- The rate of a particular reaction varies under different conditions
- The quickest reaction would have the steepest slope
- The faster a reaction goes, the sooner it finishes which means it becomes flat earlier
- Fairly slow reactions have graphs that aren't too steep
- Reactions that are quicker but with the same initial amounts have steeper graphs
- Reactions that produce more products aswell as going faster are a lot steeper and converge at a different level and time
- There can only be more products if more reactants are added at the start
- Reactions with the same amount of product produced all converge (flatten out) at the same level, although they take different times to get there
Reasons for increased rate of reaction:
- Increase in temperature
- Increase in concentration (or pressure in gases)
- Catalyst added
- Solid reactant crushed up into smaller bits
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