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vivienne85
post Jul 19 2009, 07:07 PM

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QUOTE(CKC_1 @ Jul 19 2009, 12:49 AM)
I have a few questions in my chemistry book that I do not understand enough to move on to the next section . Can someone help me?

Reactions rates are affected by concentration ,collision geometry , and the presence of a catalyst . Which of the following statement is false concerning these factors.

a Increasing the concentration of reacting particles increases the chance for collision
b Optimum collision geometry lowers the activation energy barrier
c A reaction occurs each time particles of the reactants collide.
d The slowest reaction incolved in a reaction mechanism determines the rate of overall reaction


the correct answer is c ,but why? I did alittle research online and found this statement "A chemical reaction occurs when substances (the reactants) collide with enough energy to rearrange to form different compounds (the products)."
isnt d correct" why then is c false?

Can someone also explain B and D?

Another question :

I needed to do this calculation :
I needed to balance the equation first (which i did already) and calculate ΔH
2(C2H6) + 7(O2) ---> 4(CO2) + 6(H2O)  <<already balanced

C-H = 99kcal
O-O = 119kcal
C-C = 83.1kcal
C=O = 192kcal
O-H = 111kcal

ΔH = ??

I did the calculation this way
Products = C-H 2( 99*6) + C-C 2(83.1) + O-O 7(119) = 2187.2 kcal
Reactants = O=C 4(192*2) + H-O 6(111*2) = -2868

2187.2 + (-2868) = -680.8 kcal

The correct answer was -340.4 kcal
Why do i have to divide by 2?

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QUOTE(befitozi @ Jul 19 2009, 04:30 PM)
Shouldn't you be looking for energy of O=O bond instead of O-O?
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ya la...
O2 is double bond, nt single bond...

This post has been edited by vivienne85: Jul 19 2009, 07:07 PM

 

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