Rates of reaction and energetics

What the lesson covers

• Measuring the rate of reaction
• What changes the rate?
• Collision theory
• Activation energy, energy profiles and catalysts
• Exothermic and endothermic reactions
• Calculating the energy change from a temperature change
• Bond energies
• Putting it together: reading experiments
• Self-check questions with answers (8)

Specification: C10.1-10.6, C11.1-11.5. Codes follow the UAT-UK ESAT content specification.

How to use it

1. Read a section, then cover the worked example and try it yourself.
2. Check the common mistakes list: these are the slips the real test is built to catch.
3. Do the self-check without looking back. Mark it against the answers.
4. Then practise the topic under time, with the matching practice set.