C8.1 Rate of Reaction

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Pupils learn what is meant by rate of reaction, look at the calculation (they revisit this i most lessons so is an introduction at this stage), complete a couple of experiments to look at rate of reaction and finish the lesson looking at tangents. Includes: slide animations, embedded videos with link in the notes (where a video is included), learning tasks/practice.

This lesson meets the following specification point: 5.6.1 Rate of reaction
5.6.1.1 Calculating rates of reactions
The rate of a chemical reaction can be found by measuring the
quantity of a reactant used or the quantity of product formed over
time:
mean rate o f reaction = quantity o f reactant used time taken
mean rate o f reaction = quantity o f product formed time taken
The quantity of reactant or product can be measured by the mass in
grams or by a volume in cm3.

The units of rate of reaction may be given as g/s or cm3/s.
For the Higher Tier, students are also required to use quantity of
reactants in terms of moles and units for rate of reaction in mol/s.
Students should be able to:
• calculate the mean rate of a reaction from given information
about the quantity of a reactant used or the quantity of a
product formed and the time taken
• draw, and interpret, graphs showing the quantity of product
formed or quantity of reactant used up against time
• draw tangents to the curves on these graphs and use the
slope of the tangent as a measure of the rate of reaction
• (HT only) calculate the gradient of a tangent to the curve on
these graphs as a measure of rate of reaction at a specific
time.