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UNIT 1
MODULE 2: KINETICS AND EQUILIBRIA (cont’d)

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES EXPLANATORY NOTES SUGGESTED PRACTICAL
ACTIVITIES

Rates of Reaction cont’d

Students should be able to:

1.5. 1.5 interpret concentration Qualitative and
against time and quantitative treatments
concentration against rate required.
for zero and first order
reactions;

1.6. 1.6 perform calculations from Calculate initial rates and
rate data; rate constants.

1.7. 1.7 perform simple calculations Limited to first order
using half-life data; and, reactions.

1.8. explain the effect of Include the use of
temperature and catalysts Boltzmann distribution
on the rate of the reaction curves.
using Boltzmann
distribution of energies (and
of collision frequency).

2. Principles of Chemical Equilibrium

Students should be able to:

2.1. explain the concept of Consider examples of static
dynamic equilibrium; and dynamic equilibrium.
Refer to physical and
chemical processes.

2.2. state the characteristics
of a system in dynamic
equilibrium;

2.3. define the terms Kc and Kp; Write equilibrium constant Conduct a simple
expressions in terms of Kc experiment to determine
and Kp. the value of Kc for a
reaction.

2.4. perform calculations Conversion of Kc to Kp is not
involving equilibrium required. Quadratic
constants in terms of equations are not required.
concentration, (Kc) and
partial pressure, (Kp);

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