AP®︎ Chemistry Unit 5: Notes & Study Guide
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with a comprehensive review on Unit 5 of AP Chemistry – Kinetics.
Unit 5: Kinetics
What controls how fast reactions happen, from concentration and temperature to catalysts and reaction mechanisms.
Begin with Topic 5.1: Reaction RatesTo review Unit 5, go through each of the 11 topics below.
Everything you actually need to know for your Unit 5 test, pulled directly from the AP® Chemistry curriculum.
Reaction Rates
Reaction Rates
- What Reaction Rate Is
- How Rate Appears on Graphs
- Stoichiometry and Relative Reaction Rates
Introduction to Rate Law
Introduction to Rate Law
- What a Rate Law Is
- Reaction Orders and Overall Order
- Determining a Rate Law from Experimental Data
Concentration Changes Over Time
Concentration Changes Over Time
- Integrated Rate Laws and What They Tell You
- The Three Reaction Orders and Their Equations
- Determining Reaction Order from Graphs
Elementary Reactions
Elementary Reactions
- What an Elementary Reaction Is
- Molecularity and Types of Elementary Reactions
- Writing the Rate Law from an Elementary Reaction
Collision Model
Collision Model
- The Collision Model
- What Makes a Collision Successful
- Collision Frequency and Reaction Rate
Reaction Energy Profile
Reaction Energy Profile
- What a Reaction Energy Profile Shows
- The Three Key Points on the Diagram
- Activation Energy and Overall Energy Change
Introduction to Reaction Mechanisms
Introduction to Reaction Mechanisms
- What a Reaction Mechanism Is
- Components of a Reaction Mechanism
- How Elementary Steps Combine to Form the Overall Reaction
Reaction Mechanism and Rate Law
Reaction Mechanism and Rate Law
- What a Reaction Mechanism Is
- The Rate-Determining Step and Molecularity
- How to Write the Rate Law from a Mechanism
Pre-Equilibrium Approximation
Pre-Equilibrium Approximation
- What the Pre-Equilibrium Approximation Is
- When to Use It and What to Look For in a Mechanism
- How to Derive the Rate Law Using Pre-Equilibrium
Multistep Reaction Energy Profile
Multistep Reaction Energy Profile
- What a Multistep Reaction Energy Profile Is
- Parts of a Multistep Energy Diagram
- How to Construct a Multistep Energy Profile
Catalysis
Catalysis
- What a Catalyst Is
- How Catalysts Change the Reaction Pathway
- What Happens to the Catalyst in a Mechanism
Notes
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