Describe how the surface area of a solid can be increased without increasing its volume. Use collision theory to explain why increasing the surface area of a reactant will increase the reaction rate. Using the collision theory, explain why increasing temperature causes reaction rate to increase. List five characteristics of catalysts. Catalysts are needed only in small amounts.
Catalysts are specific for only one or two reactions.
A reaction could have more than one catalyst affecting it. Explain the difference between a catalyst and a reactant. Explain why carbon can form so many different compounds. Give the number of shared electrons in single, double, and triple bonds between carbon atoms. Draw the structural formulas for all the isomers of a five carbon hydrocarbon.