Rate Laws

Objectives

To use spectroscopic methods to analyze the rate of reaction

Calculating the order of reaction using the initial rate method and a graph of the concentration of crystal violet over time

Determining the equation needed to obtain a straight-line plot

Curriculum alignments:

NGSS

HS-PS4-4: Evaluate the validity and reliability of claims in published materials of the effects that different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation have when absorbed by matter.

IB

16.1 Rate expression and reaction mechanism

AP

3.1.9 Rate equations

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