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Pearson Edexcel IAL Chemistry

Unit 4: Rates, Equilibria and Further Organic Chemistry

Topic 11: Kinetics

11.1—The terms: i rate of reaction ii rate equation, rate=k[A]m[B]n where m and n are 0, 1 or 2 iii order with respect to

11.2—The half-life of a reaction

11.3—Select and justify a suitable experimental technique to obtain rate data for a given reaction

11.4—Experiments that can be used to investigate reaction rates by: i an initial-rate method, carrying out separate experiments

11.5—Deduce the order (0, 1 or 2) with respect to a substance in a rate equation

11.6—How to: i obtain data to calculate the order with respect to the reactants (and the hydrogen ion) in the acid-catalysed

11.7—Deduce the rate-determining step from a rate equation and vice versa

11.8—Deduce a reaction mechanism

11.9—Knowledge of the rate equations for the hydrolysis of halogenoalkanes can be used to provide evidence for SN1 and SN2

11.10—Calculations and graphical methods to find the activation energy for a reaction from experimental data The Arrhenius

11.11—The use of a solid (heterogeneous) catalyst for industrial reactions, in the gas phase, in terms of providing a surface

11.12—CORE PRACTICALS 9a and 9b Following the rate of the iodine-propanone reaction by a titrimetric method and investigating

11.13—CORE PRACTICAL 10 Finding the activation energy of a reaction

Topic 12: Entropy and Energetics

Topic 13: Chemical Equilibria

Topic 14: Acid-base Equilibria

Topic 15: Organic Chemistry: Carbonyls, Carboxylic Acids and Chirality

Unit 5: Transition Metals and Organic Nitrogen Chemistry

Unit 6: Practical Skills in Chemistry II

Assessed mathematical skills and measurement conventions

A-Level/Edexcel/Chemistry//A2/Concept/Unit 4: Rates, Equilibria and Further Organic Chemistry/Topic 11: Kinetics/11.8—Deduce a reaction mechanism

Unit 4: Rates, Equilibria and Further Organic Chemistry A2

Syllabus: 2017
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Level: A2

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Most tested topics

Topic 11: Kinetics
Topic 12: Entropy and Energetics
Topic 13: Chemical Equilibria
Topic 14: Acid-base Equilibria
Topic 15: Organic Chemistry: Carbonyls, Carboxylic Acids and Chirality