Title: Ch 12 Rates and Rate Laws
 1Ch 12 RatesandRate Laws 
 2Reaction Rate
The change in concentration of a reactant or 
product per unit of time 
 32NO2(g) ? 2NO(g)  O2(g)
Reaction Rates
1. Can measure disappearance of reactants
2. Can measure appearance of products
3. Are proportional stoichiometrically 
 42NO2(g) ? 2NO(g)  O2(g)
Reaction Rates
4. Are equal to the slope tangent to that 
point 
5. Change as the reaction proceeds, if 
the rate is dependent upon concentration
?NO2
?t 
 5Rate Laws
Differential rate laws express (reveal) the 
relationship between the concentration of 
reactants and the rate of the reaction.
The differential rate law is usually just called 
the rate law.
Integrated rate laws express (reveal) the 
relationship between concentration of reactants 
and time 
 6Writing a (differential) Rate Law
Problem - Write the rate law, determine the value 
of the rate constant, k, and the overall order 
for the following reaction
2 NO(g)  Cl2(g) ? 2 NOCl(g)
Experiment NO (mol/L) Cl2 (mol/L) Rate Mol/Ls
1 0.250 0.250 1.43 x 10-6
2 0.500 0.250 5.72 x 10-6
3 0.250 0.500 2.86 x 10-6
4 0.500 0.500 11.4 x 10-6 
 7Writing a Rate Law
Part 1  Determine the values for the exponents 
in the rate law
R  kNOxCl2y
Experiment NO (mol/L) Cl2 (mol/L) Rate Mol/Ls
1 0.250 0.250 1.43 x 10-6
2 0.500 0.250 5.72 x 10-6
3 0.250 0.500 2.86 x 10-6
4 0.500 0.500 1.14 x 10-5
In experiment 1 and 2, Cl2 is constant while 
NO doubles.
 The rate quadruples, so 
the reaction is second order with respect to NO
? R  kNO2Cl2y 
 8Writing a Rate Law
Part 1  Determine the values for the exponents 
in the rate law
R  kNO2Cl2y
Experiment NO (mol/L) Cl2 (mol/L) Rate Mol/Ls
1 0.250 0.250 1.43 x 10-6
2 0.500 0.250 5.72 x 10-6
3 0.250 0.500 2.86 x 10-6
4 0.500 0.500 1.14 x 10-5
In experiment 2 and 4, NO is constant while 
Cl2 doubles.
 The rate doubles, so the 
reaction is first order with respect to Cl2
? R  kNO2Cl2 
 9Writing a Rate Law
Part 2  Determine the value for k, the rate 
constant, by using any set of experimental data
R  kNO2Cl2
Experiment NO (mol/L) Cl2 (mol/L) Rate Mol/Ls
1 0.250 0.250 1.43 x 10-6 
 10Writing a Rate Law
Part 3  Determine the overall order for the 
reaction.
R  kNO2Cl2
 3
2
1
? The reaction is 3rd order
Overall order is the sum of the exponents, or 
orders, of the reactants 
 11Determining Order withConcentration vs. Time data
(the Integrated Rate Law)
Zero Order
First Order
Second Order 
 12Rate Ex. Warm Up
- Rate  kM 
 - Rate  kMN 
 - Rate  kN 
 - Rate  kM2N2 
 - Rate  kMN2
 
- What is the order of the reaction for each?
 
  13Rate Ex. Warm Up Matching
- Rate  kM 
 - Rate  kMN 
 - Rate  kN 
 - Rate  kM2N2 
 - Rate  kMN2
 
- Doubling the concentration of M has no effect 
 - Doubling the concentration of M and N increases 
reaction rate by 2  - Doubling the concentration of M only quadruples 
the reaction rate  
  14Rate Ex. Warm Up Matching
- Rate  kM 
 - Rate  kMN 
 - Rate  kN2 
 - Rate  kM2N2 
 - Rate  kMN2
 
- Doubling the concentration of M has no effect 
 - Doubling the concentration of M and N increases 
reaction rate by 2  - Doubling the concentration of M only quadruples 
the reaction rate  
  15Example (p. 536)
NH4(aq)  NO2-(aq) ? N2(g)  2H2O(l)
Experiment Initial NH4 Initial NO2- Initial Rate (mol/L.s)
1 0.100 M 0.0050 M 1.35 x 10-7
2 0.100 M 0.010 M 2.70 x 10-7
3 0.200 M 0.010 M 5.40 x 10-7
What is the rate law, overall order of reaction  
value for k?
Rate k NH4 NO2-
Order  11  2nd order
k  2.7 x 10-4 L/mol.s 
 16Solving an Integrated Rate Law
Rate as a function of time
Problem Find the integrated rate law and the 
value for the rate constant, k
Time (s) H2O2 (mol/L)
0 1.00
120 0.91
300 0.78
600 0.59
1200 0.37
1800 0.22
2400 0.13
3000 0.082
3600 0.050
A graphing calculator with linear regression 
analysis greatly simplifies this process!! 
 17Time vs. H2O2
Time (s) H2O2
0 1.00
120 0.91
300 0.78
600 0.59
1200 0.37
1800 0.22
2400 0.13
3000 0.082
3600 0.050
Regression results
y  ax  b a  -2.64 x 10-4 b  0.841 r2  
0.8891 r  -0.9429 
 18Time vs. lnH2O2
Time (s) lnH2O2
0 0
120 -0.0943
300 -0.2485
600 -0.5276
1200 -0.9943
1800 -1.514
2400 -2.04
3000 -2.501
3600 -2.996
Regression results
y  ax  b a  -8.35 x 10-4 b  -.005 r2  
0.99978 r  -0.9999 
 19Time vs. 1/H2O2
Time (s) 1/H2O2
0 1.00
120 1.0989
300 1.2821
600 1.6949
1200 2.7027
1800 4.5455
2400 7.6923
3000 12.195
3600 20.000
Regression results
y  ax  b a  0.00460 b  -0.847 r2  0.8723 r 
 0.9340 
 20And the winner is Time vs. lnH2O2
1. As a result, the reaction is 1st order
2. The (differential) rate law is
3. The integrated rate law is
4. Butwhat is the rate constant, k ? 
 21Finding the Rate Constant, k
Method 1 Calculate the slope from the Time vs. 
lnH2O2 table.
Time (s) lnH2O2
0 0
120 -0.0943
300 -0.2485
600 -0.5276
1200 -0.9943
1800 -1.514
2400 -2.04
3000 -2.501
3600 -2.996
Now remember
? k  -slope
k  8.32 x 10-4s-1 
 22Finding the Rate Constant, k
Method 2 Obtain k from the linear regresssion 
analysis.
Regression results
y  ax  b a  -8.35 x 10-4 b  -.005 r2  
0.99978 r  -0.9999
Now remember
? k  -slope
k  8.35 x 10-4s-1 
 23Rate Laws Summary
Zero Order First Order Second Order
Rate Law Rate  k Rate  kA Rate  kA2
Integrated Rate Law A  -kt  A0 lnA  -kt  lnA0 
Plot the produces a straight line A versus t lnA versus t 
Relationship of rate constant to slope of straight line Slope  -k Slope  -k Slope  k
Half-Life 
 24Homework
- Graphical Methods for determining reaction order 
and rate constant 
  25Answers