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Block 3 Kinetics Definitions

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Oscillating reaction   Product appears as a series of bursts and concentrations of intermediates rise and fall periodically with time  
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Explosions occur because   Concentration of intermediates increases rapidly as reaction proceeds.  
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Competing/parallel reactions   Lead to different products from the same reactants  
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Michalis and Menten Mechanism   A substrate (reactant) and enzyme react reversibly to form a short-lived enzyme-substrate complex; in the slow step this complex then breaks down to form the product plus enzyme again.  
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Catalysts   Substance that speeds up a reaction without istelf being consumed in the overall process  
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Homogenous Catalyst   Catalyst which works in the same phase as the reaction itself  
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Heterogenous Catalyst   Catalyst which operates in a different phase to the reaction  
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Rate determining step   slowest step in a reaction mechanism  
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Reactive Intermediates   shortlived relative species that appear in one step and react in a later step in the reaction mechanism  
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Reaction Mechanism   Sequence of elementary reactions leading to overall reaction  
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Transition state   (in elementary reaction) is the point of highest energy between reactants and products  
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Elementary reaction   Step where molecules collide. Order of elementary reaction is given by the stoichiometery of the reaction.  
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Collision Theory   Assumes molecules react by breaking and making bonds. Reacting molecules must meet of collide with sufficient energy and in correct orientation  
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Half-life   Time for the concentration of reactant to fall to 1/2 its initial value.  
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Rate law   Relationship between rate and concentration. Proportional in 1st order and proportional to the square in second order.  
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Rate   Change in concentration per unit time  
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