation energy
        5. a reaction in which the reactants and products contain approximately but not exactly the same chemical potential energy.
    5. Catalysts
      1. Computer Lab: Section 6 of the Chemical Reactions Activity
      2. Homework: Activation Energy
  4. Equilibrium
    1. Lab: Penny Lab
    2. Computer Lab: Section 7 of the Chemical Reactions Activity
    3. Chemical Equilibrium
    4. Homework: Chemical Equilibrium
    5. Le Chetalier's Principle
      1. Demo: NO2 <--> N2O4 tubes
      2. Lab: Le Chetalier part 1 and 2
      3. Film: The Harber Process
    6. Homework: LeChetalier's Principle
  5. Handout: Chemical Kinetic Review with Answers