Arkansas State University Department of Chemistry and Physics

Students should know the following:

a) Reaction rates in terms of reactants and products

b) Determining rate laws; order of reaction; calculation of k

c) Relation between reactant concentrations and time

d) first order reactions; second order reactions; zero order reactions

e) half-lifes

f) activation energy; temperature dependency; Collision Theory

g) Arrhenius Equation

h) reaction mechanism; elementary steps; intermediates

i) catalysts: homogeneous, heterogeneous, biological

j) Equilibria expressions; calculating equilibrium concentrations; K vs Q

k) Le Chatelier's Principle