According to Le Chatelier, what are the 3 "stressors"?
Concentration, Volume/Pressure, and Temperature.
A reaction where energy is located on the product side of a chemical reaction
What is an exothermic reaction?
What are 4 factors that affect the rate of a reaction?
What are catalyst, temperature, surface area, concentration?
What is the effect of a catalyst on the reaction rate?
What is lowers the activation energy, creating a faster pathway for a chemical reaction?
What is the effect of increasing the volume of a closed container equivalent to?
Decreasing the pressure.
This is the principle that states a system (rxn) in equilibrium will shift direction to balance any changes that are made.
What is Le Chatelier's Principle
Direction of the equilibrium shift when temperature is increased in an exothermic reaction.
What is left?
The minimum energy that colliding particles must have in order to react.
What is activation energy?
This is a reaction that proceeds until one reactant is used up.
What is an irreversible reaction? (not in equilibrium)
As two molecules collide and chemically react, they are thought to form a short-lived, unstable arrangement of atoms called this before breaking apart to form products
What is the activated complex?