5224: Reaction Kinetics and Dynamics

Chemistry 5224: Reaction Kinetics and Dynamics
Problem Set #1: Due Tuesday, Sept. 17 through 11:55 pm; Submission through Gradescope
portal on our Canvas class website.
0) (i) Show that the equilibrium constant for the reaction A B with forward and reverse rate
constants, kf and kr, is given by,

(ii) Draw a schematic enthalpy diagram of the reaction as a function of reaction co-ordinate
and label the transition state region, activation energies, and heat of reaction.
(iii) Use your plot in (ii) to help you show that the choice of Arrhenius rate expressions for kf
and kr is consistent with the van’t Hoff equation,

and the general definition for the activation energy,


Problems from the Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics text,
1.1(a), 1.2, 1.3(a), 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5 (a)&(b).
The relevant scanned pages of questions from the text are attached…

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