Kinetics

Besides energy transfers during a reaction, the second component of its entertainment value is the speed at which the reaction occurs. Watching cars rust, for example, is not nearly as exciting as watching flashpowder erupt in an inferno of showering sparks, retina-scarring light, and choking gases. In this unit on //kinetics,// you will learn to describe and quantify the rate at which a reaction occurs and describe //how// it occurs using reaction //mechanisms// and basic collision theory.