Gen Chem II - Lec 12 - The Differential Rate Law
Channel: Jeffrey A Tibbitt
Date: 2015-08-09

This lecture is dedicated to the one and only Professor Michael Reese, who helped me understand the differential rate law in a much more intuitive way.

The differential rate law is discussed.  First we do an example which shows how the order of a reaction is determined by observing how changing reactant concentration affects the reaction rate.  Then we discuss (in detail) more about what the reaction order actually means.  We see that an enzyme (or protein) exhibits zero order kinetics (i.e. it has a constant rate). Nuclear decay has first order kinetics (i.e. doubling the reactant concentration doubles the rate).  The collision model has second order kinetics (i.e. doubling reactant concentration quadruples the rate).  Then we do a couple more examples to show how to find the entire rate law - orders, rate constant with the proper units and all.

Introduction is filmed on location at Maunawili Falls (near the falls) in Kailua, HI.

For your convenience, here are links to slides, transcripts and captions:

Video slides located here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1n3VgakdvpkIdSYQONz4hddqmhCeD9PwG?usp=sharing

Video transcripts located here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-z67YL65Z36_nIU2r12JIXgzcaAeVan8?usp=sharing

Video captions located here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VmiJHEDfNwsi1UXNyH_dDgqwtnUFcTg7?usp=sharing

General Chemistry II - Lecture 12 - The Differential Rate Law

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JAT 

Jeffrey A Tibbitt, Ph.D
Lecturer of Chemistry
Office PS-206, (808) 455-0264
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Leeward Community College
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